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First World Trade Center bombing cell

Details
	Center of Gravity	Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
	Scope	Local
	Goal	To conduct 1993 truck bombing of World Trade Center
	Leader	Ramzi Yousef
	Core membership	6
	Alias(es)	Liberation Army Fifth Battalion Al Fareeq Al Rokn, Abu Bakr Al Makkee¹
	Key members	Eyad Ismoil, Nidal Ayyad, Mahmud Abouhalima, Mohammad Salameh, Abdul Rahman Yasin, Ahmad Mohammed Ajaj

Narrative and Notes
	Reliable	Nidal Ayyad prepared a claim of responsibility for the bombing on behalf of the "Liberation Army Fifth Battalion Al Fareeq Al Rokn, Abu Bakr Al Makkee."¹

Sources
¹United States vs. Ramzi Yousef et. al. indictment.

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