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Of the american embassy and pointed to where a truck could go as a suicide bomber. >> reporter: shortly after the terrorist attacks on the two u.s. embassies, this man, abdul, approached bin laden with a new scheme. two years of planning followed. on october 7th, 2000, in the yemeni port of aden, two al qaeda suicide bombers steered their small boat up to the "uss cole." their bomb blew a gaping hole in the navy destroyer and killed 17 american sailors. >> to those who attack them, we say, you w...

And became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. >> at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin ladens bodyguards. >> ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. >> reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. >> my survei...

Mohammed, was no ordinary al qaeda operative. he married a californian in 1985 and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. >> at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin ladens bodyguards. >> ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. ...

Approached bin laden with a new scheme. two years of planning followed. on october 7th, 2000, in the yemeni port of aden, two al qaeda suicide bombers steered their small boat up to the "uss cole." their bomb blew a gaping hole in the navy destroyer and killed 17 american sailors. >> to those who attack them, we say, you will not find a safe harbor, we will find you and justice will prevail. >> reporter: but the u.s. did not retaliate, and four months after the bombing of the "cole" bin laden pr...

The bush administration did it. i implemented the policy. >> she says her contract with libya was not about money, it was national security working with libya to renounce terrorism and keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of a dictator. if libya had them now, they would use them on their own people. >> the suggestion we are dealing with another unsavory character beyond gadhafi. >> the records show a key contact was abdul, moammar gadhafis brother-in-law. he is known for the bombing...

Other people have decided to take that risk. listen here. this is abdul, the deputy chairman of the opposition of the national council. >> reporter: which country is providing you with weapons and training right now? >> translator: we are in communication with our brothers in qatar and also with our brothers in the egyptian republic and with our friends in italy and france. >> are you saying the weapons have arrived or are they on their way? >> translator: we can say that god willing, the weapon...

Gadhafi from day one, 40 years ago, 42 years ago when gadhafi came to power. he is totally loyal to gadhafi. he does not -- he never questions any orders that gadhafi gives him. he has particular way. >> will the sons stay with moammar gadhafi until the bitter end? he says abdul will probably die with gadhafi. but the sons are different. he believes they would get out if they had the opportunity to get access to the money and lifestyle they can enjoy outside libya, wolf? >> and saif is w in lond...

Hailed as a martyr. >> reporte this is where he gave his life. the old military barracks here in benghazi. pretty much demolished today. on february 19th, reb fighters had surrounded it and they were facing heavy firepower. they were trying to get inside these military barracks and couldnt. they needed something to shift their momentum. what he did was pack hi car full of plastic car fuel containers and cooking gas cylinders and witnesses say he parked his car right overat the where that suv is ...

>> well, because everybody is mad. its a revolt of the people. there might be 4,000 people in tripoli supporting him, and -- >> basically what i hear you saying abdul is that gadhafi really has no support left except for a few people who are his henchmen, if you will. everybody in libya has turned against him. >> yes, sir, correct. >> abdul, were happy youre out of there. are you heading back to ohio right now? >> im staying in turkey and then ill probably go back to ohio. >> and do you still ha...

People, men, women, children, or were they going after specific targets? >> no. they were going after everybody. if youre in the street, you have to be careful. you have to be careful. if you walk in the street, you might be killed. >> based on what you saw, abdul, is it your impression that gadhafi, and his sons, can remain in power much longer, or are their days numbered? >> very shortly. very shortly. he has maybe a day or two, but he has very heavy machinery. >> so if the civilians cant matc...