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[[File:Ramzi Yousef.gif|thumb|150px|right|An FBI mugshot of Ramzi Yousef]]

'''Ramzi Yousef''' ~~was~~ one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 world trade centre bombing and a co-conspirator of the bojinka plot. He hoped to kill 250,000 people by toppling the towers into each other, but only killed 6 and wounded 1,000. In 1995, he was arrested at a guest house in [[wikipedia:Islamabad|Islamabad]], by the [[wikipedia:Pakistan|Pakistan ]][[wikipedia:Inter-Services Intelligence|Inter-Services Intelligence]] and United States [[wikipedia:Diplomatic Security Service|Diplomatic Security Service]], then [[wikipedia:Extradition|extradited]] to the United States.

'''Ramzi Yousef '''(born May 20, 1967) was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 world trade centre bombing and a co-conspirator of the bojinka plot. He hoped to kill 250,000 people by toppling the towers into each other, but only killed 6 and wounded 1,000. In 1995, he was arrested at a guest house in [[wikipedia:Islamabad|Islamabad]], by the [[wikipedia:Pakistan|Pakistan ]][[wikipedia:Inter-Services Intelligence|Inter-Services Intelligence]] and United States [[wikipedia:Diplomatic Security Service|Diplomatic Security Service]], then [[wikipedia:Extradition|extradited]] to the United States.

He was tried in New York City in the [[wikipedia:United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York]] and along with two co-conspirators was convicted of planning the Bojinka plot. Yousef stated: "Yes, I am a terrorist, and proud of it as long as it is against the U.S. government and against Israel, because you are more than terrorists; you are the one who invented terrorism and using it every day. You are butchers, liars and hypocrites." He was sentenced to two life sentences for his part in the World Trade Center bombing and Bojinka plot.

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 [[File:Ramzi Yousef.gif|thumb|150px|right|An FBI mugshot of Ramzi Yousef]]
-'''Ramzi Yousef''' was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 world trade centre bombing and a co-conspirator of the bojinka plot.  He hoped to kill 250,000 people by toppling the towers into each other, but only killed 6 and wounded 1,000.  In 1995, he was arrested at a guest house in [[wikipedia:Islamabad|Islamabad]], by the [[wikipedia:Pakistan|Pakistan ]][[wikipedia:Inter-Services Intelligence|Inter-Services Intelligence]] and United States [[wikipedia:Diplomatic Security Service|Diplomatic Security Service]], then [[wikipedia:Extradition|extradited]] to the United States.
+'''Ramzi Yousef '''(born May 20, 1967) was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 world trade centre bombing and a co-conspirator of the bojinka plot.  He hoped to kill 250,000 people by toppling the towers into each other, but only killed 6 and wounded 1,000.  In 1995, he was arrested at a guest house in [[wikipedia:Islamabad|Islamabad]], by the [[wikipedia:Pakistan|Pakistan ]][[wikipedia:Inter-Services Intelligence|Inter-Services Intelligence]] and United States [[wikipedia:Diplomatic Security Service|Diplomatic Security Service]], then [[wikipedia:Extradition|extradited]] to the United States.
 He was tried in New York City in the [[wikipedia:United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York]] and along with two co-conspirators was convicted of planning the Bojinka plot. Yousef stated: "Yes, I am a terrorist, and proud of it as long as it is against the U.S. government and against Israel, because you are more than terrorists; you are the one who invented terrorism and using it every day. You are butchers, liars and hypocrites." He was sentenced to two life sentences for his part in the World Trade Center bombing and Bojinka plot.