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Complete 911 Timeline

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  1. 1980-1990: Two Yemeni Sheikhs Serve as Bin Laden Advisers During Soviet-Afghan War
  2. 1980s and 1990s: Most 9/11 Hijackers Have Middle-Class Backgrounds
  3. Late 1980s and After: CIA Blocks Investigations into Al-Qaeda’s ‘Operational Headquarters’ in US
  4. Early 1980s: FBI Encounters Problems Passing Intelligence Information to Criminal Prosecutors, ‘Wall’ Arises
  5. Late 1980s: ’Blind Sheikh’ Works with CIA and Warlords in Afghanistan
  6. 1981-1992: Cheney and Rumsfeld Practice Secret Continuity of Government Plan, Later Activated on 9/11
  7. 1981 and After: US Advocacy Group Trains Fighters in Afghanistan; Alleged to Be CIA Front
  8. Between 1981 and 1989: Officials Airborne in ‘Doomsday’ Plane for Three Days during Exercise
  9. 1982-1991: Afghan Opium Production Skyrockets
  10. 1982-1989: US Turns Blind Eye to BCCI and Pakistani Government Involvement in Heroin Trade
  11. 1984: Bin Laden Develops Ties with Pakistani ISI and Afghan Warlord
  12. 1984-1986: CIA Director Repeatedly Meets with Head of Criminal BCCI Bank, Funding of Afghan War Is Discussed
  13. 1984-1986: CIA Reveals BCCI’s Drug and Terrorist Links to Other US Agencies, but No Action Taken
  14. (1984-2004): Richard Clarke Participates in Secret Continuity of Government Exercises
  15. 1984: Ali Mohamed Works Briefly with CIA; Then Let Go Because of Connections to Islamic Fundamentalist Groups
  16. Early 1984: Port Authority Establishes Office of Special Planning
  17. (Between Early 1984 and October 1985): Office of Special Planning Studies Vulnerability of WTC to Terrorist Attack
  18. 1984: Bin Laden and Other Mujaheddin Leaders Meet Mysterious Europeans in Pakistan
  19. 1984-1994: CIA Funds Militant Textbooks for Afghanistan
  20. 1985-1989: Precursor to Al-Qaeda Puts Down US Roots
  21. 1985-1989: Bin Laden’s Mentor Azzam Recruits Fighters All Over World with Apparent CIA Support
  22. (1985): CIA Agent Proposes False Flag Attacks in Europe in Name of Hezbollah; Modified Proposal Is Implemented
  23. (1985 or After): Islamic Jihad Receives CIA Money for Afghan Effort
  24. 1985: Arrest of Pakistan Proliferator Endangers Program of US Aid to Mujaheddin
  25. September 1985: Ali Mohamed Moves to US; CIA Role Is Disputed
  26. August 1985-October 1990: White House Defies Congress and Allows Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program to Progress
  27. 1986: ’Blind Sheikh’ Secretly Meets with Al Taqwa Bank Leader and Others
  28. 1986-October 1999: New Jersey Firm Investors List Is ‘Who’s Who of Designated Terrorists’
  29. 1986: Bin Laden Works Indirectly with CIA
  30. 1985-1987: US Helps Afghan Allies Launch Attacks into Soviet Union
  31. 1986-1993: CIA and Bin Laden Both Closely Tied to Recruiting and Fund-raising Office for Afghanistan
  32. Between 1986-1989: Ali Mohamed Resumes Contact with CIA
  33. 1986-1992: CIA and British Recruit and Train Militants Worldwide to Help Fight Afghan War
  34. (1986): Pentagon Official Asks Afghan Commanders about Diverting Resources to Arab Fighters
  35. (Mid-1986): Report Rates Vulnerability of Public Areas of WTC to Terrorist Attack as ‘Very High’
  36. 1987: A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Network Begins Selling Technology and Know-How
  37. 1987-1991: KSM Works in Afghanistan for Warlord Most Favored by CIA
  38. 1987-1989: Ali Mohamed Meets with Islamic Militants Regularly While Instructor at US Base
  39. 1986: Ali Mohamed Joins US Military and Teaches about Middle East; Supervisors Include Prominent Neoconservative Ideologue
  40. 1987 or 1988: Arab Afghans Purchase Night Vision Goggles in US
  41. 1987: Office of Special Planning Closes Down
  42. 1987-1989: US Continues to Certify Pakistan Does Not Have Nuclear Weapon, Despite Intelligence that It Does
  43. 1987: Pakistan Secretly Builds Nuclear Weapon
  44. 1988: Al Taqwa Bank Founded; Tied to Nazi Supporters
  45. 1988: ’Al-Qaeda’ Possibly the Name of a Computer Database
  46. 1988: Ali Mohamed Fights in Afghanistan But Is Not Punished For It
  47. 1989-1994: Al-Marabh Has Curious FBI Contacts; Trains in Afghanistan
  48. 1989-1990: ’Blind Sheikh’ Visits London to Recruit Fighters
  49. Late 1980s: Afghan Training Camps Forge Future Boston Al-Qaeda Cell
  50. 1989-January 1993: Hamas Trains and Fundraises in US