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1993-2010
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1993 World Trade Center Bombing
In two separate trials, one in 1993 and another in 1997, six defendants were convicted for detonating a truck bomb in the garage of the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring a thousand more. Among those convicted in the second trial was Ramzi Yousef, who was found guilty of planning the attack. (Photo: Jane Rosenburg/AFP/Getty Images) -
1995 'Blind Sheikh' Trial
Ten defendants, including Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, were convicted of plotting to blow up the World Trade Center, U.N. headquarters, and various other structures. Rahman was sentenced to life in prison. His co-defendants received prison terms ranging from 25 years to life. (Photo: HAI DO/AFP/Getty Images) -
1994-5 Manila Air Plot
Ramzi Yousef and two others were convicted in 1996 for plotting to plant bombs on 12 U.S. airliners in January 1995. The defendants called their plan "Project Bojinka." Yousef devised the plot with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was also indicted for his role in the conspiracy. -
African Embassy Bombings Trial
The August 7, 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killed 224 people. Prosecutors later indicted Osama bin Laden and other alleged al Qaeda operatives for conspiring to murder Americans. In May, 2001, a federal jury convicted four men for their roles in the bombings. All were sentenced to life in prison. -
The Millennium Plot
Mokhtar Haouari, 24, an Algerian refugee living in Montreal, was convicted of assisting in a plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve 1999. Haouari pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 288 months in prison. The would-be Millennium Bomber, Ahmed Ressam, was sentenced in 2005 to 22 years in prison. This month, a federal appeals court threw out the sentence, saying it was too light. -
Somali Pirate
Somali native Abduhl Wali-i-Musi is facing criminal charges for his alleged involvement in the April 8, 2009 hijacking of a U.S. cargo ship called the Maersk Alabama. His piracy case is the first of its kind to be tried in U.S. courts in decades. His case is still pending. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images) -
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian native, was arrested in Pakistan in 2004 and taken to Guantanamo. He was charged for his role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. He will be the first Guantanamo detainee tried in civilian court. At his arraignment in June 2009, Ghailani pleaded not guilty, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says he will not seek the death penalty in Ghailani's case. (Photo by FBI via Getty Images) -
Aafia Siddiqui
Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui was convicted of attempted murder for trying to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan. Siddiqui had fired an M4 rifle in a police station in Ghazni, Afghanistan, where she was being detained. In her purse were instructions on making explosives and a list of New York landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. (Photo by FBI via Getty Images)
