Al-Damazin Farms
The Al-Damazin Farms, about south-east of Khartoum, Sudan, was an "enormous" farm owned and run by Osama bin Laden.
Bin Laden received the land on which the farms were based in payment by the Sudanese government for construction work he had performed. The farms employed thousands of people. The farms had cattle and horses, and grew white corn, sesame, soybeans, sorghum, and peanuts.
Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub was hired by bin Laden, between February 1992 and May 1993, to supervise 4,000 employees at the farms.
Al-Qaeda held "refresher courses" in small arms and explosives on the farms.
