'Blind sheikh' convicted in 1993 World Trade bombing dies in U.S. prison

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http://cdmagurus.com/cron.php?rand=1487545223 (https://www.yahoo.com/news/trade-center-bomber-omar-abdel-rahman-dies-prison-161837334.html)Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Muslim cleric known as "the blind sheikh" who was convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and of planning a broader "war of urban terrorism" in the United States, died on Saturday in a North Carolina prison, authorities said. Abdel-Rahman, 78, died of natural causes at 9:40 a.m. (1440 GMT) at a medical center at a federal prison compound in Butner, North Carolina, according to Greg Norton, a spokesman. The cleric, who had diabetes and coronary artery disease, had been incarcerated at the complex for nearly 10 years, Norton said.



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