Bin Laden's bodyguard warns of escalation in Yemen
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A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaeda and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to stay in power.
Nasser Ahmed al-Bahri told the Associated Press late Wednesday that recent attacks by al-Qaeda in southern Yemen was an indication of its increasing strength. US officials have said that the CIA now sees al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen as a greater threat to the United States than its parent organization hiding out in Pakistan. (AP)
