Shortly After November 1, 1976: CIA and other intelligence agencies use BCCI to control and manipulate criminals and terrorists worldwide November 1978-February 1979: Some United States officials want to support radical Muslims to contain Soviet Union 1979-February 22, 2003: Al-Qaeda affiliate in Southeast Asia deeply penetrated by Indonesian government mole Shortly After November 20, 1979: Bin Laden brother arrested over Medina mosque siege, Osama also possibly arrested December 8, 1979: Soviet forces, lured in by the CIA, invade Afghanistan Early 1980s: Osama bin Laden, with Saudi backing, supports Afghan rebels Early 1980 and After: Bin Laden serves as middleman between Saudi intelligence and Afghan warlords 1980-1989: $600 million for Afghan war passes through bin Laden charity fronts 1980s: Much United States and Saudi aid meant for Afghan fighters goes to ISI and Abdul Qadeer Khan network October 1980: Osama's olde...
9/11 Timeline Key Events Only Shortly After September 1, 1976: CIA and other intelligence agencies use BCCI to control and manipulate criminals and terrorists worldwide The Safari Club, a newly formed secret cabal of intelligence agencies, decides it needs a network of banks to help finance its intelligence operations, investigative journalist Joseph J. Trento will later report. Saudi Intelligence Minister Kamal Adham is given the task. "With the official blessing of George H. W. Bush as the head of the CIA, Adham transformed a small Pakistani merchant bank, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), into a worldwide money-laundering machine, buying banks around the world to create the biggest clandestine money network in history." BCCI was founded in 1972 by a Pakistani named Agha Hasan Abedi, who was an associate of Adham's. Bush himself has an account at BCCI established while he was still director of the CIA. French customs will later raid the Paris BCCI br...