Al-Qaeda smuggles weapons to Yemen
 | Primary Organization | Al-Qaeda1 | |
| Other Organization | Yemen Jannubi Group1 | |
| Location | Khartoum, Sudan1 | |
| Location | Yemen1 | |
| Time | 1993 | |
| Participants | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl1, Abu Fadhl al-Makkee (Facilitator) 1, Abu Ayoub al-Iraqi (Organizer) 1, Abu Naem al Liby1, Abu Khabuib al Sudani1, Abu Habib al Pakistani1, Abu Mohamed al-Yemeni 21 | |
 | Participants | Ibn Mubarak al Sharqawi1 | |
| Narrative and Notes (Reliable) | Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl and Abu Naem al Liby drove four crates of weapons and explosives from Khartoum to Port Sudan. They were destined for an anti-communist jihadist group in Yemen. Abu Habib al Pakistani and Abu Mohamed al Yemeni were in charge of the boat that carried the weapons to Yemen.1 | |
| Narrative and Notes (Possible) | Abu Fadhl al Makkee told Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl some of the explosives were for Ibn al Mubarak al Sharqawi, an al-Qaeda operative in Saudi Arabia, for use against U.S. and other foreign troops there. It was unclear if this took place.1 | |
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| 1Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al, trial transcript, Day 2, Feb. 6, 2001. | |||
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