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#blind sheikh

The Justice Department in the United States (U.S.) said on Saturday that Egyptian-born cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing, died in U.S. prison. Sheikh Abdel-Rahman was sentenced to life in 1996 for planning several attacks and bombings in New York City. Abdel-Rahman's attacks included bombing the United Nations (UN) headquarters and planning to assassinate Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak. The Justice Department said that he died of natural causes after…