Trade Center case turns on forensics
Article Abstract:
United States v. Salameh is the trial of the men accused of complicity in the Feb 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The prosecution is building the case against the alleged terrorists entirely on physical evidence. Examples of the evidence include the books on bomb-making taken from Nidal Ayyad when he entered the US, the traces of sulfur on Mahmud Abouhalima's shoe, Ayyad's purchase of chemicals and gas in the recipe for the bomb as well as his saliva on a letter to the New York Times proclaiming responsibility for the bomb, and Mohammed Salameh's rental of the Ryder van allegedly used in the bombing.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Suits mount in N.Y. bombing; as criminal case widens
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Many civil suits have been filed against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey over losses and injuries in the Feb 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Many of these are insurance claims, about two-thirds for property damages and one third for personal injuries. One suit charges that the Port Authority was urged to beef up security after the 1991 Gulf War but ignored suggestions.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Threat to government key to N.Y. bombing case; prosecutors must show a motive to convict a dozen defendants of sedition
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Prosecutors in United States v. Rahman will try to prove the 12 Muslim defendants who plotted to bomb the World Trade Center and several New York tunnels and landmarks were guilty of seditious conspiracy. This charge is more difficult to prove than racketeering, since it requires that prosecutors show a motive, namely, that defendants were trying to overthrow the US government.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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