Ramzi Yousef
This goo was worth a point in May 2025.
publication date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 (part of May 2025)
category: 
Terrorism
clue: Eight years before his uncle succeeded in taking down a pair of buildings, his own plot to blow them up turned out to be far less lethal.
explanation: Yousef was the primary planner of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing that killed six people in a failed attempt to bring down both the north and south towers. His uncle Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the primary planner of the 9/11 attacks on the towers eight years later. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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