Bomber sheikh's last message
Bomber sheikh's last message
New York - Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman was preparing to deliver a final message before being sentenced to life in prison for plots to bomb New York landmarks and kill President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. The blind, 57- year-old sheikh and nine others were convicted 1 October of seditious conspiracy in a plot to bomb the United Nations building, FBI offices in Manhattan, two tunnels and a bridge connecting New Jersey and New York. The sheikh was also convicted in a plot to assassinate President Mubarak, a crime that carries a mandatory life sentence. AP
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