1995 : (NY : SHEIKH OMAR ABDEL RAHMAN IS CONVICTED OF PLOTTING TO BLOW UP THE WTC IN 1993; FROM HIS PRISON CELL IN THE U.S. HE WOULD LATER DIRECT -WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS LEFTWING LAWYER, US POSTAL WORKER AHMED ABDEL SATTAR, AND EGYPTIAN YASSIR SIRRI - THE MURDER PLOT WHICH ENDED IN THE ASSASSINATION OF AFGHAN NORTHERN ALLIANCE GENERAL AHMED SHAH MASSOUD ON SEPT 9, 2001; THE ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE JUST DAYS BEFORE THE 9/11 ATTACKS ON THE USA) — “U.S. man’s letter links to Afghan killing,” Middle East Times, 2002, http://www.metimes.com/2K2/issue2002-20/eg/us_mans_letter.htm (* My note: So much for the ‘criminal justice method of dealing with terrorists...)
SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 : (AFGHANISTAN : NORTHERN ALLIANCE LEADER AHMED SHAH MASSOUD IS ASSASSINATED BY AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BEARING A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION PARTIALLY DRAFTED BY EGYPTIAN-BORN US POSTAL WORKER AHMED ABDEL SATTAR AND EGYPTIAN YASSIR SIRRI) Massoud’s murder, which took place on 9 September 2001. ...U.S. authorities [would come to] believe that Massoud was killed as a pre-emptive strike in advance of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon that killed more than 3,000 people two days later, the [NY Post] newspaper [later] said. — “U.S. man’s letter links to Afghan killing,” Middle East Times, 2002, http://www.metimes.com/2K2/issue2002-20/eg/us_mans_letter.htm