US NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AFP) - Three FBI agents who questioned Osama bin Laden's driver after he was detained in Afghanistan, testified Thursday at his military trial.

Among them, Federal Bureau of Investigation Greg Donnachie testified that Salim Hamdan told him "he was physically prepared for jihad," but that he "wasn't interested in joining Al-Qaeda" because he did not care for fighting.

Donnachie said Hamdan, who spent time in an Al-Qaeda training camp in Kandahar, told him that "bin Laden sometimes visited the camp (...) and spoke half an hour each time."

Donnachie also recounted how bin Laden and his sons fled to Kabul along with some 35 people in a convoy of vehicles after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

Similar to another FBI agent's testimony on Wednesday, Donnachie said Hamdan heard bin Laden rejoice in the news of the attacks and saw him act surprised at the large number of victims.

Hamdan's defense lawyers have portrayed Hamdan as an insignificant figure without any role in Al-Qaeda operations.

Hamdan, who is about 40 years old, is the first "enemy combatant" in Guantanamo to face a full-scale trial before the controversial tribunals created by President George W. Bush to try terror suspects.

He faces charges of "conspiracy" and "material support for terrorism," and could receive life imprisonment if convicted by a jury of military officers.

He entered a plea of not guilty when the trial began on Monday.

It is the first US war crimes proceeding since World War II, and is expected to last at least two weeks.

LIKE IT?  LET OTHERS KNOW