In February 1995, after Philippines National Police Colonel Rodolfo Mendoza threatens to turn World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef’s cohort Abdul Hakim Murad over to Israeli Mossad, Murad fills him in on Yousef’s third plot. “He tells Mendoza that ten Islamic terrorists are currently training in U.S. flight schools. The ultimate targets will be the […]
2/13/1995
“Two American diplomats traveled to Kandahar [Afghanistan] on February 13, 1995, to meet with the Taliban mayor. The session began with a prayer calling for the conversion by unbelievers to Islam. The mayor refused to answer questions from the Americans about the Taliban’s leadership or organization. The movement’s leaders ‘appeared coached and the overall impression […]
2/9/1995
On February 9, 1995, in New York, World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef “was led before federal judge John F. Keenan. …At this point Yousef was being charged with eleven counts in connection with the 1993 bombing. The Feds would later indict him for the PAL [Philippine Airlines] Flight 434 bombing, the murder of [passenger] […]
2/7/1995
Following World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef’s arrest in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 7, 1995, “an American DSS [Diplomatic Security Service] agent from the embassy and officers from the city’s bomb squad arrived to check through Yousef’s belongings. They found flight schedules for Delta and United Airline flights from Asia to the US. On the […]
2/7/1995
On February 7, 1995, “Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of the [1993] World Trade Center bombing, is captured in Pakistan and extradited to the United States. A search of his former residences leads investigators to believe he is financially linked to bin Laden. Also, he had stayed at a bin Laden financed guest house while in Pakistan.” […]
2/7/1995
On February 7, 1995, Diplomatic Security Service agent Bill Miller and other U.S. and Pakistani agents captured World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef in Islamabad, Pakistan. Miller began interrogating Yousef that evening. ” ‘Why did you want to perpetrate this type of crime against the United States?’ Miller asked. ‘Because of American support for the […]
2/7/1995
World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef was arrested at the Su Casa guest house in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 7, 1995. His uncle, senior al Qaeda operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was also in the building. Mohammed “actually gave an interview to the press at the time. …A Time magazine article was cited as quoting a […]
2/7/1995
“…just before 9:00 A.M. on February 7 [1995], a series of Pakistani and [U.S.] embassy vehicles surrounded the Su Casa [guest house in Islamabad, Pakistan]. …Kicking the door in, they found [World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef lying on his bed. A Newsweek with his picture was open beside him. Around the room the agents […]
2/7/1995
While hiding in Pakistan in February 1995, World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef recruits South African Istaique Parker to plant nitrocellulose bombs in toy cars in luggage checked onto flights in Bangkok, Thailand. Parker has second thoughts, and ends up contacting Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agents. They debrief him, and learn of Yousef’s whereabouts in […]
2/7/1995
“Courageous agents and officers from both services [FBI and CIA] apprehended [World Trade Center bomber] Ramzi Yousef [on February 7, 1995] from his fleabag Pakistani hotel and brought him back to stand trial in New York City.” – Louis J. Freeh, My FBI, Page 308 […]