he joined the u.s. army. at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in fort bragg, north carolina he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin laden s bodyguards. ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture of the american embassy and pointed to where a truck could go as a suicide bomber. reporter: shortly after the terrorist attacks on the two u.s. embassies this man, abdul raheem al nashiri, approached bin laden with a new scheme. two years of planning followed. on october 7th, 2000, in the
here s christiane ammanture. he was a young gentleman, very gentle, very polite. he said if i see you again, i ll kill you. he is the most popular muslim leader in the islamic world today. translator: his voice. when you hear it, it makes you want to stand up right away to join him, to fight. what he s good at is killing civilians. osama bin laden was the world s most wanted terrorist. he haunted americans and millions of others around the world. i m christiane amanpour in peshawar, pakistan, the birthplace of bin laden s terrorist organization, al qaeda. not far from here, just across the border in afghanistan, he disappeared shortly after 9/11. to know more about osama bin laden, to bring you his whole story, we visited his homes, his headquarters, his hideouts. we journeyed in his footsteps, from saudi arabia to pakistan to afghanistan. those who have prayed with him, lived with him, and fought for him share of story of his gradual but deadly transformation.
he was a young gentleman, very gentle, very polite. he said if i see you again, i ll kill you. he is the most popular muslim leader in the islamic world today. translator: his voice. when you hear it, it makes you want to stand up right away to join him, to fight. what he s good at is killing civilians. osama bin laden was the world s most wanted terrorist. he haunted americans and millions of others around the world. i m christiane ammanpour in peshawar, pakistan, the birthplace of bin laden s terrorist organization, al qaeda. not far from here, just across the border in afghanistan, he disappeared shortly after 9/11. to know more about osama bin laden, to bring you his whole story, we visited his homes, his headquarters, his hideouts. we journeyed in his footsteps, from saudi arabia to pakistan to afghanistan. those who have prayed with him, lived with him, and fought for him share of story of his gradual but deadly transformation. from a quiet religious boy to
he was a young gentleman, very gentle, very polite. he said if i see you again, i ll kill you. he is the most popular muslim leader in the islamic world today. translator: his voice. when you hear it, it makes you want to stand up right away to join him, to fight. what he s good at is killing civilians. osama bin laden was the world s most wanted terrorist. he haunted americans and millions of others around the world. i m christiane amanpour in peshawar, pakistan, the birthplace of bin laden s terrorist organization, al qaeda. not far from here, just across the border in afghanistan, he disappeared shortly after 9/11. to know more about osama bin laden, to bring you his whole story, we visited his homes, his headquarters, his hideouts. we journeyed in his footsteps, from saudi arabia to pakistan to afghanistan. those who have prayed with him, lived with him, and fought for him share of story of his gradual but deadly transformation. from a quiet religious boy to t
and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin laden s bodyguards. ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture of the american embassy and pointed to where a truck could go as a suicide bomber. reporter: shortly after the terrorist attacks on the two u.s. embassies, this man, abdul, approached bin laden with a new scheme.