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courtesy of: U.S. Department of StateRamzi Yousef
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courtesy of: U.S. Department of State
Associate: al-Qaida **RF1**
Yousef is a veteran of the Afghan War and was trained in explosives. He was the bomb maker for the 1993 World Trade Center attack. Yousef was arrested in Pakistan on February 7, 1995, while staying in a bin Laden "guest house" in Peshawar. He was convicted on November 13, 1997, of conspiracy and sentenced to 240 years in prison.
REFERENCES:
**RF1** United States v. Usama bin Laden et al., S (7) 98 Cr. 1023 (LBS), p. 34.
SOURCE:
Excerpted from Usama Bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network, by Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam. NY: Transnational Publishers, 2001.