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03 Mar 2001

From: ERRI DAILY INTELLIGENCE REPORT-Vol. 7, No. 062

Agent Reveals Al-Qaeda Operations And Codes,

Odeh denies he played a role in the August 8, 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi but admits being in the company of the bombers shortly before the attack. His case was dealt a blow on Thursday when prosecutors entered as evidence two sketches drawn by Odeh showing a plan of the embassy, complete with arrows showing the planned route and position of the truck bomb.

Agent Anticev told the court how during a lengthy interrogation session with Odeh, he revealed that the terrorist cell in Nairobi was split into two groups. One group would carry out the surveillance and procurement of supplies for the attack and the second carried out the attack.

Odeh had said the first group would assess the target's construction and vulnerability. From the information they collected, decisions could be made about the type and amount of explosives needed in the attack. He told agent Anticev that if the surveillance could not be done properly, the group would set up a food cart, taxi stand, or barber shop nearby as an observation post.

Agent Anticev said that Odeh also gave him a partial key to the system of code words used by al Qaeda operatives in communications: "working" meant jihad, "tools" meant weapons, "potatoes" meant hand grenades, "papers" meant bad documents and "goods" meant fake documents.
http://www.emergency.com/2001/alqaeda-trial1.htm