FEBRUARY 26, 1998 (WASHINGTON, DC : OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING : CHANG MEETS WITH BRUCE RIEDEL, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL FOR NEAR EAST & SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS TO DISCUSS HIS PROPOSAL FOR A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE US AND IRAQ) Mr. Chang meets at Old Executive Office Building with Bruce Riedel, senior director of the National Security Council for Near East and South Asian Affairs, to discuss his proposal for a dialogue between the United States and Iraq.
JUNE 1998 (mid month) : (IRAQ : AL QAEDA OPERATIVES ATTEND 4 WEEK SESSIONS AT AL-NASIRIYAH TRAINING CAMP TAUGHT BY IRAQI INTELLIGENCE & MILITARY; TRAINING INVOLVES RECON & TARGETING AMERICAN INSTALLATIONS, COVERS WEAPONS SMUGGLING INTO SAUDI ARABIA) Bin-Laden’s operatives were at the al-Nasiriyah training camp, receiving a four week course of instruction from the Iraqi intelligence and military on reconnaissance and targeting American facilities and installations for terrorist attacks. Another group was organized and trained for smuggling weapons and explosives into Saudi Arabia – and used their return to the kingdom as the first (successful) operation. A third group of bin-Laden’s Saudi operatives received a month of sophisticated guerrilla operations training later in the Summer of 1998. - Youssef Bodansky, “Bin Laden; The Man Who Declared War on America,” Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA, 2001, page 324
JUNE 9, 1998 (CHANG AND YU ATTEND STATE DINNER FOR PRSIDENT KIM DAE JUNG) Mr. Chang and Audrey Yu attend state dinner for President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea.
JUNE 1998 (CHANG DONATES $50,000 TO DNC AND ANORTHER $%0,000 TO THE DNCC) Mr. Chang donates $50,000 to the Democratic National Committee and $50,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.