Intelligence Interviewing: Teaching Papers + Case Studies + Report on by Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Author:Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

immediately informed the cell in Kenya. Khallad had then called al-‘Owhali back, and gave him detailed instructions to continue on to Nairobi, check into the Ramadah Hotel in Eastleigh, and wait to be picked up there. Harun19 arrived at the hotel later on that same day and paid the bill. Harun took al-‘Owhali back to the rented villa in Nairobi where he resided with the other operatives.

Azzam arrived at the villa on August 3 from Mombasa. He was accompanied by the cell leader, Saleh.20 Saleh described the mission in more detail and revealed that there would be two bombings, one in Nairobi and one in Dar es Salaam.

A Toyota truck was loaded with twenty crates containing a mixture of TNT, aluminum nitrate, and aluminum powder. Al-Owhali went into the garage of the house at 43 Runda Estates to see the truck. He and Azzam were instructed how to ignite the bomb.

On August 4, Saleh took al-‘Owhali on a walk-through of the embassy grounds to show where he wanted the bomb placed. Al-‘Owhali tried to persuade Saleh to change the plan and relocate the truck from the back of the embassy to the front or to the underground parking garage. He wanted to minimize Kenyan casualties and maximize American deaths. Saleh told him the plan was already set. This was the location chosen and the plan would not be changed.

On August 5, Abdel Rahman21 wired the explosives to batteries in the back of the truck and an ignition switch on the dashboard.

The mission was scheduled for August 7.22 Friday morning was chosen because devout Muslims would be praying at their mosques. On the day of the attack, al-‘Owhali dressed in black shoes, baggy denim jeans, a short-sleeved collared shirt, and a blue cotton jacket. He placed a collect call to al-Hada in Yemen. He tucked four grenades into his belt and placed a pistol in his jacket pocket. He left the house with Azzam at 9:45 AM for the embassy.

Harun led the way to the target in a separate vehicle and waved the bomb truck on as they got close to the embassy. Azzam instructed al-‘Owhali to remove his jacket so he could better access the grenades. Al-‘Owhali and Azzam listened to Islamic chants from the truck tape deck on the way to the target. “Will these two friends meet again in paradise?” the chanter asked.

19 Harun is an alias for Fazul Abdallah Mohammed, an ethnic Kenyan from the Comoros Islands. As of 2009, he is still at large. 20 Saleh is an alias for the Egyptian Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah. As of 2009, he is still at large.21 Abdel Rahman is an alias for the Egyptian Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah. In 2006, he was killed by Pakistani forces during an airstrike on a village near the Afghan border.

22 It was later noted that the day of the bombing coincided with the eight-year anniversary of the announcement that U.S. troops would be sent to Saudi Arabia in advance of the First Gulf War.

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