TERRORISM: USAMA BIN LADIN'S HISTORICAL LINKS TO ABDALLAH AZZAM

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• Publication Date: April 18, 1997

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AFGHANISTAN
TERRORISM: USAMA BIN LADIN'S HISTORICAL LINKS TO
'ABDALLAH AZZAM
MID-19805 - 1990
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SUMMARY: DURING THE AFGHAN WAR, USAMA BIN LADIN MET 'ABDALLAH
AZZAM, WHO INFLUENCED HIM (BIN LADIN) TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK TO
ENHANCE THE MUJAHEDTN'S ASTLTTY TO RECRTITT NFW FTGHTFRS
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2. U9AMA
19805 WITH
(01Tra LADTNI) FTIRST TRAVFTORD TO AFPNANTSTAN TN TNT
((ASMARAI)),
HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER
PREVIOUSLY IN SAUDI ARARTA AND opirmEn TO :MTN THE FTGHT TOGETHER
(ASMARAI)), AKA WALI KHAN AMIN SHAH, A SAUDI NATIONAL
AND ASSOCIATE OF RAMZI ARMED ((YOUSEF)), WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH
YOUSEF IN THE JANUARY 1995 PLOT IN THE PHILIPPINES TO BOMB U.S.
AIRLINERS. USAMA ASMARAI IS CURRENTLY IN U.S. CUSTODY.)
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AZZAM MET WITH BIN LADIN IN AFGHANISTAN.
AZZAM KNEW BIN LADIN'S FAMILY AND THAT BIN LADIN HAD SIGNIFICANT
SUMS OF DTSPOSARTF Tummy
AZZAM CONVINCED BIN LADIN THAT HE (BIN LADIN) HAD
THE ABILITY TO CREATE A NETWORK THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE
MUJAHEDIN ABILITIES TO RECRUIT FIGHTERS AND OBTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM AROUND THE ISLAMIC WORLD FOR THE WAR EFFORT. SHORTLY
THEREAFTER, BIN LADIN JOINED AZZAM IN PESHAWAR AND THEY FORMED THE
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