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MASTERMIND OF 1993 TWIN TOWERS ATTACK CLAIMS HE HAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY
Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, claims he converted from Islam to Christianity, Scott Pelley reports in a story that brings viewers inside the secretive “Supermax” prison where he is being held. Pelley also reports that some 900 force feedings were performed on other al-Qaeda terrorists who went on repeated hunger strikes to protest conditions at the Colorado top-security federal prison. The 60 MINUTES segment will be broadcast Sunday Oct. 14 (7:30-9:00 PM, ET/7:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Anyone who’s read extensively about Yousef would know that the mere suggestion that he would convert to Christianity is ridiculous. In addition to being of nearly genius intelligence level and a master bomb maker, he’s also a true believer.
His uncle and mentor is Khalid-Shakh-Mohammed the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and top Al-Qaeda operative. It was with his uncle that he hatched the 1993 Trade Center bombing that ended in failure. Since Yousef was apprehended it was up to KSM alone to plan out the 2001 attacks.
The idea of using planes to crash into the the Trade Center was originally thought up by Ramzi Yousef back in 1992, but Osama Bin Laden thought the plan would take too much planning. So Ramzi and KSM decided on a truck bomb which they used in the ‘93 attack.
-Chris Jones
