4/15/1996

According to an April 1996 State Department report titled ‘1995 Patterns of Global Terrorism:’ “By 1995 the FBI and CIA were convinced bin Laden was heavily involved in terrorism. He had been linked ‘to numerous terrorist organizations’ and he was directing ‘funding and other logistic support through his companies to a number of extremist causes.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Simon Reeve, The New Jackals, Page 184