<p>Nasser Al Bahri, former bodyguard of the elusive Al Qaeda chief, said: "He asked for satellite TV to be able to follow the bombing."<br /><br />Al Bahri guarded the Al Qaeda leader for three years before being arrested in Yemen ahead of the 9/11 attacks, Daily Mail reported. <br /><br />He, however, claims to know that Bin Laden told his media chief Hassan Al-Bahloul: "It is very important that we are able to watch the news today."<br /><br />Al Bahri had been instructed to shoot dead Bin Laden if he was about to be captured.<br />"I would rather receive two bullets in the head than to be taken prisoner. I want to die a martyr, but certainly not in prison," Bin Laden told his then bodyguard.<br />Al Bahri's startling claims are made in his book, "In The Shadow Of Bin Laden" that he co-authored with French journalist Georges Malbrunot. <br /><br />Al Bahri regrets not having shot Bin Laden dead when he could have.<br />"Today I wish I had used it (the gun), but at the time he was someone very important for me. Jihad is not about attacking civilians," he was quoted as saying.<br />He thinks that Bin Laden is in good health and under tribal protection in Waziristan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.</p>
<p>Nasser Al Bahri, former bodyguard of the elusive Al Qaeda chief, said: "He asked for satellite TV to be able to follow the bombing."<br /><br />Al Bahri guarded the Al Qaeda leader for three years before being arrested in Yemen ahead of the 9/11 attacks, Daily Mail reported. <br /><br />He, however, claims to know that Bin Laden told his media chief Hassan Al-Bahloul: "It is very important that we are able to watch the news today."<br /><br />Al Bahri had been instructed to shoot dead Bin Laden if he was about to be captured.<br />"I would rather receive two bullets in the head than to be taken prisoner. I want to die a martyr, but certainly not in prison," Bin Laden told his then bodyguard.<br />Al Bahri's startling claims are made in his book, "In The Shadow Of Bin Laden" that he co-authored with French journalist Georges Malbrunot. <br /><br />Al Bahri regrets not having shot Bin Laden dead when he could have.<br />"Today I wish I had used it (the gun), but at the time he was someone very important for me. Jihad is not about attacking civilians," he was quoted as saying.<br />He thinks that Bin Laden is in good health and under tribal protection in Waziristan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.</p>