On December 29, 1992, “A bomb explodes in a hotel in Aden, Yemen, where US troops had been staying while en route to a humanitarian mission in Somalia. The bomb killed two Austrian tourists; the U.S. soldiers had already left. Two Yemeni Muslim militants, trained in Afghanistan and injured in the blast, are later arrested. […]
12/29/1992
“On December 29, 1992, a bomb exploded in the Movenpick Hotel in Aden, Yemen, and another blew up prematurely in the parking lot of a nearby luxury hotel, the Goldmohur. The bombers had targeted American troops who were on their way to Somalia to participate in Operation Restore Hope, an international famine relief effort. In […]
12/29/1992
On December 29, 1992, future World Trade Center bomber Ramzi “Yousef told [co-conspirator Ahmad] Ajaj he wanted to get hold of the bomb-making manuals that had been in Ajaj’s luggage when the INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service] stopped him. …The call was taped by the prison recording system, but apparently not reviewed until much later.” […]
12/29/1992
“His [bin Laden’s] organization is credited with a December [29] 1992 explosion…in Aden, Yemen, that killed two tourists and narrowly missed a number of U.S. soldiers. …That bombing is now seen as bin Laden’s first act of terrorism against Americans.” – Bob Graham with Jeff Nussbaum, Intelligence Matters, Page 30 […]
12/20/1992
“On December 20 [1992], [FBI informant Garrett] Wilson met with [future World Trade Center bombing conspirators Clement] Hampton-El and [Yaya abu] Ubaidah in an apartment in Jersey City [New Jersey]. Hampton-El wanted Wilson to train eight to ten men for an international jihad battalion. …He said that he would provide AK-47s for the training sessions […]
12/19/1992
“Another stunning opportunity to stop the first WTC bombing came on December 19, 1992. As the Feds later learned, [WTC bombing conspirator] Mahmud Abouhalima had placed a call to [former FBI informant] Emad Salem. But since the former Egyptian intelligence officer [Salem] had been forced out as an undercover asset by ASAC [Assistant Special Agent […]
12/18/1992
Afghan Pashtun tribal and guerrilla leader “Abdul Haq wrote [on December 18, 1992] to [U.S. Special Envoy to the Afghan resistance Peter] Tomsen during this period: ‘Afghanistan runs the risk of becoming 50 or more separate kingdoms. Foreign extremists may want to move in, buying houses and weapons. Afghanistan may become unique in becoming both […]
12/15/1992
Mohammed Ajaj, a member of the al-Fatah terrorist group, had been detained at JFK airport on September 1, 1992, after he was found with bomb manuals, a doctored passport and other terrorist-related material. In December 1992, “Federal Judge Reena Raggi defied the efforts of federal prosecutors and ordered Ajaj’s bomb manuals returned to him. One […]
12/15/1992
“Provoked by the pressure of TV images and harsh criticism from Democrats over human rights violations around the world, in December 1992 the (lame-duck) [George H.W.] Bush administration authorized an armed international expedition of some 35,000 troops to Somalia as the United Task Force to ensure that relief reached its destination. To avoid getting mired […]
12/15/1992
“…bin Laden was tracked by the CIA as early as December 1992.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Richard Miniter, Losing Bin Laden, Page xviii […]