During the 1998 African embassy attacks, Kenyan authorities reported that an individual using the alias Abdulrahman A.A. Al‑Ghamdi, which the CIA had already identified as being associated with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, had flown into Nairobi just days before the attack.

1998-01-01 → 1999-01-01

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Origin: extracted from CIA had multiple clues linking 9/11 mastermind to terror plot before attack but failed to act: Report | World News · 2026-08-31 06:13