Original sentence: Some investigators contend that Timothy McVeigh and his accomplice Terry Nichols had ties to  Ramzi Youssef, the Al Qaeda operative who planned the 1993 WTC bombing, and through a series of meetings with Islamic group Abu-Sayef members in the Philippines.Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American convicted and executed for his part in the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
Edited sentence: Some investigators contend that Timothy McVeigh and his accomplice Terry Nichols had ties to Islamic terrorism through Ramzi Youssef, the Al Qaeda operative who planned the 1993 WTC bombing, and through a series of meetings with Islamic terror group Abu-Sayef members in the Philippines.Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist convicted and executed for his part in the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing