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UMJU biD Awad Bilsl.adm ia Dllll cf'thD 100M Dil!'ific:Jm f\MnCiiiJ
tpoJUOn oflslimlo in tbt One IOQCI:I of .
wu.ltby conitnlcticm 2m
Ladin Group bu.JiMaa empitt-U1&1'1l* Joiftcd t11e AtPan movtmliftt
me 25 December 1979 Sovlu lnvulon ot Afibn1tu. "t wv lJ1d wtnt thre It
'he claimed in a 1993 ittrervicvr, "I lll'rivtli within da)t!, t.!:e= 4M of 197'.
Bin l.Gdln ,gained dllrins the fgr hie n:ll tbo
ttanspotut!on, and ttvJnins a( .AIJb llilionab -M!o YOI1,1ntwed U) tish1
ilieAfshAn By 19!,, Blnl.&cl.in lwf d1".1111'1t on bb family'' w:u!UJ,
-plus donations received fmm merchw tllllillu in the Gulf regitll\ to rtaDU.e
I&iamic Salvation rounc!a:tion, fbr this purpo1e.
A of recruitmw nWS and sucJ!houa;J in Egypt. Sa:Jiii
Arabia, :l.llt! Pa'kisti:ll hu el\liJk:d and sNI!temi thcuunl'lS Of Arab n:.;:-u;T'I. ThJ$
network rctl'lllint a=iw:.
in with CX1l'Oimi6t &fOI.lJU like '"'" cgyptiiltl ll II
blamiyyah. aao know<'$ the Is\nrn.ic ("tf0\1-p, alaQalda am! fun' -n
ca.rnps in w :?Wmtl ptovid.O 1
in preoantion fur the ti&hting in
Under Bin il'l'IFOI'ld bulldoleJS and o'her
cql.li]HTltt\t tel CU\ roads. tlllll'll!b
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a;nd ci.l:pot; throUgh
,\.fghatuSUJ!'S l'rlOUtiWI\QUl ttl'r.lin !0 n'IO'IIt: i!H;! ihl:ltc:r lighters ill)c;f SYPF. ;c1,
Albr the ScYiets 'Withdrew iT<Jm il'l ISlllSI, Din L:2dirt retumcr.lt:
\:1 the iamiiy'J construction he eominucd !o 3Up: ,,t
rr. h!U'II.ic 1h11t hild besun tilrsering modetatl! lsbm!c: gOViZI'I'l!nena in .1 :
Saudi.oif.<:i3.1s held Sin:LMiin'1 paup1m d.,.rlng 1989-1991 ir\ 1 bid to prevt 1 him
m !Kllidif)"ing "onc.a..:ts wi!k OJnrcl'l\isu wham he had bo:t:'rio:ndcd during the Ai'Sh . wv.
Bin uGin relacatcd to Sud<u\ in wnerr: he Wl!S Wtolcomed by Nationa.
lHmic .Front (N!F) le3./ier altl.lrabi. In a 1994 intet'\'iew, Bin :"
have sul'\ieyed b:JSiM5S 11!16 invutmenl oppQr:-unhics itt SudliTI a' c;ll(ly 1
lt8l. Heemb;Uk.td on buiin06a ventu:cs in in 1990, w
fc IQW\I'Il) na to Khutoum. Sin L11.din also formed \lusino:lJJ ;;ups
w weal!hy ?>."l'.:F developrnc:M m 1he
beha'f
Bin Lad in's compllny AJ-Hijrah for Cotlstl'l.letion and DC";e!opment, Ltd.
the tahaddi road linking Khanoum wi'h
. iNI!lmatinoa! aitpQn Tldt Pan: Sudan.
Bin L&diA's ilrtn Wadi Compmy, Lu1., in
with Ills Ta!ola U4., &ai;.WcQ 1 IMf
ma.iw sun5ov...,
N!P manbtn. Alta fiR l.iitK!,. 9ln
Will' Al't'hemar Ccmpany. Lbt.pw 10
eneompa$1lqa !.IJ,I;1I orlleld '*" K!l&nwrn and In Sudan.
Bin Win uui w.a.lchy N1F AJ..Sh:f.alal Isl.imla Ban\t; ill
Bin.IA4in inffittd $$0 IZil!lion in w bW:.
Bin I...acl.bs's won: fbn<e ift:W tO in.GJudc miliLant Afib,.m Will" 'Vtlltll'W '! to
avoid co wu own IUmd IW.lsed ufsvmlv-6 am.
acnvitie&. In May 1m, tor cxamplo. Bin LD!lli\ the U'lWl oflN t.o 430
Afs)lan WB:"'VetenN to Sudu c:xtrt:.tlst&
linsenna irt Pakistan. In addition to Webawa in Sudan, Bill Ladin hu pnwidCC
support tO militint! 11.01ively u. mo4crato and tho Weg:
Im.mie U'll'e11\ists who pc:pmated the D=mOir 1992 l!ttertlptCid bomblngt
some 100 U.S. A.<len-bil*e" tllm tO UJ'".
opemdcn.a in Bill L&din ti11tnc:d tllcit JltlllP.
& A joint EltijlililnSaudi rawaler.l in MR.y 1993 ;hal 'fl ill IA:h
businu:s intere..tt$ hcli)Od Nmt1 mcnoy to Egyptia:l who thl5
ash to buy c:quipnu:m, pMting Weil'Onll.
By 195111, Sin IA.din h&ci begun f!nzncin5 leta' 'thr9 U!ITOrl$t I 1inh\i
Qfllpll in r.Qrthem rwidtau iN:I"dld Emtial\ AJsrian..
Tunilia."t. and e:xtrtmiMl-in cogpcration with the Nl:f'. 'Bin \
A.IHijrah for Co!l#ruction U\4 OevtlQFJll!l'lt worlu d!tcc:tly with Sudan
milltary to and pre\ision leffilriru tnWng in &\l1\ {;llt'l 1s.
P:U:ist:.\1\i investigac!:>t& h"-ve sUd thin RUIU:i Alltnt11 Youlll:(, tho
of 1he FtoruAI)' 1993 World Trade C9mer bOI'IIl>lnS. resided the
Bin udin-funded Ba)1 ABunad4 gucthOU$C In PI:IAAioVIl'
during ofthe ipprchenaion in Febi'UlU)' !99S,
A ludins member Ei1J111ill tlltrtmi5t grou.p in e.:llY
L 995 lntll'\iew llat Sin Win helped fund the srcup Mi:l w.q Jl tiTM$ '\l"!ting
()( &pe.::ifi,; terrorist opo:rations mounted by the sroup apnn Egyptian in
a in Lapin temail'\5 the key lha "'Kunw camp in Aislan:
whieil provide:1 terrorist tn.ift!ng to aiJihcc! and lii-OJ!TU'bl
memi;H:rs, t<:cordi!'ls to susptet \etrorisr$ reocm;y by l!gypt\an
auth.orities.
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Bin supparc ibr _,_ ooodnua upltt corldcft
hla Amlly. Alpia, EsYin. w1 Y....n ban r.rmaed Bin -6!
fifwlcin; 1slAmic th* oil (Ytnllll RpOncd!y IN"''P.f,.lJot.'&
t0 app.rdlcnd :Bill La4ift d\rl1nt l994), In febnw)t 1 "" Riyldb Bin
Saudi dtizmsbip fer coava.tkQ itlt isJtwMu LIW risb
lu reJuians Tbe move ptcmple4.BiD Ials1tc ;-'lJJ!I. the
A.rM-.ory llllilWfon'tWion Cotr!Arlitteo, diWdw . Ildr
Am had i-=1 aver 3$0 pwi\pflli:!& ofdlls Saudi Bin l.&dln !IIU BOt
tO apiMS him In Mct:h 19M by hi broth "lt
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l11kr
:laift t..din, S&s41 medi& bl$ denunriai lit mt
of:Bin I...aJill't UliviUa.

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