In Afghanistan
During the 1980’s, Ali Mohamed was involved in the training of the anti- soviet forces which included members of the mujahideen, the local force of Afghanistan established to fight the Soviet Union. Ali Mohamed conducted training during the war to small classes which included the likes of Osama bin Laden (Past leader of the al–Qaeda terrorist faction), Ayman al-Zawahiri (current leader of al- Qaeda), and the terrorist members responsible for the bombings of the two US embassies. His training took place in training camps in Afghanistan. He also spent much time fighting in Afghanistan himself against the Soviet forces. After moving to the United States and joining the US army, Ali Mohamed gathered intelligence about the US army and infrastructure during his time as a drill instructor and support Sargent. In 1988, Ali returned to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet Union. During this time, it is widely believed that he continued to train cells of terrorists using the information learnt while living in the US. After a month he returned back to the United States.
In 1990, Ali Mohamed returned once again to Afghanistan, and once more, trained terrorist in the art of guerilla and unconventional warfare which include Hi- jacking, suicide bombing, kidnapping, and IED bombs. During this time, it is also known that he began planning the embassy bombings with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Later on, Ali Mohamed was key in assisting the movement of Al – Qaeda from Afghanistan to Sudan. He moved back and forth, assisting in key movements of camps. In 1992, Ali Mohamed made several trips to Afghanistan as part of the training of terrorist cells. During that year he made at least 58 trips whilst under the surveillance of the CIA. He fought and trained in the Civil war that ensued after the defeat of the Soviet forces. In this time he trained the Al- Qaeda generals in the art of intelligence warfare. This included surveillance, counter-surveillance, assassinations, kidnapping, codes, and ciphering codes., The system of cell structures and groups within a terrorist faction was developed by Ali around this time as a means of making it harder to destroy terrorism by spreading members out. Bin laden and Ali Mohamed worked closely to create cells in Tanzania and Kenya to help prepare for the bombings of the embassies. After planning ended, Ali moved to Nairobi where he helped set up a terrorist cell. He funded the cell by creating companies in the fishing and car business. After setting up, he moved back to Afghanistan where Osama and other members of Al-Qaeda discussed plans for the bombings and other information.
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