Al-Qaeda plans to smuggle weapons to Sudan
Possible Meeting | Primary Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
| Location | Sudan | |
 | Time | 19931,2 | |
| Participants | Abu Fadhl al-Makkee1, Abu Rida al Suri1, Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl1 | |
| Narrative and Notes (Reliable) | According to al-Fadl, the trio discussed sending a cargo plane laden with sugar as a relief flight to Afghanistan. The plane would then pick up Milan antitank missiles and Stinger antiaircraft missiles and bring them back to Sudan for al-Qaeda's uses. Al-Fadl did not say whether this flight actually took place.1 | |
Sources and Notes | |||
| 1Jamal al-Fadl testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al, trial transcript, Day 2, Feb. 6, 2001. | |||
| 2Rough estimate, no date provided; sometime between 1991 and 1995. | |||
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