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- Early September 2001: CIA Assets Penetrated Al-Qaeda Training Camps by This Time
- 1987-1998: California Al-Qaeda Cell Serves as Vital Communications Hub
- 1990: FBI Seizes List of Al-Kifah Contacts
- 1990: Islamist Militants Set Up Operations in Bosnia
- 1991: Algerian Army Helps Create Al-Qaeda Linked Militant Group
- 1991: Al-Qaeda Begins Infiltrating Balkans Region Through Charity Front
- 1991-1992: CIA Penetrates Bank Frequently Used by Bin Laden
- 1992-1995: Yemeni Sheikh Allegedly Helps Supply Recruits and Funds For Bosnian War
- 1992: Al-Qaeda Allegedly Plans Bomb Attack Inside US
- Early 1990s: FBI Reportedly Aware of California Training Camps Run by Known Al-Qaeda Operative but Take No Action
- 1992: Bin Laden’s Main Charity Front in US Turns Focus to Supporting Bosnian War
- December 1992: US Army Allegedly Tries to Get Radical Militants in New York to Fight in Bosnia
- December 1992-June 1993: Ali Mohamed and Other Former US Soldiers Train Al-Qaeda Fighters in Bosnia
- 1993-1999: Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Fight for Al-Qaeda
- May 1993: Ali Mohamed Gives FBI First Glimpse of Al-Qaeda
- 1993: Algerian GIA Joins Forces with Al-Qaeda
- 1993: Charity Shut Down in Saudi Arabia for Ties to Al-Qaeda But Prospers in US
- 1993 and After: Milan Mosque Is ‘Main Al-Qaeda Station House in Europe’
- 1995-1997: Swiss Block Investigation into Bank that Funds Suspicious Italian Mosque
- 1993: Ali Mohamed Sets Up Nairobi Cell; Trains Somalis to Fight US Troops
- 1993: US-Based Charity Helps Send Nine Elite Al-Qaeda Trainers to Bosnia
- 1993: Bin Laden Lists Al-Qaeda’s Most Important Charity Fronts
- After January 1993: Wright Begins Investigating Terrorism Financing Inside US
- 1994: Al-Qaeda Helps Form Militant Training Camps in Philippines
- 1994: Ptech Founded with Support from Suspected Terrorism Financiers
- Shortly After February 1994: Ali Mohamed Sets up Meeting between Bin Laden and Hezbollah
- 1995-2001: Persian Gulf Elite Go Hunting with Bin Laden and Mullah Omar in Afghanistan
- 1995-1998: Alleged Ties Between Al-Qadi Charity and Terrorist Groups Are Uncovered; No Action Taken
- 1995-1998: Darkazanli Receives Large Sums From Saudi Intelligence Front Company
- 1996: Radical London Imam Bakri Establishes Organization Later Linked to Terror Attacks
- 1996-2000: Bin Laden Visits Friendly Government Officials in Qatar
- January 1996: CIA Report Exposes Militant Charity Fronts in Bosnia; Ties to Saudi Arabia and Other Governments Discovered
- 1996: Saudi Regime Goes to ‘Dark Side’
- 1996: FBI Fumbles Flight School Investigation; Murad and Eleven Other Al-Qaeda Pilots Trained in US
- November 1996-Late August 1998: US Tracks Bin Laden’s Satellite Phone Calls
- 1996: British Intelligence and Al-Qaeda Allegedly Cooperate in Plot to Assassinate Libyan Leader
- 1996: Al-Qaeda Supposedly Loses Trust in Ali Mohamed
- 1996: US Intelligence Learns that KSM and Bin Laden Have Traveled Together
- 1997-Late Spring 2001: Investigation into Al-Qaeda Linked-Charity Based in Chicago Hindered by FBI Headquarters
- 1997: Future Hijackers Supposedly Watchlisted in Saudi Arabia for Failed Gunrunning Plot
- 1997: CIA Deems Saudi Intelligence ‘Hostile Service’ Regarding Al-Qaeda
- 1997-December 1999: FBI and Swiss Fail to Act Against Suspicious Bank and Its Shareholders
- 1998: US Intelligence Starts Investigating Al-Qaeda-Linked Charity in US, After Knowing of Its Militant Ties for Years
- 1998: By Some Accounts, Al-Qaeda Begins Planning for 9/11
- 1999: CIA Builds Network of Informants throughout Afghanistan, Central Asia
- 1999: US Government Ignores ‘Who’s Who’ Book of Al-Qaeda Figures
- 1999: British Intelligence Warns Al-Qaeda Plans to Use Aircraft, Possibly as Flying Bombs
- 1999: Joint CIA-NSA Project Taps into Al-Qaeda’s Tactical Radios
- 1999: 9/11 Funder Offered Deal to Turn Informant
- 1999: Al-Qaeda Linked Philippine Militants Involved in Drug Trade