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The Star Online
April 22, 2017
In December 1995, we arrested Wali Khan Amin Shah, the man connected to the basement bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City on Feb 26, 1993. The blast killed six and injured more than 1,000 people. Our investigations revealed that Wali Khan was close to al-Qaeda member RamziÃâà...
Esquire.com
September 9, 2016
Next, Ramzi Yousef was seen in Manila with another of bin Laden's associates, Afghan war hero Wali Khan Amin Shah. They were busy planning to blow up a dozen American jetliners over the Pacific. Once again, Yousef had no job but seemed to have plenty of money to finance his plans. The FBI finallyÃâà...
CNN
November 4, 2015
Ramzi Yousef, Abdul Hakim Murad and Wali Khan Amin Shah plotted to blow up 12 U.S. airliners originating from the Philippines and elsewhere in East Asia. The planes were to explode over the Pacific Ocean in a plot called "Project Bojinka." Yousef was convicted in 1996 for the plot and for planting a testÃâà...
Rappler (blog)
September 12, 2015
11 attacks. The terrorist cell headed by KSM in the Philippines included his nephew, Ramzi Yousef, who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993; Abdul Hakim Murad, perhaps the first commercial pilot recruited by al Qaeda; Wali Khan Amin Shah, who fought with bin Laden in Afghanistan; and bin Laden'sÃâà...
Rappler
January 15, 2015
Three men were discovered by authorities: Ramzi Yousef, a Pakistani who truck-bombed the World Trade Center in 1993; Wali Khan Amin Shah, who fought with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan; and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Yousef's uncle and the mastermind of 9/11. Twenty years ago, Yousef wasÃâà...
Rappler
January 14, 2015
MANILA, Philippines – The visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines, which begins on Thursday, January 15, comes at a time of restiveness among armed groups here and abroad. This is triggered by the emergence of a new breed of Islamic fighters who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and SyriaÃâà...
The Smoking Gun
January 8, 2015
JANUARY 8--The would-be jihadist who was convicted of threatening the creators of “South Park” over an episode featuring the Prophet Muhammad dressed in a bear suit is suing federal prison officials for limiting his ability to "fulfill Islam's religious obligations,” The Smoking Gun has learned. In a civilÃâà...
Manila Standard Today
September 18, 2014
The plot was backed by Osama bin Laden and Hambali and was funded by Laden's brother-in-law Mohammed Jamal Khalifa and Wali Khan Amin Shah, an Afghan who laundered the money through his girlfriend and other women in Manila. Before the plot was discovered, Yousef detonated test bombs inÃâà...
