Global InformationRamzi Yousef information
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef رمزي احمد يوسف | |
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| Born | Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim 27 April 1968 Kuwait |
| Other names | Ramzi Ahmed Yousef[2] Ramzi Ibraham Yousef Ramzi Mohammed Yousef, and many others[3] |
| Citizenship | Kuwaiti[1] |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at ADX Florence, Colorado |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Mohammad Abdul Karim |
| Relatives | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Zahid Al-Sheikh (uncles), Ammar al-Baluchi (cousin) |
| Conviction(s) | Conspiracy to bomb a building used in interstate and foreign commerce (18 U.S.C. § 844) Conspiracy to bomb property and vehicles owned, used, and leased by an agency of the United States (18 U.S.C. § 844) Conspiracy to transport explosives in interstate commerce (18 U.S.C. § 844) Conspiracy to bomb or destroy a vehicle used in interstate commerce resulting in death (18 U.S.C. §§ 33 and 34) (2 counts) Conspiracy to assault federal officers (18 U.S.C. § 111) Conspiracy to use and carry a destructive device during a crime of violence (18 U.S.C. § 924) (2 counts) Conspiracy to traveling and using facilities in interstate and/or foreign commerce to commit crimes of violence (18 U.S.C. § 1952) |
| Criminal penalty | Two life sentences plus 240 years without parole |
Date apprehended | 7 February 1995 (in Islamabad, Pakistan) |
| Imprisoned at | ADX Florence |
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef (Arabic: رمزي احمد يوسف, romanized: Ramzī Ahmad Yūsuf; born 27 April 1968) is a convicted terrorist who was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434; he was also 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 doll,[4][5][6] then extradited to the United States.
Yousef 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.[7] He received two life sentences plus 240 years 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.[8] He shared a cell block that is commonly referred to as "Bombers' Row" with Terry Nichols, Eric Rudolph, and Ted Kaczynski, before his transfer in late 2021.[9] In 2007, Ramzi Yousef claimed to have found Jesus and converted to Christianity.[10][11][12][13]
- ^ Lambert, Laura. "Ramzi Ahmed Yousef". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ramzi-Ahmed-Yousef. Accessed 11 February 2023.
- ^ Mylroie, Laurie (2001). Study of Revenge: The First World Trade Center Attack and Saddam Hussein's War Against America. American Enterprise Institute. pp. 54, 58. ISBN 9780844741697. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Some of the many aliases Yousef used to obscure his identity were "Najy Awaita Haddad" (as a Moroccan national registered at Dona Josefa Apartments, Manila, 1995), Dr "Paul Vijay", Dr "Adel Sabah", Dr. "Richard Smith", "Azan Muhammed", "Armaldo Forlani", "Muhammad Ali Baloch", "Kamal Ibraham", and "Khuram Khan" (Lance 2004, p.23)
- ^ Wright, Robin (4 December 2008). "State's Security Bureau Takes on Expanded Role". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ Simon Reeve (1998). The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism. Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1-55553-509-7.
- ^ Targeted: Volume 1, The Evil Genius (Ramzi Yousef) (Wild Eyes Productions for the History Channel; A&E Networks) 2003
- ^ CNN.com, January 8, 1998. "'Proud terrorist' gets life for Trade Center Bombing". CNN. Retrieved September 19, 2006.
- ^ "'93 WTC plotter Ramzi Yousef wants contact ban lifted". CNN. February 18, 2013.
- ^ Anderson, James; Brown, Matthew (December 23, 2021). "'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski transferred to prison medical facility in North Carolina". USA TODAY. Associated Press. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Jailed '93 WTC bomber claims he's now a Christian". New York Daily News. 2009-08-08. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ "1993 WTC FIEND NOW A 'CHRISTIAN'". 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ "Jailed '93 WTC bomber claims he's now a Christian". New York Daily News. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ Before 9/11: A Biography of World Trade Center Mastermind Ramzi Yousef.