C 0537 327 6 • b 1 b 3 EO 12958 1 4 c 25Yrs EO 12958 1 4 e 25Yrs ------ ----•- ----------------™ ·M fli'---------c i O 12958 3 5 C l---'------ EO 12958 6 2 c -- ·-------------------· · ______TOT _ 26_2318Z NOV_96 _ ·_ TO I DIRNSA SECSTATE WASHDC DIA WASHINGTON DC DA WASHINGTON DC ONI WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC CMC WASHINGTON DC CSAF WASHINGTON DC TREASURY DEPT SECRE'l' SERVICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVEST CGATION DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASH DC OIPR WHITE ROUSE SITUAT1I rnTn fJil' _ RQ'DnnDM_ M_ZEJ'i- -' II i-' DE · --I _ QEnli'_ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TRANSPORTATION FAA NATIONAL Hd 0 I CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WARNING --------------------·-----INFORMATION REPORT NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE APPROVED FOR RELEASEn DATE 25-April-2012 I CG537 276 'i ---------------------------------------------· --------------26 NOVEMBER 1996 DIST · SUBJ TERRORISM HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE ISLAMIC ARMY AND BIN LADIN'S MOVE FROM AFGHANISTAN TO SUDAN SUI 1MARY DURING THE AFGHAN WAR USAMA BIN LADIN CREATED THE ISLAMIC·EXTREMJ ST ORGANIZATION lU r-QAIDA FROM AMONG LOYAL MUJ DIN IN AFGHANISTAN IN 1989 BIN LADIN MOVED AL-QAIDA TO SUDAN AT THE BEHEST OF THE NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT AND CHANGED T HE NAME TO THE ISLAMIC ARMY OVER THE NEXT FF v YEARS BIN LADIN' S ISLAMIC PRESENCE AS WELL AS HIS PERSONAL BUSINESSES CONTINUED TO GROW IN SUDAN THE NIF AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN PROVIDED A RECEPTIVE ENVIROli MENT AND PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF ISLAMICrARMY ----- ACTIVITIES IN RETURN 'BIN TtADIN PROVIDED INrl'lASTRUCTURE j WITHIN THIS -- - - COOPERATIVE SETTING BIN LADIN FURTHER DEFINED THE KORANIC BASIS FOR THE ISLAMIC ARMY AND ITS INTENT TO USE VIOLENCE AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE ISLAMIC GOALS 2 •· WHEN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST FINANCIER US AMA BIN LADIN ESTABLISHED AL-QAJ DA DURING THE AFGHAN WAR EARLY 1980 1 S HE SOUGHT TO FORM 1 N ISLAMIC OR IZATION THAT WOULD LAST BEYOND THE WAR'S CONCLUSION L--- - -------------- - AL-QAIDA'INITIALLY WAS ESTABLISHED BY BIN LADIN TO FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS INTO AND OUT OF AFGHANISTAN DURING THE AFGHAN WAR 3 -IN 1989 AFTER THE NATIONAL IS IC FRONT NIF CAME TO PO IN SUDA 7 BIN LADIN AGREED TO ESTABLISH HIS AL- AIDA ISLAMIC ARMY IN SOD AN AT THE BEHEST OF THE NIF lAFTER BIN LADIN MOVED TO SUDAN AND SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH A WO -WIDE · ISLAMIC EXTREMIST NETWORK THE TERM AL-QAIDA Nr O'--- 'Lc O'°'NG e E R MAD E - S EN S E __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ '11ge2 C 05313276 't i--- Page3 GG 537 327 6 THE NIF INDICATED THAT WAR IN THE SOUTH BIN SUDANESE CIVIL DEFENSE KHARTOUM TO PORT SUDAN - ITS·MOST DIMEDIATE CONCERN WAS THE CIVIL LAD tN AGREED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE AND TO BUILD THE CHALLENGE ROAD FROM IN EXCHANGE FOR LAND ON WHICH TO ESTABLISH IN LADIN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD ALREADY BEGUN DISCUSSING VIOLENCE AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE ISLAMIC GOALS BY THIS 'tlge4 CQ53 327 6 ' ' ' - 11geS -'--- --- ------------------lliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii