Clement Rodney Hampton-El, also known as Rasheed Hampton, Abdul Rashid Abdullah, and Dr. Rashid, was an American domestic terrorist.
A member of the Moorish Science Temple of America, he was one of those convicted in the New York City landmark bomb plot. He testified that in 1988 he went to Afghanistan to help the Muslims there during Soviet–Afghan War. During trial in 1995. he admitted that he trained volunteer soldiers planning a mission to defend Bosnian Muslims against Serbian aggression - "Project Bosnia". In 1992 and 1993 he made several trips to Europe and Asia, raising over $150,000 to start the volunteer Muslim-militia project.[1] He was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his involvement in New York bomb plot.[2][3][4]
Life
editHampton-El was born in the United States in 1938. He lived in an apartment in the Midwood section of Brooklyn for 25 years. His neighbors described him as quiet, but nice - he used to buy candy for the neighborhood children. He worked as a laboratory technician in a Brooklyn hospital.[5]
Hampton-El died in prison on June 30, 2014, aged 76.[6]
References
edit- ^ Defendant describes 'Project Bosnia'. upi.com Aug. 2, 1995
- ^ Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11, Random House-, 2003
- ^ "Terror Ties Of Miami, Florida Muslim Group Go Deep" Archived 2006-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, by Beila Rabinowitz & William A. Mayer, Pipeline News, 26 June 2006
- ^ "United States v. Omar Ahmad Ali Abdel Rahman Ibrahim A. El-Gabrowny El Sayyid Nosair Tarig..., 189 F.3d 88 – CourtListener.com". CourtListener. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ^ "SPECTER OF TERROR: The Suspects; Arrested in Yesterday's Raid". New York Times. June 6, 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Inmate Locator".
External links
edit- Legal case profile: USA v. Omar Ahmad Ali Abdel-Rahman et al.: 93-CR-181-KTD, MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
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