2000 Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit

2000 Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit
DateJanuary 2000
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The 2000 Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit was a meeting of several high-level al-Qaeda members held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 5 January to 8 January 2000.[1][2] During this conference, the September 11, 2001 attacks and October 2000 USS Cole bombing were planned. The CIA and Malaysian government came under fire for failing to identify members of the summit and arrest them before the attacks were successfully carried out.

  1. ^ The Kuala Lumpur meeting, at GlobalSecurity.org
  2. ^ The 9/11 Commission Report, p. 159

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