C0 373275 b 1 b 3 ---c -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -BIJ_tw_te_r_ _ _ EO 129581 4 c 25Yrs _ _ _--- EO 12958 3 5 c TOT 182232Z APR 97 TO NIMA NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC DIRNSA SECSTATE WABHDC I DSITA SCT DIA WASHINGTON DC DA WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC CMC WASHINGTON DC CSAF· WASHINGTON DC TRF ASURY DEPT SECRET SERVICE ID FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OF J11STI CE WASH DC OIPR i MMIGRAT-ION AND NATURALIZATJ ON SERVICE DOEHQ IN DEA WASHDC OI FAA NATIONAL HQ DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION S-60 WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM US CUSTOMS SERVICE W COGARD INTELCOORDCEN WASHINGTON DC US NRC WDC IL CEN'1'RAL INTELLIGENCE AGE NCt WARN ING INFORMATION REPORT NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE DIST 18 APRIL 1997 COUNTRY AFGHANISTAN SUBJ TERRORI SM USAMA BIN LADIN' S HISTORICAL LINKS TO -' ABDALLAH AZZAM APPROVED FOR RELEASEn DATE 25-April-2012 C0 5373275 ' ' SffClf B'I' SUMMARY DURING THE AFGHAN WAR us BIN LADIN MET 'ABDALLAH AZZAM WHO INFLUENCED HIM BIN LADIN TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK TO ENHANCE T BlN LADIN IN THE ASMAR AI AKA WALI KHAN AMIN SHAH A SAUDI NATIONAL 7 7'S' C IA '· TE OF RAMZI AHMED YOUSEF WHO WAS INVOLVED WITH YOUSEF tN THE JANUARY 1995 PLOT IN THE PHILIPPINES·TO-BOMB U S AIRLINERS US AMA ASMARA I IS CURRENTLY IN u· S CUSTODY MUJAHEDIN AB _LITIES · TO RECRUIT FIGHTERS AND OBTAIN CONTR rBUTIONS FROM AROUND THE ISLAMIC WORLD FOR THE WAR EFFORT SHORTLY THEREAFTER BIN LADIN JOINED L-KHIDMAT MK AZZAM IN PESRAWAR AND THEY FORMED THE age --------------------- ----- ___ C0fi37 3275 ______ _ - Page4 C05373275 t l i I __ PageS· ' OVERALL DOCUMENT END OF MESSAGE SECRET SECRET -- -------'