“On November 24, 1989, Azzam and his two sons were murdered in a car bombing on their way to Friday prayers. The triple homicide has never been solved, and bin Laden officially professed grief over the incident. But the EIJ [Egyptian Islamic Jihad] knew that Azzam was the one man standing between bin Laden and […]
11/24/1989
“After the [Afghan-Russian] war ended, and al-Qaeda was looking to move their movement global, there were attempts on [al-Qaeda co-founder] Abdullah Azzam’s life. On November 24, 1989, Azzam and his two sons were killed when three land mines detonated as a motor caravan was taking them to the mosque in Peshawar [Pakistan] to pray. There […]
11/24/1989
“Despite constant rumors, no evidence proves that bin Laden was in any way involved in the [November 24] 1989 assassination of [Islamic scholar/bin Laden mentor Sheik Abdullah] Azzam and his two sons.” – Michael Scheuer, Osama Bin Laden, Page 59 […]
11/24/1989
In Peshawar, Pakistan, “On November 24, 1989, [al-Qaeda co-founder Abdullah] Azzam put his two sons into his car to go to Friday prayers. He turned the key. The car exploded. There were no survivors. Pakistani investigators were never able to prove that bin Laden was behind the blast, but he was surely its direct beneficiary. […]
11/24/1989
“…on Friday, November 24, 1989, [al-Qaeda co-founder] Abdallah Azzam was killed when a bomb exploded as he was driving down one of Peshawar [Pakistan]‘s main streets. …His enormous legacy has three dimensions: first, the political dimension and Azzam’s role in moving the Afghan conflict from the regional to the global scale; second, the organizational aspect, […]
11/24/1989
“On November 24, 1989, [Palestinian cleric and mentor of Osama bin Laden, Abdullah] Azzam rode to the mosque [in Peshawar, Pakistan] with his sons, Ibrahim and Mohammed, who was the driver. As Mohammed was parking, a roadside bomb made from twenty kilograms of TNT exploded with such force that the car shattered. …Earlier that Friday, […]
11/24/1989
On November 24, 1989, a remotely controlled car bomb killed Abdullah Azzam, one of the leaders of the Mektab al Khidmat (MAK). “The outcome left Bin Ladin indisputably in charge of what remained of the MAK and al Qaeda.” – 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, Page 56 […]
11/24/1989
After the defeat of the invading Soviets in Afghanistan, there was a power struggle between Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda co-founder Sheik Abdullah Azzam as to how to use the funds they raised, as well as the mujahadeen. “On November 24, 1989, Azzam and his two sons were killed by a car bomb in […]
11/24/1989
“As the Soviets leave Afghanistan, a dispute breaks out among the ‘Afghan Arabs’ over the best use of the fortune that continues to pour in. [Palestinian cleric Abdullah] Azzam wants to use the money to set up an Islamic regime in Kabul. Osama bin Laden wants to use it for a worldwide jihad against the […]
11/15/1989
In November 1989, “according to a declassified State Department report, intelligence officials reported that Iraq was diverting dual-use American exports to military projects and using front companies to acquire nuclear technology. Undeterred, [James] Baker’s State Department and [Brent] Scowcroft’s NSC [National Security Council] secured $1 billion in loan guarantees for Iraq that same month.” [The […]