It is thought that, before becoming an accomplice in bombing various American embassies, Ali worked in the field of
agriculture, with formal training in the industry. American Homeland Security officials considered Ali an operative of
al-Qaeda. Ali had been part of an al Qaeda cell operating in Somalia in the early 1990s that provided training to Somali tribesmen who attacked U.S. forces in that country, according to his indictment. Ali lived in
Kenya until fleeing the country on August 2, 1998. He located himself in
Karachi,
Pakistan until the bombings on August 7, 1998. ==Indicted for the 1998 American embassy bombings==