A Moroccan prisoner released from the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2004, was Osama bin Laden’s top bodyguard, the war crimes trial of the terror leader’s driver heard.

Moroccan police have dismantled a terrorist network, arresting 17 people, including two former prisoners at the US base at Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay reported.

Five Moroccans held for nearly three years at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay – including a suspected bodyguard for Osama bin Laden – have gone on trial in Rabat charged with posing a threat to national security.