Mohammad Salameh

Mohammad A. Salameh (born September 1, 1967 near Nablus ) is a Palestinian terrorist convicted for his involvement in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center .

Life

Salameh's family fled the West Bank in 1967 . He graduated from the University of Jordan with a degree in Islamic Studies .

Salameh entered the United States in 1988 on a tourist visa. He stayed longer than the allowed 6 months, making him illegal in the United States. Citing a special program for agricultural workers, Salameh applied for amnesty and obtained work permits while the immigration service was processing his application. The trials dragged on for five years until it was ultimately determined that Salameh had never been eligible for any of the amnesty programs. Despite the rejection notice and his illegal residence status, Salameh was not deported.

The chemicals used to make the explosives for the deadly bomb attack were carried in his 1978 Chevrolet Nova .

After the explosion, he reported the van he had rented from Ryder System to transport the bomb as stolen. When he was about to collect the $ 400 bail, he was arrested by the FBI and charged on March 17, 1993. On May 24, 1994, Salameh, like his co-defendants, was initially sentenced to 240 years in prison. He is in the ADX Florence Federal Prison .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Rex A. Hudson: The Sociology And Psychology Of Terrorism: Who becomes A Terrorist And Why ?. Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, September 1999.
2. ^ The Twin Towers; Sifting Through Mideast Politics In Ashes of World Trade Center. 1993.
3. ^ Bombing Probe Shines Spotlight On Amnesty Law. 1993.
4. ^ Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon: The Age of Sacred Terror . Random House, 2002, ISBN 0-375-50859-7 .
5. ↑ fjc.gov ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.