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World Trade Center Bombing & Shakh Abdul Rahman

Introduction Page 1

A. Introduction 1

B. The Problem and Its Background 4

C. The Research Question 11

D. Methodology 19

E. Significance of the Study 20

F. Conclusion 21

Chapter II. Review of Literature 23

Chapter III. Methodology 45

Chapter IV. Findings 66

Chapter V. Conclusions and Recommendations **

References **

**  Pending completion of Chpts IV and V.

International terrorism became American domestic news in 1993. A terrorist bombing at the World Trade Center in New York City early in the year was followed by the arrest at midyear of an Islamic fundamentalist cell which allegedly was planning a series of further bombings in New York, reported targets including the United Nations Building and two highway tunnels leading into Manhattan. Had the tunnel bombings been carried out, they might have killed hundreds of commuters; even if they did not cause flooding in either tunnel, explosions and fires in tunnels crowded with rushhour traffic could have disasterous consequences.

The World Trade Center bombing and the subsequent alleged plot (which appear to have been indirectly connected) caused a spate of reports in the American press, speculating that the relative immunity of the United States from international terrorism was at an end. More generally, the bombing and threat of more bombings drew greater attention to the subject of terrorism as a whole. The press response to the New York incidents had a further consequence, a consequence which is, perhaps, worthy of closer examination.

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