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HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 04-03-2006 BY 60309ATam/ml/Working Copy b6 Page b7C 1 b7D 09/16/99 On September 14, 1999, epresented by and in the company of[ met with Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) PATRICK FITzGERALD and Special Agents in a proffer session. The session began at approximately 11:30 a.m. he would explain USAMA BIN LADeN's plans from 1990 forward, as background for understanding the bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and Tanzania on August 7, 1998. the collapse of the Somali state in 199o inspired BiN LADeN to create a plan. the interviewers with a diagram. BIn LADEN planned to start by taking over Yemen first, from there he would then storm Saudi Arabia. . Bin LADen began training people in Afghanistan, however, once they left Afghanistan and went back to their religious leaders, they were told that Bin LADen's joined forces with ITTIhAD AL ISLAMI. Once the Government in Somalia fell, BIN LADeN moved to Sudan in 199l, so he could be closer to the area of his plan. BIN LADEN planned to reach Yemen through Somalia. information from ABu HAFS in 1991. BIN LADEN, using ITTIHAD AL ISLAMI, sent Al Qaeda members to Somalia by boat. ITTIHAD AL IsLAMI, arrested ALI youser (now president of Somaliland) and put him in jail. Some of ITTIHAD AL ISLAMI wanted to kill ALI yOUSEF, some did not. The group that did not want to kill youseF moved to Las Quory. After this Bin LADen determined that Somalia was not an option. The tribe of um Rihan turned Somaliland into and independent ut uegd sty aaeq aou phnan Ngdai Nig anuts *aaeas ntaensI Somaliland he decided to go to Ogaden. not in Ogaden. According to u.S. Cobra helicopters helped the blamed the United Nations for his failure in Somalia and blamed the United States for his failure in Ogaden. In 1993, BIN LADEN Saudi Arabia), he must wage jihad against the U.S., so he prepared Al Qaeda to attack American targets. BIn LADeN and Al pue eeuey ueameaq dadeddnd pue uew deee on daeag pean epeed Somalia. The members of the ITTIhAD AL IsLAMI (in Somalia) established a training camp in an area of Somalia known as Howa. helping further his policy; they simply wanted his financial support. In approximately 1993, BIN LADEN took another approach and he sent Al Qaeda members to Mombassa and Nairobi, Kenya. ]Afghanistan from ABu HAFs who showed him the areas in Kenya on a map. lthe first Al Qaeda sent to Kenya. a member of the Shura Council, Case ID : 265A-NY-259391-302 Serial : 196 265A-NY-259391-I 401 265A-NY-259391-UU 27 ACS REO 12-29-03 (sg) 000000162