Abstract
By 1993, Ali Mohammad, a senior Al-Qaida military trainer, began the advanced training of operatives in Sudan for attacks in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. In neighboring Somalia, Mohammed trained Mohammed Farah Aidid’s supporters to resist UN and US peacekeepers. After the US withdrawal from Mogadishu, Al-Qaida, under the leadership of Ali al-Rashidi, continued to establish cells, and operational and support networks throughout East Africa — especially in Kenya and Tanzania. By 1997, Al-Qaida networks there had established strong ties with the organization’s leaders in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, the US, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt. These events predated Al-Qaida’s operations Kaaba and al-Aqsa, which, in 1998, respectively resulted in the bombing of two US embassies in Nairobi (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), killing more than 300 people and injuring many more.
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