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- The letter stated that the World Trade Center bombing had been in retaliation for American actions in the Middle East. It warned that additional attacks would take place unless the U.S. agreed to several demands, including ending its diplomatic relationship with Israel. Investigators soon found Ayyad's DNA on the envelope.
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Sep 6, 1996 · With his conviction yesterday on charges of plotting to bomb 12 U.S. airliners, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef assumes his place as the most ambitious and visible member of a new generation of terrorists.
Ramzi Yousef sent a letter to The New York Times after the bombing that expressed his motive: We are, the fifth battalion in the Liberation Army, declare our responsibility for the explosion on the mentioned building.
According to journalist Steve Coll, Yousef mailed letters to various New York newspapers just before the attack, in which he claimed he belonged to "Liberation Army, Fifth Battalion".
According to the presiding judge in last year's trial, the bombing of New York's World Trade Center on February 26, 1993 was meant to topple the city's tallest tower onto its...
Ramzi Yousef remained at large until he was captured in Pakistan on February 5, 1995, for planting a bomb on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, which killed one passenger and injured 10 others. He was extradited Yousef to New York.
Jan 9, 1998 · Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the man who masterminded the World Trade Center bombing five years ago, was sentenced yesterday to spend life plus 240 years in prison. And he defiantly proclaimed in court ...
Nov 13, 1997 · Concluding what is likely to be the final major trial in the calamitous explosion at the World Trade Center in 1993, a Federal jury in Manhattan yesterday convicted Ramzi Ahmed Yousef of...
