The 9/11 Commission Report: The Rise Of Bin Laden & Al Qaeda (1988-1992)

After a decade of fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan, the Islamist movement began to take shape at Afghan-Arab training cams operated by notable warlords, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and Jalaluddin Haqqani. Camps that were run by Saudi millionaire, Osama Bin Laden. Many of these mujahadeen fighters would come under the leadership of Bin Laden and swear loyalty to him which would begin the journey of a singular arab organization called, "Al Qaeda". After relocating to Sudan in 1990, Bin Laden continued to build Al Qaeda with the assistance from members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad led by Dr. Ayman a-Zawahiri.