Date of source: Sunday, December 6, 1998
Sources in Pakistan revealed the arrest of 40 of Osama Bin Laden’s helpers in a world-wide detention campaign in which Egypt participated. The sources affirmed that 32 were arrested last month, six of them were arrested in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Military prosecutors are questioning more than 50 suspects, including more than a dozen extradited by other countries, in connection with the 1995 suicide bombing of the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad which killed 16 people.
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 1998
The question has been raised whether the American military strike against what were described as Osama Bin Laden’s bases in Afghanistan on August 17 will force the Taliban movement to clamp down on the Saudi dissident and his Arab-Afghan associates.
Date of source: Monday, August 31, 1998
The article describes how Muslim fundamentalism changed from the penniless Muslim Brotherhood of the 1940s through the 1970s to the big business of huge terrorist infrastructures supported by huge financial resources in the 1980s and 1990s.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Montasser El-Zayat, generally acknowledged as lawyer and spokesman of the radical Gama’at al-Islamiya, explains in an interview the dynamics within the extremist groups. He asks for a dialogue with these groups.
Date of source: Monday, August 24, 1998
Also Al-Osbua gives a background on Osama Bin Laden and his former connections with the US.
Date of source: Saturday, August 22, 1998
Some background is given of Osama Bin Laden, the Saudi dissident, whom Washington describes as one of the greatest protectors of terrorism in the world.
Date of source: Thursday, August 13, 1998
There is confusion about the identity of the organization responsible for the explosions in the American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salam.