Abdul Rahman Yasin
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Abdul Rahmin Yasin (born April 10, 1960- ) helped make the bombs used in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing attack.
He is also known as Abdul Rahman Said Yasin, Aboud Yasin, Abdul Rahman S. Taha, and Abdul Rahman S. Taher.
He was born in Bloomington, Indiana, USA, where his father was studying. Shortly, after his birth, Yasin's family moved back to Iraq. In 1992 Yasin was able to use his birth to obtain a US passport in Jordan, and enter the United States.
After being recruited by Ramzi Yousef, he got a burn scar while mixing the chemicals for a bomb. After the February 23 attack, Yasin was questioned and released by the FBI. He fled the United States to Baghdad, Iraq, where he lived freely for at least a year. The Iraqi government later claimed that he was arrested and put in prison.
Yasin was added to the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list in 2002.
Links
- CBS Interview with Yasin - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/31/60minutes/main510795.shtml
- FBI Most Wanted Terrorist website - http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/teryasin.htm
- IndyStar Article on Yasin - http://www.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/national/2001/sept11/yasin.html
- PBS article on Yasin - http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/voices/200110/1022fbisuspects.html