Essam al Ridi
Profile: Essam al Ridi
Related Entities:
- Acquaintance of Osama bin Laden
Events (14)
- (Shortly After September 26, 1986): Bin Laden Associate Obtains Photos for CIA 1986-09-26
- Shortly After August 21, 1997: Important Al-Qaeda Contacts Discovered through Seized Address Book 1997-08-21
- August 1992-1993: El-Hage and US Associate Discuss Purchase of Aircraft for Bin Laden; Stingers Discussed Openly on Phone
- September 1999: FBI Investigates Flight School Attendee Connected to Bin Laden
- October 1998: Associate of Embassy Bombers Meets Prosecutors, Will Agree to Testify in Court
- 1984: Bin Laden and Other Mujaheddin Leaders Meet Mysterious Europeans in Pakistan
- 1987 or 1988: Arab Afghans Purchase Night Vision Goggles in US
- Early 1989: US Supplies Sniper Rifles to Bin Laden’s Mentor
- Early 1993: Bin Laden Buys Airplane in US to Help Kill US Soldiers
- (1994-1995): Crash of Bin Laden’s Plane in Khartoum Is Major Local Event
- Between August 1992 and 1993: Bin Laden Sends Quarter of Million Dollars to US; CIA Is Monitoring His Banking Operations
- Early 1983-Late 1984: Afghan Arab Purchases Equipment for Mujaheddin in US and Britain
- Before October 1993: Al-Qaeda Leaders Travel to Somalia from Monitored Base in Sudan
- Summer 1998: El-Hage Asks Associate for Advice on His Status with FBI