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That summer, he allegedly took up a contract to assassinate the prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, which was initiated by members of Sipah-e-Sahaba. The plot failed when Yousef and Abdul Hakim Murad were interrupted by police outside Bhutto's residence. Yousef decided to abort the bombing and it blew up as he was trying to recover the ...
It is believed that by July 1993, Islamist militants had approached Yousef about coordinating and carrying out an assassination plot against Benazir Bhutto in advance of the October 1993 Pakistani general elections. During one failed attempt, a detonator exploded in Yousef’s face and the men abandoned the plot to rush Yousef to a hospital.
Hours after he fled the World Trade Center, Yousef was on a flight to Pakistan and was involved in a failed assassination attempt on Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto only five months later. The following year he may have been involved in the bombing of a Shiite religious shrine in Iran that killed 25 people.
Jun 5, 1995 · U.S. authorities are taking no chances with the prisoner they call Ramzi Ahmed Yousef. They respect his alleged bomb-making prowess so much that they have gradually stripped him of all...
Sep 6, 1996 · With his conviction yesterday on charges of plotting to bomb 12 U.S. airliners, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef assumes his place as the most ambitious and visible member of a new generation of terrorists.
Feb 16, 2013 · The newly obtained documents show just how brazen Yousef was after he was captured in 1995, and why officials have long been concerned about his potential for still more damage.
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Jan 29, 2021 · Benazir’s government finally arrested Ramzi in February 1995 in Islamabad and quickly extradited him to the United States, where he has since been imprisoned for life.
