World Trade Center Mastermind, Omar Abdel Rahman aka ‘the Blind Sheikh’ Dies in Prison

Omar Abdel-Rahman commonly known in the United States as ‘the Blind Sheikh’ died on Friday night while serving his life sentence in a federal prison. The 78-year old Islamist terrorist was the blind cleric who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Abdel-Rahman was born to a merchant in a village in the Nile delta....