1990 : ( IMAM ANWAR NASSER AULAQI / ALALWAKI / ALAWLAKI/ ABU ATIQ ARRIVES IN THE US ON A J-1 VISA TO ATTEND COLLEGE — See CLERICS, SAN DIEGO CELL {See 9/11 HIJACKERS KHALID AL MIDHAR, NAWAF AL HAZMI & HANI HANJOUR}, FALLS CHURCH CELL, OP GREENQUEST, YEMEN) ... [Anwar Nasser Aulaqi] , who originally came to the U.S. in 1990 on a J-1 visa to attend college... ...————D.C. Immam Tied To Highjackers Subject Of Green Quest Probe
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | August 16, 2003 | Paul Sperry
Interesting year.
1990 : (SOVIET GENERAL PRIMAKOV, ONCE OVER IRAQ’S WMD PROGRAMS IN THE 70’s, IS PROMOTED TO HEAD OF SOVIET FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE) In the late 1970s, [Soviet] Gen. Yevgeny Primakov ran Saddam’s weapons programs. After that, as you may recall, he was promoted to head of the Soviet foreign intelligence service in 1990, to Russia’s minister of foreign affairs in 1996, and in 1998, to prime minister. What you may not know is that Primakov hates Israel and has always championed Arab radicalism. He was a personal friend of Saddam’s and has repeatedly visited Baghdad after 1991, quietly helping Saddam play his game of hide-and-seek. - “Russian Collusion in Iraq,” By Ion Mihai Pacepa, Washington Times , August 22, 2003
MAY 1990 : (MIDEAST : SOVIET ALIGNED SOUTH YEMEN & NORTH YEMEN UNITE) In May of 1990, the two Arab nations united peacefully into one Yemen. Regional and political differences between Northerners and Southerners erupted into civil war in 1994, with Aden [the capital of the former Soviet ally the People’s Republic of Yemen aka South Yemen] attempting to reassert its independence. Forces from the north laid siege to Aden and the war ended with the defeat of the southern rebels.——— Lee, R. “The History Guy: Attack on the USS Cole (October 12, 2000)”http://www.historyguy.com/uss_cole.htm (2000).
1990 : (RAHMAN COMES TO THE US) Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman came to the US with a history of alleged but unproven involvement in terrorism. He had been detained by Egypt’s security services after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981. In spite of this he was admitted to the US and no investigation of him took place for the next two or three years. - “FBI Wary of Investigating Extremist Muslim Leaders: Agency May Rethink Hesitancy on Religious Figures,” By Walter Pincus, Washington Post Staff Writer, Monday, October 29, 2001; Page A04
1990 - mid March 2003 : (IRAQ AL QAEDA/AL QAEDA IRAQ CONTACTS BEGIN; BIN LADEN SENDS EMISSARIES TO JORDAN TO MEET WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS) According to the memo—which lays out the intelligence in 50 numbered points—Iraq-al Qaeda contacts began in 1990 and continued through mid-March 2003, days before the Iraq War began. Most of the numbered passages contain straight, fact-based intelligence reporting, which some cases includes an evaluation of the credibility of the source. This reporting is often followed by commentary and analysis. ..
The relationship began shortly before the first Gulf War. According to reporting in the memo, bin Laden sent “emissaries to Jordan in 1990 to meet with Iraqi government officials.”
The primary go-between throughout these early stages was Sudanese strongman Hassan al-Turabi, a leader of the al Qaeda-affiliated National Islamic Front. Numerous sources have confirmed this. One defector reported that “al-Turabi was instrumental in arranging the Iraqi-al Qaeda relationship. The defector said Iraq sought al Qaeda influence through its connections with Afghanistan, to facilitate the transshipment of proscribed weapons and equipment to Iraq. In return, Iraq provided al Qaeda with training and instructors.” -—————— “The U.S. government’s secret memo detailing cooperation between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. ,” by Stephen F. Hayes, 11/24/2003, the Weekly Standard, Volume 009, Issue 11
1990 : (IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT : GULF WAR BEGINS, YEMEN ALIGNS ITSELF WITH IRAQ) Also in 1990, the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and in 1991 became a major war with the intervention of an international coalition, led by the United States and including several Arab nations. Yemen chose to align itself with Iraq and thus quickly became a pariah state in the eyes of the United States and her allies.——— Lee, R. “The History Guy: Attack on the USS Cole (October 12, 2000)”http://www.historyguy.com/uss_cole.htm (2000).
1990 : (BRAZIL APOLOGIZES FOR TECH TRANSFERS TO IRAQ) Brazilian president Fernando Collor de Mello apologized for the technology transfers, which he called “potentially significant.” - “Brazil: Trying to Give Up Missiles” from The Risk Report,Volume 1 Number 3 (April 1995) Page 4.
1990 (BRAZIL, DA SILVA, CASTRO FOUND THE SAO PAULO FORUM) Mr. da Silva makes no secret of his sympathies. He has been an ally of Mr. Castro for more than 25 years. With Mr. Castro’s support, Mr.da Silva founded the Sao Paulo Forum in 1990 as an annual meeting of communist and other radical terrorist and political organizations from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. This has been used to coordinate and plan terrorist and political activities around the world and against the United States. - “Blocking a New Axis of Evil,” by Constantine C. Menges, The Washington Times, August 7, 2002
very interesting year.
JANUARY 31, 1990. (ARIZONA : ASSASSINATION OF BLACK MUSLIM CLERIC RASHID KHALIFA BY EL HAGE’S GROUP & JAMAAT AL FUQRA—SEE AL QAEDA) Rashad Khalifa, controversial Muslim leader in Tucson, Ariz., is stabbed to death. A black Muslim cleric named Rashid Khalifa was murdered in Tucson. Khalifa had practiced a sect that was deemed heretical by fundamentalist Muslims. He was soon marked for death.
According to federal prosecutors and to information volunteered by El Hage in interviews he gave to FBI agents, a still unidentified man was sent to Tucson to do surveillance on Khalifa. This person visited El Hage at his home, had lunch together and then was driven by El Hage to Khalifa’s mosque where the visitor recorded the movements of Khalifa. El Hage admitted before the grand jury that he never reported this visit to the authorities even though Khalifa was later found murdered. Federal records show that Kalifa was killed by a member of the Al-Fuqra organization, a black Muslim fundamentalist group that has engaged in a series of murders, robberies, and other attacks in Colorado and Canada. Members of AlFuqra were also indicted and convicted in the World Trade Center bombing conspiracy trials. Sources familiar with the investigation say that Al-Fuqra as early as 1988 in acquiring weapons and recruiting volunteers for the jihad in Afghanistan.