The Early World Trade Center Bombing
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New York City became the focus of national attention on the 26th of February, 1993. On that day, a bomb exploded in the World Trade Center, killing five people and injuring thousands of others. A few days later, Mohammed A. Salameh was arrested when he tried to get his deposit back for a van that he had rented. This arrest occurred because evidence showed that Salameh's rented van had been used in the World Trade Center bombing. Ibrahim A. Elgabrowny, a friend of Salameh, was also arrested in connection with the bombing. It was quickly discovered that both Salameh and Elgabrowny were members of the Al-Salam Mosque, a fundamentalist Islamic group under the leadership of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman. Sheik Omar is also the leader of the Jihad organization, a terrorist group which originated in Egypt. The Jihad is, in turn, a branch of the Moslem Brotherhood, an organization which was founded in Egypt during the late 1920's. Although Sheik Omar has denied any responsibility for the World Trade Center bombing, he and his organization have been linked to many acts of terrorism which have occurred in recent years. In fact, Sheik Omar has been quoted as urging his followers to use violence, if necessary, in order to obtain his goals. This attitude toward the use of violence is shocking to many people; however, it should be noted that the Moslem Brotherhood has had a long history of using terrorist tactics such as those which are being advocated by the Sheik today.
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great deal of political power in the country.
The success of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution had a strong effect on increasing the popularity of the Moslem Brotherhood, not only in Egypt but in other parts of the Middle East as well. In the 1950's, the ideas and practices of the Moslem Brotherhood had already found their way into the neighboring nations of Jordan and Sudan. However, with the inspiration of the Iranian Revolution, the Brotherhood also started to gain strength in the Palestinian areas of Isr'l, such as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Many of the Muslim university students in those areas were inspired by the example of Iran, "wherein an activist Islamic movement defeated an unpopular but powerful government backed by the United States." Thus, the Palestinian rebels began to believe that it might be possible for them to overthrow the powerful Isr'li government, which likewise has the support of the United States. However, the Palestinians have thus far failed in this effort because they do not have the popular support of the Isr'li people. As in the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood, the Palestinian branch of the organization seeks the creation of an independent state "which is Muslim in character;" in addition,
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Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page)
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