Lessons learned from domestic terrorism

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6th anniversary of New York's World Trade Center bombing

February 26, 1999
Web posted at: 3:02 p.m. EST (2002 GMT)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, an event that proved the United States is not immune to domestic terrorism, is far from a memory on Friday, the sixth anniversary of the deadly blast.

Security is tighter than ever at New York's landmark twin towers, lawsuits are in progress alleging lax protection at the time of the underground garage explosion and four anti- American militants convicted in the case are back in court.

Mohammed Salameh, 30; Nidal Ayyad, 30; Mahmoud Abouhalima, 37; and Ahmad Mohammad Ajaj, 31, argue they deserve a new trial because of new evidence.

Meantime, a federal judge in New York plans to resentence the four, possibly next week, as required by a federal appeals court. That court concluded that they were not represented by lawyers when each was sentenced to 240 years in prison in 1994.

The World Trade Center bombing -- the first international terrorist attack on U.S. soil -- killed six people and injured hundreds of others when it left a huge crater beneath the 110-story towers.

Correspondent Maria Hinojosa contributed to this report.

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