Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 1999
Pakistan will not allow use of its territory for any action against alleged terrorist Osama bin Laden, the Minister of Interior said. His remarks followed a flurry of unconfirmed reports in the local Press that American commandos were in Pakistan for an operation to detain the alleged terrorist.
Date of source: Friday, July 23, 1999
US Secretary of Defense William Cohen abruptly canceled a trip to Albania this week after US officials determined that supporters of Saudi-born bombing suspect Osama bin Laden were looking to strike a "high-profile target," ABC News reported on July 16.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Monday, August 2, 1999
Egypt has finally got what it wanted - almost. For years, the government has been calling on Britain to hand over Egyptian nationals wanted for terrorism-related activities. Now it appears that two London-based Egyptian fundamentalists may be extradited, but to the U.S. rather than Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Magistrate Nicholas Evans remanded in custody two Egyptian Islamists until 16 August. The United States wants the two men to face charges of conspiracy to murder over the bombings on 7 August 1998, which killed at least 215 people in Nairobi and 11 in Dar es Salaam.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999
Last week, the British authorities arrested two Islamist militants who escaped from Egypt. They are Adel Abd Al-Mageid and Ibrahim Abd Al-Hadi. These terrorists were arrested after the American authorities presented evidence which proves that they were involved in bombing the American embassies in...
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 1999
The United States said on July 9 it was willing to negotiate with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement in an effort to bring to justice Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, accused of attacks on US interests.
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999 to Wednesday, July 21, 1999
Ibrahim Hussein Abdel-Hadi Eidarous, 42, and Adel Abdel-Meguid Abdel-Bari, 39, were both arrested in London Sunday [July 11, 1999] on US extradition warrants alleging they had conspired with Saudi Arabian dissident Osama Bin Laden to murder US citizens. Bin Laden is the alleged mastermind behind...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 1999
Afghanistan’s Taliban movement refused on Saturday to extradite Saudi exile Osama bin Laden to the United States to face charges of masterminding US embassy bombings in Africa last year that killed more than 250 people.
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999 to Wednesday, July 14, 1999
A British court this week ruled in favor of three London-based Islamists, turning down a police request to question them in connection with suspected involvement in terrorism. The suspects include two Egyptians who are leaders of Ansar El-Shari’a, "Upholders of Islamic Law." They are Mustafa Kamel...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 1999
Exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden and his followers, blamed by the United States for 1998 embassy bombings in Africa, have set up operations at a new base in Afghanistan, the Observer newspaper said on Sunday [July 4?, 1999]. It said bin Laden’s new hideout was in hills a few miles south of...