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Maktab al-Khidmat

The “Bureau of Services” that channelled volunteers into Afghanistan in the 1980s.

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MAK, Mektab al Khidmat, Bureau of Services

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  • Osama bin Laden Primary record 1

    The Commission writes “by most accounts”.

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  1. The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 9-11-commission, 22 Jul 2004. Primary record
    He and the cleric Azzam had joined in creating a “Bureau of Services” (Mektab al Khidmat, or MAK), which channeled recruits into Afghanistan.
    became in effect his partner by providing financial backing for the MAK.
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