Prince Muhammad bin Naif
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Prince Muhammad bin Naif is a Saudi royal and former head of Saudi intelligence. He survived an al-Qaeda assassination attempt in approximately 2009 in which the attacker had internally concealed an explosive device in his own body, "the guy with the bomb up his ass." John Kiriakou was asked in the 2025 Dalton Fischer interview whether the attack was directed by Anwar al-Awlaki; Kiriakou stated that the rumor existed but he had never believed it to be correct, on the ground that al-Awlaki was "more of a propagandist" and was not operational.

See also

- Anwar al-Awlaki
- Yemen
