Washington ? Some of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s bodyguards have been captured and are among the prisoners at the U.S. military base in Cuba, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

The men were part of bin Laden’s entourage, assigned to personally protect the exiled Saudi millionaire.

The bodyguards are among 564 suspected Taliban or al-Qaida members being held at the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Most of the detainees were captured in Afghanistan or Pakistan during the U.S.-led war, which began Oct. 7.

Military officials said Tuesday they did not know how many members of bin Laden’s personal security detail were detainees or when and where they were captured.