Events (36)

• January 5, 1996: British Newspaper Links Bin Laden to 1995 Wave of Militant Attacks in France 1996-01-05
• August 22, 1998: Leading London-Based Radical Bakri Reveals Deal with British Authorities 1998-08-22
• Shortly After September 11, 2001: Investigators Find Links between Abu Qatada, Madrid Cell, and 9/11 Hijacker Cell in Hamburg 2001-09-11
• October 21, 2001: Radical Imam Abu Qatada Claims British Intelligence Offered to Help Him Escape after 9/11 2001-10-21
• November 13, 2001 or Shortly Before: Spanish Judge Issues Indictment against Spain-Based Radicals, Names British Intelligence Informer Abu Qatada as Militant Spiritual Leader in Europe 2001-11-13
• October 23, 2002: London Imam Abu Qatada Arrested Shortly after Praising the 9/11 Attacks 2002-10-23
• November 1-7, 2002: British Authorities Detain Two Men while Giving the CIA False Information about Them So They Will Be Detained Overseas 2002-11-01
• January 17, 2003-Late March 2004: Spanish Police Monitoring Apartment where Madrid Bombers Live and Meet 2003-01-17
• 9:05 p.m., April 3, 2004: Seven Key Madrid Bombers Blow Themselves Up 2004-04-03
• 2:00-9:00 p.m., April 3, 2004: Spanish Agents Surround Suspected Madrid Bombers, Shooutout Begins 2004-04-03
• Between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m., April 3, 2004: Abu Qatada Allegedly Gives Madrid Bombers Permission to Blow Themselves Up 2004-04-03
• March 11-August 11, 2005: London Imam Abu Qatada Released and Arrested Again 2005-08-11
• April 2000 and After: Most Defendants Convicted at Millennium Plot Trial in Jordan
• February 2001: London Home of Prominent Al-Qaeda Imam Is Raided, Police Find Cash for Chechen Fighters
• March 1997: Radical Imam Abu Hamza Becomes Friday Preacher at Leading London Mosque; Soon Takes it Over
• March 1997-April 2000: French and British Informer Helps Security Services Track Moussaoui and Shoe Bomber Reid
• March 1997: Hamburg Cell Member Zammar Is Monitored Getting Spanish Help to Meet Informant Abu Qatada in Britain
• (April 1999): Radical London Imam Abu Qatada Convicted on Terror Charges in Jordan in Absentia
• June 2001: Spain Does Not Heed French Warning to Arrest Future Madrid Train Bomber
• June 1996-1997: US Intelligence Learns that Abu Qatada Is Al-Qaeda’s Religious Adviser
• June 1996-February 1997: British Intelligence Recruits Prominent Al-Qaeda Imam Abu Qatada
• August 2002: Radical Imam Abu Qatada Has Alleged Madrid Bomber Live with Him in London
• August 1997-June 1998: London Imam Abu Qatada and Bin Laden Allegedly Help Wanted Militant Move to Britain
• Late September 2001: Friend of Imam Abu Qatada Agrees to Become British Informant
• Late September 2001-Summer 2002: British Intelligence Uses Other Informant to Stay in Contact with Informant Abu Qatada While He Pretends to Go into Hiding
• Early December 2001: Al-Qaeda ‘Puppet Master’ Abu Qatada Disappears in Britain
• 2000-Early March 2004: Key Madrid Bomber Linked to London Imam Abu Qatada and Other Militants, but Is Not Arrested
• 1995-February 2001: Monitored Al-Qaeda Leader and British Al-Qaeda Informant Raise Money for Chechen Rebels
• 1998: Britain Refuses to Extradite Member of Al-Qaeda’s Fatwa Committee over Car Bombings, Gives Him Asylum Instead
• Mid 1996-October 1997: London-Based Imams Denounce GIA over Massacres
• (Mid-1996): French and British Intelligence Listen in on Al-Qaeda Communications, Asset Relays Messages for Al-Qaeda
• Mid-1997: Militant Operative Uses British Intelligence Phone to Call All Over Europe
• Summer 2002: Informant Helping British Intelligence Communicate with Abu Qatada Has Doubts and Is Fired
• Summer-Early November 2002: Second Informant Helps British Intelligence Communicate with Informer Abu Qatada
• Summer 1996-August 1998: British Mole Penetrates Militant Islamic Circles in London
• April 2002: Al-Zarqawi Said to Head Militant Group Competing with Al-Qaeda