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 Omar Abdel-Rahman -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Rahman spent three brutal stints in Egyptian jails for endorsing the deaths of General Nasser and President Anwar Sadat, the latter of whom was assassinated by members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in 1982.
With the assistance of an informant wearing a listening device, the FBI managed to record Rahman issuing a (A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority) fatwa to bomb US military targets.
As the investigation progressed into the second half of 1993, evidence indicating that Rahman was at the centre of a terrorist cell responsible for numerous acts of violence began to mount.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/om/omar_abdel-rahman1.htm   (553 words)

  
 Lost Chance: The Oslo Era, 1993-1995
Among those arrested are the blind Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and other extremists who were involved in the February WTC bombing.
The group’s origins are obscure, but it probably begins around the spring of 1994 as an informal organization of religious students near Kandahar, who are appalled by the lawlessness of the mujahadeen and wish to restore order.
In July, Omar forces an end to full-scale fighting in Kandahar between two commanders vying for the sexual favors of a young boy.
cnparm.home.texas.net /911/Backg/Backg3.htm   (2811 words)

  
 Sabawoon Daily News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Surely the ties between the Afghan movement and bin Laden’s motley group were cordial; Mullah Omar took one of bin Laden’s daughters as one of his wives in 1998.
The Taliban came to power after bin Laden’s arrival (from Sudan, which had expelled him at the request of the U.S., in May 1996); he was not their invited guest, and indeed initially aligned himself with anti-Taliban Afghan forces.
Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman et al, Federal Court, SDNY, Testimony of Rodney Hampton-El, 8/3/95.
www.sabawoon.com /read.asp?cat=3&ViewNews=1   (18399 words)

  
 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Ali Abd al Rahman al Faqasi al Ghamdi
the Blind Sheikh) Egyptian cleric; convicted for crimes related to 1993 World Trade Center bombing and 1995 plots against other NY landmarks
Benni Antoine Noris) Algerian; convicted in millennium plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport
www.9-11commission.gov /report/911Report_App.htm   (2338 words)

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