Maktab al-Khidamat (MAK), th network make by Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, bin Laden’s mentor. Azzam makes repeated trips to the US and other countries (not more know this but exist video). It is also known as Al-Kifah, which means “struggle.” Azzam founded the Al-Kifah/MAK in 1984.
Muslim-Americans donate millions of dollars to support the Afghan war against the Soviet Union. The most important branch, called the Al-Kifah Refugee Center, opens in Brooklyn, New York.The Brooklyn Mosque is also the place where have passed some terrorists in 2001 attack (Mohammed Atta).
Azzam was also the co-founder of the Bridage of Arabs a Jaji in Pakistan/Afghanistan, when the international Mujahedeen in war against the URSS separated him from the mujahedeen of Afghanistan.
After the Azzam death Osama bin Laden becomes the chief of MAK network that
become financial conduits for al-Qaeda operations.
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