1989 : (PHILIPPINES : YOUSEF SETS UP LINKS BETWEEN AL QAEDA & ABU SAYYAF) Yousef - known as "the chemist" - became crucial to al Qaeda's spread into Asia, setting up links as early as 1989 with Abu Sayyaf extremists in the Philippines. - "Powell's mission: to link Saddam with terror," theage.com.au, February 1 2003 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804523375.html.
SEPTEMBER 1992 : (YOUSEF TRAVELS TO US ON IRAQI VISA UNDER FAKE ID, WAS GRANTED ASSYLUM) In September, 1992, Yousef travelled to the US on an Iraqi visa, and under a false identity. He was granted asylum after claiming to have been beaten by Iraqi soldiers. - "Powell's mission: to link Saddam with terror," theage.com.au, February 1 2003 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804523375.html.
FEBRUARY 26, 1993 : (WTC 1 PLOT : YOUSEF, FORMERLY A COLLABORATOR DURING IRAQ'S OCCUPATION OF KUWAIT, PLANNED WTC1 ATTACK) Ramzi Yousef is serving 240 years in a US prison for masterminding the 1993 attacks. Raised in Kuwait, he is known to have collaborated with Iraq during the occupation of Kuwait. - "Powell's mission: to link Saddam with terror," theage.com.au, February 1 2003 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804523375.html.
MARCH 1993 ?: (YOUSEF FLEES THE US ; HIDES IN THE PHILIPPINES, PLANS OPERATION BOJINKA) Six months later [after he arrived in the US in Sept 1992], Yousef fled, having constructed the truck bomb that fellow Islamic extremists drove into the basement of the trade centre. While in hiding in Manila, [Yousef] then drew up plans to bomb 11 American passenger airliners over the Pacific. - "Powell's mission: to link Saddam with terror," theage.com.au, February 1 2003 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804523375.html.
1995 : (WTC PLOTTER YOUSEF ARRESTED IN PAKISTAN NEAR IRAQI EMBASSY AND IS HANDED OVER TO US) The Bojinka plot misfired, and in 1995 he [Yousef] was arrested in Islamabad, near the Iraqi embassy, and handed over to the US. - "Powell's mission: to link Saddam with terror," theage.com.au, February 1 2003 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804523375.html.
1995 : (PHILIPPINES ARRESTS 9 ABU SAYYAF MEMBERS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KSM : 6 WERE IRAQI AGENTS) When police in the Philippines arrested nine members of Abu Sayyaf in 1995, they identified six of the nine as Iraqi agents. They believed this cell had operated under instructions from Khalid Sheik Mohammed, one of bin Laden's senior lieutenants. - "Powell's mission: to link Saddam with terror," theage.com.au, February 1 2003 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804523375.html.
OCTOBER 2002 : (THE PHILIPPINES : ZAMBOANGA BOMBING KILLS AMERICAN GREEN BERET; See ABU SAYYAF & IRAQI DIPLOMATS) ...“The intelligence report on the links of the Abu Sayyaf and the second secretary of the Iraq Embassy in the Philippines came about when NICA traced cell-phone directories that [established the] link between the Iraqi second secretary and the Abu Sayyaf group that engineered the bombing in the area of Malagutay in Zamboanga City,” said Ople. He explained that an Abu Sayyaf member made the call to Hussain right after the bombing in Zamboanga City, which occurred in October last year [2002]. “The intelligence reports are very detailed [but] I’m not allowed to disclose the details because it will compromise the assets of the intelligence community,” said Ople, stressing, “These allegations are serious and I have to ask the Iraqi chargé d’affaires about it.” Ople also told Bolus that the military and the police will continue to monitor the activities of Iraqi Embassy officials in the Philippines. ------ " Iraqi diplomat linked to Philippine bombing," By ESTRELLA TORRES, TODAY Reporter , Japan Today , 2/11/03
... reminder from the top of the post again:
1989 : (PHILIPPINES : YOUSEF SETS UP LINKS BETWEEN AL QAEDA & ABU SAYYAF) Yousef - known as "the chemist" - became crucial to al Qaeda's spread into Asia, setting up links as early as 1989 with Abu Sayyaf extremists in the Philippines. - "Powell's mission: to link Saddam with terror," theage.com.au, February 1 2003 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804523375.html.
Burma Shave
There's gonna be a scrotum check at the airports soon if we dont muscle up and and eliminate these koranimals.
Thanks for the timeline!