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An al Qaeda operative at Fort Bragg By JOHN SULLIVAN and JOSEPH NEFF Raleigh News & Observer November 13, 2001 FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A former sergeant at Fort Bragg who became a close adviser to Osama bin Laden obtained sensitive documents describing how U.S. special operations units function. Ali A. Mohamed, a trusted trainer in bin Laden's al Qaeda network, walked the halls of the U.S. military's top warfare planning center at Fort Bragg for more than two years as an Army sergeant. From 1987 to 1989, he acquired sensitive documents describing how special operations units work and a...

By JOHN SULLIVAN and JOSEPH NEFFRaleigh News & ObserverNovember 13, 2001 FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A former sergeant at Fort Bragg who became a close adviser to Osama bin Laden obtained sensitive documents describing how U.S. special operations units function. Ali A. Mohamed, a trusted trainer in bin Laden's al Qaeda network, walked the halls of the U.S. military's top warfare planning center at Fort Bragg for more than two years as an Army sergeant. From 1987 to 1989, he acquired sensitive documents describing how special operations units work and a detailed plan for a special operations training exercise, court ...

A 15-year-old girl was charged Friday with murder in the shooting death of her father, a Fort Bragg soldier. Aldridge Park. The girl was found hiding under a couch in the Sunset Mobile Home Park, according to Miranda Eldridge, who lives in the mobile home where the girl was arrested. The police would not divulge the name of the person arrested because the suspect is under 16, but Eldridge identified her as Elizabeth Shannon.Her father, Maj. David Shannon, was shot on July 23 as he slept in the bedroom of his home in Cottonade, according to the police. On Tuesday,...

Questions, ammo land felon in jail Sunday, June 16, 2002 5:58AM EDT From Staff And Wire Reports FAYETTEVILLE - A convicted felon was in custody Saturday awaiting a detention hearing after federal authorities arrested him for allegedly carrying bomb-making materials and asking about security at Fort Bragg. Antonio Olmeda, 43, of Shirley, N.Y., was arrested at a bus station in Fayetteville on Thursday after a man, whom authorities have not named, called a State Bureau of Investigation agent Wednesday to report that a suspicious man had asked him directions, then asked about security at Fort Bragg. Olmeda asked the man...