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Relatives and friends of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted of plotting terror attacks in New York City in the decade before 9/11, carry his coffin after funeral prayers at the Grand Mosque, in the Nile Delta town of Gamalia, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Abdel-Rahman, the so-called Blind Sheikh, was arrested in 1993 and convicted in 1995 along with nine followers of a conspiracy to blow up the United Nations and several New York landmarks. A symbol for radical Islamists, he had been serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison when he died on Saturday. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

‘Blind sheikh’ convicted in 1993 World Trade Center bombing mourned by thousands in Egypt

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, Egyptian protesters hold posters showing Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who is imprisoned in the US, and call for his release outside a court in Cairo, Egypt. Abdel-Rahman died , Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 after suffering from diabetes and coronary artery disease, said Kenneth McKoy at the Federal Correction Complex in Butner, N. C. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

“Blind Sheik” guilty of 1990s terror plots dies in U.S. prison

By BRIAN MELLEY and LEE KEATH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, Egyptian protesters hold posters showing Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who is imprisoned in the US, and call for his release outside a court in Cairo, Egypt. Abdel-Rahman died , Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 after suffering from diabetes and coronary artery disease, said Kenneth McKoy at the Federal Correction Complex in Butner, N. C. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Blind cleric behind 1990s terror plots dies in US prison

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Omar Abdel-Rahman, ‘Blind Sheik’ terrorist, dies in prison

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NY terror case sheik’s family seeks info on father

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Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, known as the blind sheik. (Credit: Associated Press)

Blind sheik’s social media empire grows from behind bars

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen here in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist group's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda leader urges kidnapping of Westerners

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Thousands of supporters raise a poster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi as they celebrate in Cairo’s Tahrir Square late Sunday after Mr. Morsi retired the defense minister and chief of staff without the military’s objection. (Associated Press)

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Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsi is guarded by presidential security as he leaves Friday prayers at Al-Azhar mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 29, 2012. Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt's first freely elected president in modern history on Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s new leader vows to free sheik jailed in U.S.

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The Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Mich., is one of the largest mosques in the nation. Roger Stockham was wearing a ski mask and had fireworks in his car nearby on Jan. 24 when he was arrested, police say. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Mosque surveillance a must

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