Final Draft Thesis Paper.pdf - Brandeis University
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BridgeRoadinLangley.Justbefore8a.m.,KasisteppedoutofhisIzusupickuptruck,shoulderedanAK‐47andbeganfiringmethodicallyatmotoristswaitingtoturnintoCIAheadquarters”(Davis&Glod,1).MirAimalKasi,aPakistani,wasthefirstofmanywillingtodieforhiscause.ItwasreportedthathewasunhappywiththeUnitedStates’foreignpolicy,whichhefelthurtMuslimsacrosstheglobe.KasifledtoPakistanandin2002wascaughtandextraditedtotheUnitedStates.Helaterreceivedthedeathsentenceforhiscrimes,whichinjuredthreepeopleandkilledone(Davis&Glod,1).ThebombingoftheWorldTradeCenter’snortherntoweronFebruary26,1993,wasasignoffarworsethingstocome.RamziYousef,who’srealnamewasAbdulBasitMahmoundAbdulKarim,wasthesonofaPalestinianmotherandaPakistanifather.HehadgrownupinKuwaitcityandhadhadafamilyinPakistan.HisactionswerereportedlymotivatedbyhisdevotiontothePalestiniancauseandhishatredfortheJewishpeople(Wright,202):“OnFebruary26,1993,arentedFordEconolinevanenteredtheWorldTradeCenter’smassivebasementparkinggarage.InsidethetruckwasRamziYousef.ItwasunclearifbinLadensenthim,buthewastheproductofanal‐QaedacampinAfghanistan,wherehehadlearnedhisbomb‐craft.HehadcometoAmericatooverseetheconstructionofwhattheFBIlaterdeterminedwasthelargestimprovisedexplosivedevicethebureauhadeverencountered.Youseflitfourtwenty‐foot‐longfusesandfledtoavantagepointjustnorthofCanalStreet,fromwhichheexpectedtoseethebuildingfall”(Wright,201‐202).Theattackwasmeanttoknockoutbothtowers,byhavingtheNortherntowerfallintotheSoutherntower.Thoughtheirterroristattackdidnotgoas48