feb 26, 1993 - 1993 World Trade Center Bombing

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The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack by Ramzi Yousef and his associates on February 26, 1993, in Manhattan, New York City. The attack was planned by a group of terrorists, including Yousef, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammad A. Salameh, Nidal Ayyad, Abdul Rahman Yasin, and Ahmed Ajaj. Four men were convicted in 1994 for conspiracy, explosive destruction of property, and interstate transportation of explosives. In November 1997, two more were convicted: Ramzi Yousef, the organizer, and Eyad Ismoil, who drove the van carrying the bomb. Emad Salem, an FBI informant and key witness in the trial, claimed that the bomb was built under FBI supervision. Salem recorded hours of telephone conversations with his FBI handlers and alleged that an unnamed FBI supervisor declined to move forward on a plan using a "phony powder" to fool the conspirators into believing they were working with genuine explosives.

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