The son of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, seen in this photo, was killed in a drone strikg in Afghanistan. Rahman is the blind cleric convicted in New York for conspiracy for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. NBC New YorkBlind Sheikh's Son Killed In US Airstrike In Afghanistan -- Long War Journal
The son of the 'Blind Sheikh,' the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group who is in a US jail for the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, was killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan, according to a statement released today by the terror group.
The Egyptian Islamic Group announced that Ahmed Omar Abdul Rahman, who is also known as Saif, "was killed in an American air bombing from an unmanned plane on the frontlines in Afghanistan," according to a brief statement that was released on the terror group's website. The statement was translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.
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