Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'agbata afọ 1996 na 1998, o duziri ogige ọzụzụ na Afghanistan maka al-Qaeda. Abdullah bụ onye mere paspọtụ maka Mohammed Saddiq Odeh ka o wee si na Pakistan gaa Afghanistan ma zute Osama bin Laden tupu a tọghapụ ya.
bọmbụ nke US embassies na 7 August 1998 na Kenya na Tanzania nke gburu ndị nkịtị 224 ma merụọ ihe karịrị 5,000 ndị ọzọ.