The Al Kifah Refugee Centre in Brooklyn , established in the mid-to-late 1980 's , was originally operated by Mustafa Shalabi , a close associate of MAK 's co-founder Abdullah Azzam . Al Kifah was originally established to aid the Mujahideen cause in Afghanistan , and garner both support and funding to fight the invading Soviets . By 1988 , Shalabi had set up with two chief aids inside the Al-Farooq Mosque , one of whom , Mahmud Abouhalima , would later be arrested for the first World Trade Center Bombing
first World Trade Center Bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
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