El Sayyid Nosair, born in Egypt on November 16, 1995, is a terrorist responsible for the death of Meir Kahane along with involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center attack. Nosair was tried in court for the murder of Meir Kahane, but the jury acquitted the charge.
On the night of the fifth of November, disguised as an Orthodox Jew, Nosair shot and killed Rabbi Meir Kahane following a speech Kahane delivered. Upon escaping the crime scene, Nosair attempted to take a taxi from a driver by force. A police officer noticed the commotion, realized Nosair was in possession of a firearm, and ordered Nosair to drop the gun. Nosair attempted to shoot and kill the police officer, but was unsuccessful, and was detained.
In December of 1991, the jury of Nosair's trial acquitted the charge of murder. Nosair was also convicted with illegal possession of a firearm, along with assault and attempted murder. In disbelief from the ruling of the jury, and outright frustration, the Judge of the case bestowed maximum time in prison upon Nosair for his crimes.
Nosair demonstrated connections to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. Bin Laden even payed for the defense of Nosair in his trial.
Nosair later admitted to assassinating Meir Kahane. To this day, he is serving out a life sentence in prison, not for the assassination of Meir Kahane, but for terrorism plotting and involvement.
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2 comments:
I like the organization of this blog. I like how you give an introduction first of what he did and then give details of what happened. I like how you explained what he demonstrated and what the significance of this event was.
I think it's interesting that he wasn't sentenced for the assassination, but rather involvement in terrorist plots. The details you included about the assassination and Nosair's ensuing detainment were interesting, and painted a better picture of what we learned about in class.
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