February 26, 1993 (15 years ago)

Lest we forget . . .

ON THIS DAY 26 Feb. 1993:

"World Trade Center Bomb Terrorises New York" Video

"Iraqi Complicity in the World Trade Center Bombing and Beyond" (See picture.)

"On February 26, 1993, [15 years ago today] a massive bomb exploded in the parking garage of the north tower of the World Trade Center building in New York City, killing six people [injuring 1,042] and leaving a crater six stories deep in the building's basement floors [causing nearly $600 million in property damage].

"The mastermind of the bombing, Ramzi Yousef [who had an Iraqi passport], later boasted that he had hoped to kill 250,000 people [and bring down both towers, which would have succeeded if the van had been parked closer to the poured concrete foundations]. Two years later, Yousef was involved in a plot to bomb a dozen US airplanes flying over the Pacific."

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For the political significance of this event, see links HERE.