Fıle Yemen France Al Bahrı

epa02121206 [FILE] A file picture dated 07 August 2008 shows Yemeni native Nasser Ahmad al-Bahri , 37 , also known as Abu Jandal , who was formerly the bodyguard of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden , in the Yemeni capital Sana ' a . According to press reports on 17 April 2010 , French authorities have denied the Saudi-born al-Bahri an entry visa to take part in launching a book on Bin Laden titled :  In the shadow of Bin Laden . Al-Bahri joined Bin Laden in Afghanistan in 1996 but he left the organization in 2000 after he was arrested in Yemen following the bombing of the US Cole destroyer .  EPA/YAHYA ARHAB