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7 unusual facts about 1993 World Trade Center bombing


1993 World Trade Center bombing

Yousef arrived illegally in the United States on September 1, 1992, traveling with Ahmed Ajaj from Pakistan, though both sat apart on the flight and acted as though they were traveling separately.

Furthermore, Yousef is said only to have considered adding cyanide to the bomb, and to have regretted not doing so in Peter Lance's book 1000 Years for Revenge.

Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani

During his tenure as minister of religious affairs he sheltered Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and helped him to evade capture by the U.S. FBI in 1996 when the FBI closed in on him in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Bojinka Plot.

Kevin Duffy

Duffy also presided over the trial and conviction of the four principal perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Musa Smith

Smith's father, Kelvin Smith, ran training camps for Boy Scouts, law officers and terrorists from the family farm in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, and was convicted in 1999 on charges related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Rehman Malik

The FIA leadership under Malik also angered Taliban supporters within the conservative establishment, because they allowed the extradition of Ramzi Yousef to the United States for trial on the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Stephen A. Mikulak

Mikulak proposed the bill in March 1993 after visiting a room where four people had been killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.



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