Clement Rodney Hampton-El, also known as Abdul Rashid Abdullah or Dr. Rashid, had been a member of the Moorish Science Temple of America and was convicted in the New York City landmark bomb plot. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his involvement.[1][2][3]

Hampton-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.[4]

Hampton-El died in prison on June 30, 2014.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11, Random House-, 2003
  2. ↑ "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
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "SPECTER OF TERROR: The Suspects; Arrested in Yesterday's Raid". New York Times. June 6, 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Inmate Locator".



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