Abu Jandal

Abu Jandal (1973?-) is the nom de guerre of a Jordanian, of Palestinian descent, who served, for several years, as the bodyguard and internal troubleshooter of Osama bin Ladan in al Qaueda. He was arrested by German police in 2002. In multiple interviews, he stated his orders were to kill bin Laden rather than permit him to be captured.

In an interview with CBS News, he indicated that he no longer fights in jihad, but still actively supports al-Qaeda.

Recruitment
He moved to Germany in July 1999, and traveled with a group of five persons from the Krefeld, Germany mosque, to Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistn. In Mecca, Abdallah al Maki, also known as Abdallah al Halabi, suggested to him that he travel to Afghanistan to learn "true Islam". Al Maki was a son-in-law of Bin Laden.

He journeyed to a "Taliban center" in Quetta, where he was interviewed by Mohammed Atef as welll as Al-Adel Makkawi. Atef, then the al-Qaeda military commander, recommended Abu Jandal learn "fighting" before delving more deeply into religion. For that traininh, he went to the al Farouk "airport camp" near Kandahar.