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Ramzi Yousef (Arabic: رمزي يوسف Ramzī Yūsuf; born 27 April 1968) is one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434, and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot. In 1995, he was arrested by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and U.S. Diplomatic Security Service at a guest house in Islamabad, Pakistan while trying to set a bomb in a baby doll,[5][6][7] then extradited to the United States.
He was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York along with two co-conspirators and was convicted of planning the Bojinka plot.[8] He was sentenced to two life sentences for his part in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and Bojinka plot.
Yousef's maternal uncle is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, with whom he allegedly planned the Bojinka plot. Mohammed is a senior al-Qaeda member accused of being the principal architect of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Yousef is serving his life sentences at ADX Florence, located near Florence, Colorado.[9]
. . . there's little doubt that the forces of Al Qaeda will one day attempt to mount another spectacular attack inside the United States. We don't know where or when. So we're left with the question raised at the outset of this book: will the FBI be ready?
originally posted by: TobyFlenderson
a reply to: ipsedixit
I read an article earlier today that said she was from Indonesia (with an Australian passport). If that's the case it may even be more to your point in that Indonesia has the largest Muslim population. However, it is my understanding that they were married for some time. It is interesting that she was out of the country when it occurred.
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: ipsedixit
I am leaning towards him being an arrogant evil asshole who didn't have an agenda.
originally posted by: TobyFlenderson
a reply to: ipsedixit
I read an article earlier today that said she was from Indonesia (with an Australian passport). If that's the case it may even be more to your point in that Indonesia has the largest Muslim population. However, it is my understanding that they were married for some time. It is interesting that she was out of the country when it occurred.
originally posted by: HeadCrunchMcRockGroin
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: ipsedixit
I am leaning towards him being an arrogant evil asshole who didn't have an agenda.
So he killed a ton of people and then blew his own head off? I'm sorry, but this makes NO SENSE. It only makes sense as a deflection from the more obvious explanation.