Sheikh Omar Abdul
Events (65)
- October 1996: Phoenix FBI Agent Has First Suspicions of Local Flight Students
- Mid-November 1990: CIA Allegedy Blocks FBI Investigation of ‘Blind Sheikh’ in Kahane Assassination
- 1998: Hijacking Proposed to Obtain Release of ‘Blind Sheikh’
- Late 1980s: ’Blind Sheikh’ Works with CIA and Warlords in Afghanistan
- 1986: ’Blind Sheikh’ Secretly Meets with Al Taqwa Bank Leader and Others
- 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
- 1989-1990: ’Blind Sheikh’ Visits London to Recruit Fighters
- Early 1990s: FBI Reportedly Aware of California Training Camps Run by Known Al-Qaeda Operative but Take No Action
- 1993 and After: Milan Mosque Is ‘Main Al-Qaeda Station House in Europe’
- 1994: FBI Watches Suicide Bomber Train in Arizona, Fails to Take Action
- 1997-2002: ’Blind Sheikh’ Continues to Head Global Jihad Movement from Inside Maximum Security Prison
- Late 1993-1994: US Investigators Discover Links Between WTC Bombing and Mujaheddin Fighting in Bosnian War
- Spring 1993: ’Blind Sheikh’ Plot to Crash Airplane into US Embassy in Egypt
- 1976: Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt Founded, Funds Political Growth of Islamist Movement