New York City landmark bomb plot

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The New York City landmark bomb plot was a planned followup to the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing that could have inflicted hundreds of casualties on American soil.^{[citation needed]}

The plot was espoused by the blind sheikh, Omar Abdel-Rahman, a radical Muslim cleric in New York City, to be carried out by some of his followers. The attacks were to take place on July 4, 1993, Independence Day in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

The first target was the United Nations Headquarters; it was to be destroyed by a suicide bomber driving a truck bomb.^{[citation needed]} Also to be destroyed by car bombs were the Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel, two busy underground roadways in the city.^{[citation needed]} The George Washington Bridge would be bombed next^{[citation needed]}, as well the PATH tunnels between New York and New Jersey^{[citation needed]} and the FBI's main office at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City^{[citation needed]}. There was also some talk of bombing Jewish targets in the city^{[citation needed]} as well as assassinating U.S. Senator Al D'Amato^{[citation needed]} and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.^{[citation needed]}

The conspirators were arrested on June 24, 1993.^{[citation needed]} On October 1, 1995, Rahman and nine others were convicted by a New York jury on 48 of 50 charges, including seditious conspiracy, solicitation to murder Mubarak, conspiracy to murder Mubarak, solicitation to attack a U.S. military installation, and conspiracy to conduct bombings.^{[citation needed]}