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Yes. Adam Hamawy won New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District seat on November 3. In the early 1990s he associated with Omar Abdel-Rahman (the Blind Sheikh), the spiritual leader whose followers carried out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Hamawy traveled with him, translated for him, visited his home, and later testified as a defense witness at his 1995 terrorism trial. Hamawy has said the connection was limited and community-based; he was never charged with any crime and later served as a U.S. Army combat surgeon.