Fact check
Is it true: 1993 World Trade Center bombing (Feb 26 1993)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
Five principal defendants convicted at SDNY in 1994–1997 on exhaustive evidentiary record. Ramzi Yousef masterminded the attack; Mohammed Salameh was arrested when he returned to the rental agency for his deposit. Patrick Fitzgerald prosecuted. Cell linked to Omar Abdel-Rahman (convicted 1995 landmarks plot). Alternate foreknowledge theories examined in court and not sustained.
The claim
On 26 February 1993 a 1,500lb urea-nitrate truck bomb detonated in the B-2 parking level beneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing 6 people and injuring more than 1,000. Ramzi Yousef
Key evidence
Salem recorded conversation with FBI handler — cited as foreknowledge evidence
Five principal defendants convicted SDNY 1994–1997
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