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- December 2002: Informant Details Even More of Al-Marabh’s Al-Qaeda Ties
- December 2002-February 2003: Pakistan Reportedly Permitting Al-Qaeda and Taliban Training Camps
- Late December 2003 - May 2004: Hussein Gives Wealth of Information in Long Interrogations with FBI Agent; No Harsh Tactics Used
- December 2003: Journalist Discredits Neoconservative Conspiracy Theorist about Iraq-9/11 Connections
- December 2003: US Intelligence Discovers Al-Qaeda May Not Be Interested in New Attack Inside US
- December 2006: US Rewards Program to Find Al-Qaeda Leaders Focuses Mainly on Advertising in US, Not Pakistan
- December 14 and 25, 2003: Pakistani President Musharraf Survives Two Al-Qaeda-Linked Assassination Attempts
- December 1996-January 1997: Former Al-Qaeda Financial Officer Completely Exposes Al-Qaeda Financial Network, but US Takes No Action
- Early 1998: CIA Ignores Ex-Agent’s Warning KSM Is ‘Going to Hijack Some Planes,’ Visiting Germany
- December 1997-November 1998: Moroccan Man Ties Hamburg and Milan Al-Qaeda Cells Together
- Early December 1999: US Takes Action to Stop Al-Qaeda Millennium Bombing Plot
- December 1999: Able Danger Immediately Determines Al-Qaeda Has ‘Surprising Presence in US’
- 1986: Al-Qaeda Figures Establish First US Base in Arizona
- Early 1990s: Al-Kifah’s Bosnia War Branch Is Connected to Terrorist Attacks and Brooklyn Office
- Late 1990s: CIA and German Police Foil Airplane Bomb Plot by Al-Qaeda in Northern Germany
- 1991-1996: Future Hamburg Cell Member Zammar Travels Widely, Becomes Al-Qaeda Operative
- 1993: Islamic Jihad Decimated in Egypt, Bringing the Group Closer to Al-Qaeda
- 1994: Philippine Phone Taps Point to Hambali’s Role in Bojinka Plot
- 1995-1998: Al-Qaeda Leader Based in Philippines
- Mid-1996-October 2001: Ariana Airlines Becomes Transport Arm of Al-Qaeda and Taliban
- Late 1996: Bin Laden Becomes Active in Opium Trade
- 1996 and After: Al-Qaeda Revives Bosnia Connections through Saudi Government Charity; US Fails to Shut Charity Down
- Autumn 1997: Al-Qaeda Still Not Recognized as Terrorist Organization by State Department
- 1995 and After: Spanish Intelligence Begins Monitoring Al-Qaeda Cell Later Linked to 9/11 Hamburg Cell
- 1998: CIA Discovers Links between Arms Dealer Victor Bout, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban
- 1998: Hijacking Proposed to Obtain Release of ‘Blind Sheikh’
- (1999-2001): Al-Qaeda Seeks Anthrax; Letters Recovered in Afghanistan Detail Plans
- Early 1999: Memo Calls for New Approach on Bin Laden; Focuses on State-Sponsorship, Money Trail
- (2000): Al-Qaeda Operatives Possibly Show Interest in Florida Flight Schools
- Summer 2001: Pakistani Intelligence Protects Al-Qaeda Leader from Arrest
- 2001: Belgian Government Informant Meets with Al-Zawahiri, Links His Group with Al-Qaeda
- Summer 2001: Computer Intruders Probe US Infrastructure’s Digital Switches; Al-Qaeda Connection Feared
- 2002: CIA Decides Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed Fits Profile of Ideal Courier for Bin Laden
- 2002-2005: Detainee Claims He is Drugged into Confessing Terrorist Ties
- 2002: Al-Qaeda Could Be Planning Cyber-Attacks; Recovered Computer, Detainee Interrogations Reveal Group’s Intentions
- 2002: US Refuses to Exchange Information with Iran about Islamist Militants
- Early 2002: FBI Interrogator Trains Guantanamo Interrogators in Non-Coercive Methods; Military Intelligence Officers Resistant
- After April 2004: Unknown Important Al-Qaeda Figure Has House Raided in Abbottabad, Pakistan
- 2006: US Fails to Kill Al-Qaeda Leader with Drone Strike Due to Permission Delays
- 2006: Taliban and Al-Qaeda Increase Control over Pakistan’s Tribal Region, Killing Over 120 Local Opponents
- (Mid-2007): Pakistan Releases Al-Qaeda Leader Ghul; He Rejoins Al-Qaeda
- Early 1980: Osama Bin Laden, with Saudi Backing, Supports Afghan Rebels
- 1980-1990: Two Yemeni Sheikhs Serve as Bin Laden Advisers During Soviet-Afghan War
- Late 1980s and After: CIA Blocks Investigations into Al-Qaeda’s ‘Operational Headquarters’ in US
- 1985-1989: Precursor to Al-Qaeda Puts Down US Roots
- 1986-1993: CIA and Bin Laden Both Closely Tied to Recruiting and Fund-raising Office for Afghanistan
- 1987-1989: Ali Mohamed Meets with Islamic Militants Regularly While Instructor at US Base
- 1988: ’Al-Qaeda’ Possibly the Name of a Computer Database
- Late 1980s: Afghan Training Camps Forge Future Boston Al-Qaeda Cell
- 1989-2001: CIA Contractor Trains Al-Qaeda and Related Organizations