| Importance | Low |
 | Location of Detention | Florence, Colorado, United States |
 | Date of Capture | March 23, 1993 |
| Location of Capture | Egypt3 |
| Affiliation | First World Trade Center bombing cell1,3 |
| Role | Member |
| Affiliation | Maktab al-Khidamat |
| Affiliation | Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya3 |
| Nationality | Egyptian1 |
| Alias(es) | Mahmud the Red3 |
| Date of Birth | 19591 |
| Place of Birth | Alexandria, Egypt1 |
| Gender | Male |
| History | Veteran of Afghanistan-Soviet civil war (1980-1989)1 |
| Charging authority | United States |
| In connection with | World Trade Center truck bombing |
| Case status | Convicted |
| Sentence | 240 years imprisonment |
| Case resolved | March 4, 1994 |
|
| Narrative and Notes |
|---|
| |
| Reliable | Abouhalima drove the getaway car after Eyad Ismoil left behind the bomb truck at the World Trade Center.
Prisoner number 28064-054. Projected release date Sept. 20, 2087.
Abouhalima grew up religious and became radicalized against the Egyptian government around the time he was in college at Alexandria University. He left Egypt in 1981, reportedly fought in Afghanistan and came to the United States a decade later, where he worked as a cab driver in Brooklyn.
Witnesses saw him load the Ryder truck used in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.2,3,4 |
|
| Sources |
|---|
| 1 Hudson, Rex. 'The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why?' Federal Research Division, Sept. 1999 |
| 2 U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons web site. |
| 3 United States vs. Ramzi Yousef, et. al., indictment. |
| 4 9-11 Commission Report, July 22, 2004, staff statement, Appendix C. |
|
| Key to bullets |
|---|
| High confidence |
| Some confidence |
 Low confidence |
 No confidence |
| Page maintained by John Lumpkin
|
| Click here for a disclaimer and detailed explanation of the confidence ratings. |
