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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Born in [[Jordan]], Ismoil attended [[Secondary school|high school]] in Jordan. He entered the [[United States]] in 1989 on a [[Travel visa|student visa]] to study engineering at [[Wichita State University]], where he enrolled at the Intensive English Language Center to study English as a second language.<ref name="cnn1">{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/03/wtc.bombing/ | title = Last World Trade Center bombing conspirator sentenced — Eyad Ismail gets 240 years, $10 million fine | accessdate = 2007-05-21 | date = April 3, 1998 | publisher = [[CNN]] | archive-date = 2015-09-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924191046/http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/03/wtc.bombing/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Ismoil overstayed his visa<ref name="cis1">{{cite news | last = Suhler | first = Jayne Noble | author2 = Timms, Ed | title = Security worries putting spotlight on student visas | url = http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katz1999.html | work = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | date = September 20, 1998 | accessdate = 2007-05-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070512122504/http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katz1999.html | archive-date = May 12, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="cis2">{{cite news | last = Suhler | first = Jayne Noble | author2 = Timms, Ed | title = Cases highlight flaws in federal visa system | url = http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katz1999.html | work = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | date = November 8, 1998 | accessdate = 2007-05-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070512122504/http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katz1999.html | archive-date = May 12, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and moved to [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. In December 1992, he was contacted by [[Ramzi Yousef|Ramzi Ahmed Yousef]], with whom he re-located to [[New York City]] on February 22, 1993 to begin preparing for the attack.<ref name="uscoa"/> |
Born in [[Jordan]], Ismoil attended [[Secondary school|high school]] in Jordan. He entered the [[United States]] in 1989 on a [[Travel visa|student visa]] to study engineering at [[Wichita State University]], where he enrolled at the Intensive English Language Center to study English as a second language.<ref name="cnn1">{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/03/wtc.bombing/ | title = Last World Trade Center bombing conspirator sentenced — Eyad Ismail gets 240 years, $10 million fine | accessdate = 2007-05-21 | date = April 3, 1998 | publisher = [[CNN]] | archive-date = 2015-09-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924191046/http://www.cnn.com/US/9804/03/wtc.bombing/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Ismoil overstayed his visa<ref name="cis1">{{cite news | last = Suhler | first = Jayne Noble | author2 = Timms, Ed | title = Security worries putting spotlight on student visas | url = http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katz1999.html | work = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | date = September 20, 1998 | accessdate = 2007-05-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070512122504/http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katz1999.html | archive-date = May 12, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="cis2">{{cite news | last = Suhler | first = Jayne Noble | author2 = Timms, Ed | title = Cases highlight flaws in federal visa system | url = http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katz1999.html | work = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | date = November 8, 1998 | accessdate = 2007-05-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070512122504/http://www.cis.org/articles/Katz/katz1999.html | archive-date = May 12, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and moved to [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. In December 1992, he was contacted by [[Ramzi Yousef|Ramzi Ahmed Yousef]], with whom he re-located to [[New York City]] on February 22, 1993, to begin preparing for the attack.<ref name="uscoa"/> |
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==World Trade Center bombing== |
==World Trade Center bombing== |
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On November 12, 1997, Ismoil, Yousef, and several other co-defendants were found guilty of conspiracy.<ref name="cnn1"/> |
On November 12, 1997, Ismoil, Yousef, and several other co-defendants were found guilty of conspiracy.<ref name="cnn1"/> |
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On April 3, 1998, Ismoil was sentenced to 240 years in prison, fined $250,000, and ordered to pay $10,000,000 in restitution. Throughout the trial, Ismoil continued to maintain his innocence. |
On April 3, 1998, Ismoil was sentenced to 240 years in prison, fined $250,000, and ordered to pay $10,000,000 in restitution. Throughout the trial, Ismoil continued to maintain his innocence.<ref name="cnn1"/> On appeal, his sentence was reduced to 210 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States v. Ismoil, 93-cr-0180 (LAK) {{!}} S.D.N.Y., Judgment, Law, casemine.com |url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/64b8b8cbedc34974b90b235c |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=casemine |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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[[Category:People extradited to the United States]] |
[[Category:People extradited to the United States]] |
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[[Category:People imprisoned on terrorism charges]] |
[[Category:People imprisoned on terrorism charges]] |
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[[Category:Perpetrators of religiously motivated violence in the United States]] |
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