Al-Damazin Farms

The Al-Damazin Farms, about 300 miles south-east of Khartoum, Sudan, was an "enormous" farm owned and run by Osama bin Laden.^[1][2][3]

Bin Laden had an arrangement with high officials in the Sudan government to build the farm.^[1] He received the land on which the farms were based in payment by the Sudanese government for construction work he had performed.^[3] The farms employed thousands of people.^[4] On the farms he raised cow, cattle, and horses and grew white corn, sesame, soybeans, sorghum, and peanuts.^[5][3][6]

Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub was hired by bin Laden to, between February 1992 and May 1993, supervise 4,000 employees at the Farms.^[7]

Al-Qaeda held "refresh courses" in small arms and explosives on the farms.^[2][6][8][9]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World. September 11, 2001. http://books.google.com/books?id=RcBwm5b8VbAC&pg=PA97&dq=Farms+Al-Damazin&hl=en&ei=xR75TcnDMYWcgQfEu6irDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Al-Damazin&f=false. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Osama: the making of a terrorist. http://books.google.com/books?id=Fk3mT9SH6uEC&pg=PA153&dq=Farms+Al-Damazin&hl=en&ei=xR75TcnDMYWcgQfEu6irDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=snippet&q=damazin&f=false. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Osama Bin Laden. December 13, 2010. http://books.google.com/books?id=Vt-a30Z4_UUC&pg=PA89&dq=Farms+Al-Damazin&hl=en&ei=xR75TcnDMYWcgQfEu6irDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=damazin&f=false. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
4. ^ The Osama Bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al Qaeda's Leader. January 20, 2006. http://books.google.com/books?id=_XkM92XMlQ4C&pg=PA127&dq=Farms+Al-Damazin&hl=en&ei=xR75TcnDMYWcgQfEu6irDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Farms%20Al-Damazin&f=false. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
5. ^ Finances and Networks Al-Qaeda Terrorists. http://books.google.com/books?id=YQV1iIw3pk4C&pg=PA18&dq=Farms+Al-Damazin&hl=en&ei=xR75TcnDMYWcgQfEu6irDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Terror Exports Are the Business Of Jihad Inc. - Page 2". New York Times. February 13, 2001. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/13/nyregion/terror-exports-are-the-business-of-jihad-inc.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
7. ^ "Refugee denies any link to terror groups". The Star. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/425666721.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+27%2C+2001&author=Cal+Millar&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Refugee+denies+any+link+to+terror+groups&pqatl=google. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
8. ^ "Bin Laden's Money Trail Reaches Around the Globe". FOX News. September 19, 2001. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34615,00.html. Retrieved June 16, 2011. 
9. ^ "Bin Laden successor: U.S.-trained colonel plotted long-term strategy in Iran". Worldtribune.com. May 18, 2011. http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/ss_terror0594_05_18.asp. Retrieved June 16, 2011.