Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer

Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer was accused of being a terrorist bomber by Senator Conrad Burns. [cite news
url=http://www.emergency.com/ternyc97.htm
title=TERRORIST PLOT TO BOMB NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM
publisher=
author=
date=
accessdate=2008-08-21
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergency.com%2Fternyc97.htm&date=2008-08-21 mirror] ] [cite news
url=http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/ambassador/051220-burns-en.asp
title=Response from Senator Conrad Burns
publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Canada) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
author=Conrad Burns
date=December 20 2005
accessdate=2008-08-21
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfait-maeci.gc.ca%2Fcan-am%2Fwashington%2Fambassador%2F051220-burns-en.asp+&date=2008-08-21 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=gazi_ibrahim_abu_mezer
title=Profile: Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer
publisher=
author=
date=1997-07-31
accessdate=2008-08-21
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historycommons.org%2Fentity.jsp%3Fentity%3Dgazi_ibrahim_abu_mezer&date=2008-08-21 mirror] ] Senator Burns said the 9/11 Commission said Mezer "planned to bomb the Atlantic Avenue subway in Brooklyn, New York in 1997, was arrested on his third illegal entry into the United States along the northwest border with Canada."

Mezer and another man, Lafi Khalil, were said to be captured with several home-made bombs in July 1997.cite news
url=http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/08-97/08-02-97/a11wn071.htm
title=Suspects in NYC subways attack linked to Hamas
publisher=South Coast Today
author=
date=
accessdate=2008-08-21
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.southcoasttoday.com%2Fdaily%2F08-97%2F08-02-97%2Fa11wn071.htm&date=2008-08-21 mirror] ] [cite news
url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9708/02/brooklyn.bomb.pm/
title=Motive sought in New York subway bomb plot
publisher=CNN
author=
date=
accessdate=2008-08-21
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2FUS%2F9708%2F02%2Fbrooklyn.bomb.pm%2F&date=2008-08-21 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec97/bomb_8-1.html
title=DEADLY IMITATION
publisher=PBS Newshour
author=
date=19970801
accessdate=2008-08-21
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Fbb%2Flaw%2Fjuly-dec97%2Fbomb_8-1.html&date=2008-08-21 mirror] ] A room-mate was reported to have tipped off police.The men were reported to be linked to the Palestinian group Hamas.

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