El Sayyid Nosair

El Sayyid Nosair

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Acting

Life

Born 1955 (age 70)

Born in

Port Said, Egypt

Biography

El Sayyid Nosair (Arabic: سيد نصير; born 16 November 1955) is an Egyptian-born American who was convicted of involvement in the 1993 New York City landmark bomb plot, and later admitted to having committed the assassination of Meir Kahane.

In 1994, Nosair was convicted in federal court of nine counts, including seditious conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder of a U.S. Postal Inspection Service officer, use of a firearm in the commission of a murder, use of a firearm during an attempted murder, and possession of a firearm.

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