Jandal
Britishnoun
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Abu Jandal is handsome, thoughtful, charming and a bit of a windbag, given to contradictory statements and sly, strategic distinctions.
From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2010
The title isn't a lie; Abu Jandal really was once Osama bin Laden's bodyguard.
From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2010
Abu Jandal — cabby, former Osama bin Laden bodyguard, brother-in-law of the famous Guantánamo prisoner Salim Hamdan and, most important, magnetic camera presence — hijacked Ms. Poitras’s documentary, “The Oath.”
From New York Times • May 7, 2010
That was before she met Nasser al-Bahri, known by his nom de jihad, Abu Jandal.
From New York Times • May 7, 2010
During the fifth year certain tribes of Ghatafán were assembling with suspicious purposes at Zat-al-Rikaa and the marauding bands near Dumatal Jandal threatened a raid upon Medina.
From A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 by Cherágh Ali
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