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j (0126/1998) ai SE 7 ’ <a FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Precedence: ROUTINE Date: o7/ca/2iess Toa: National Security Attn: RFU: Bangkok Attn: Islamabad Attn: Manila Attn: Riyadh Attn: New York Attn: From: New York T<46 Approved By: Drafted By: —— Case ID #: (U) 265R-NY¥-252802 Title: Manila Air; AOT- OO :NY¥ ee an Sar Derived "Free. 6-3 Déclassify On: XT Details: NA) Gi ths Manila Air investigation was initiated in January 1995 when a terrorist plot was umcovered in Manila, the Philippines. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the FBI top ten fugitive wanted for the bombing of the World Trade Canter, conspired with others to plant explosive devices aboard American jetliners while those aircraft were scheduled to be airborne and lcaded with passengers om their way to the United States, Yousef (Pakistan), Wali Khan Amin Shah {Malaysia}, and Abdul Hakim Murad (Philippines) were subsequently arrested, rendered to the FBI-NYO, and convicted in the Southern District of New York. SECRET