1993 World Trade Center Bombing
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Updated: 5 Feb 2020
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Created byBrandon Smith
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Alleged terrorist plot to bomb World Trade Center uncoveredPort Authority Terrorist Intelligence Unit issues report on World Trade Center securityPort Authority establishes Office of Special PlanningReport outlines terrorism threat to World Trade CenterOffice of Special Planning report calls World Trade Center a 'most attractive terrorist target''Blind Sheikh' secretly meets with Al Taqwa Bank leader and othersReport rates vulnerability of public areas of World Trade Center to terrorist attack as 'very high'Office of Special Planning closes downEmad Salem arrives in US, becomes FBI informantAl-Qaeda bomber Ramzi Yousef said to be recruited by CIAFBI monitors future bombers' weapons training sessions, fails to follow upSecurity chief warns Port Authority that terrorists could set off a truck bomb in the World Trade Center parking garage'Blind Sheikh' enters US despite being on terrorist watchlist, takes over Al-KifahFirst bin Laden-related terror attack in US as Jewish rabbi is assassinatedUS promotes lone gunman theory in Kahane assassination, hiding evidence of al-Qaeda linksCIA allegedly blocks FBI investigation of 'Blind Sheikh' in Kahane assassinationPrivate security report indicates World Trade Center is terrorist targetHead of Al-Kifah charity front murdered, increasing al-Qaeda's strength in USBin Laden-linked bomber Ramzi Yousef trains Philippine militantsYousef plans World Trade Center bombing at militant base in PhilippinesTexas arrest could help investigators link World Trade Center bombers to bin LadenRamzi Yousef's stay at Pakistani guest house links him to bin LadenWorld Trade Center bombers have numerous links to Al-Kifah charity frontFBI fires informant who has penetrated World Trade Center bombing groupUS misses opportunity to stop World Trade Center bombing and discover al-QaedaFBI learns Al-Kifah charity front is forming an elite armed militiaEgyptian intelligence repeatedly warns US about cells linked to 'Blind Sheikh' in New YorkPeriods
Office of Special Planning studies vulnerability of World Trade Center to terrorist attack'Blind Sheikh' able to repeatedly leave and re-enter US despite being on watchlist
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