Preaching at three mosques in the New York City area , Abdel-Rahman was soon surrounded by a core group of devoted followers that included persons who would soon be responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing , which took place five weeks into the Bill Clinton administration . One of Abdel-Rahman 's followers , El Sayyid Nosair , was linked to the 1990 Manhattan assassination of Israeli nationalist Rabbi Meir Kahane , founder of the Jewish Defense League
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Omar Abdel-Rahman