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Blind Sheikh Buried In Egypt After Dying In US Jail

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Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday in Cairo for the funeral of Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheikh linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing who died in a US jail. The Egyptian-born sheikh died of natural causes Saturday at the age of 78 at a federal medical centre in North Carolina, where he was … Read more

Jihadist Leader Abdel Rahman Dies In US Detention

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An Egyptian girl holds a portrait of Omar Abdel Rahman, who died serving a life sentence for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York, during a sit-in to call for his release at the U. S. Embassy in Cairo in August 2011 Omar Abdel Rahman, the Egyptian jihadist spiritual leader … Read more