"...The plotters were all members of Al-Qaida, an international terrorist organization which was then based in Sudan. Operation Bojinka was developed by Al-Qaida operatives Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed while they were in Manila, Philippines in 1994 and early 1995..."
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Bojinka
Hi, Pro-Bush...will check out David Hoffman's book; thanks! Nichols made several trips to the Philippines and, I believe, had at least one Philippine wife.