4 Men Charged in Plot to Blow Up Kennedy Jet Fuel Tanks(More info)

new york times ^ | WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM

[kellynla]

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged today that a retired cargo worker at Kennedy International Airport plotted with a former member of the Guyanese Parliament and two other men to blow up terminal buildings, fuel tanks and the network of fuel pipelines that run beneath the airport complex.

Three of the four men, including the former airport worker and the former Parliament member, were arrested today and Friday by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and police detectives, the authorities said. The fourth man was being sought, and officials said additional people may face charges.

The airport worker, Russell Defreitas, 63, through the assistance of the member of Parliament, Abdul Kadir, was in the process of seeking the financial backing and blessing of a Trinidadian terrorist group, Jamaat Al Muslimeen. The group was behind a failed 1990 coup attempt in that country, officials said.

Several law enforcement officials said that there had been no direct threat to the airport, which handles an average of 1,000 flights a day and 45 million passengers a year, and that Mr. Defreitas, a United States citizen who was born in Guyana, and his co-conspirators had yet to obtain financing or explosives.

[Cicero]

I wonder what Russell Defreitas’s motives were. The others are clearly Muslim by their names. I wonder if he’s a convert, or just a disgruntled product of the 60s? I don’t suppose the media will tell us.

[restornu]

former Parliament member from where?

[LibFreeOrDie]

This CBS report names Defreitas as Russell “Mohammed” Defreitas:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/02/national/main2877931.shtml?source=mostpop_story

[restornu]

Got it
with a former member of the Guyanese Parliament
http://www.guyanaguide.com/government.html

Government of Guyana
Members of Cabinet — Members of Parliament — Diplomatic Missions — Government News
Government Ministries — Agencies and Commissions — Finance and Investment
Members of the Cabinet
President & Head of State ..................... Mr Bharrat Jagdeo
Prime Minister & Minister of Public Works ..... Mr Samuel Hinds
Attorney General & Minister of Legal Affairs .. Mr Charles Ramson
Minister of Agriculture & Parliamentary Affairs Mr Reepu Daman Persaud
Minister of Amerindian Affairs ................ Mr Vibert De Souza
Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports ........... Ms Gail Teixeira
Minister of Education ......................... Dr Dale Bisnauth
Minister of Finance¹........................... Mr Saisnarine Kowlessar
Minister of Fisheries, Crops & Livestock ...... Mr Satyadeow Sawh
Minister of Foreign Affairs ................... Mr Clement Rohee
Minister of Home Affairs ...................... Mr Ronald Gajraj
Minister of Housing & Water ................... Mr Shaik Baksh
Minister of Human Service & Social Security ... Mrs Indranie Chandarpal
Minister of Information ....................... Mr Moses Nagamootoo
Minister of Labour & Health ................... Dr Henry Jeffrey
Minister of Local Government .................. Mr Harripersaud Nokta
Minister in the Ministry of Local Government .. Mr Clinton Collymore
Minister of Public Service .................... Mr George Fung-On
Minister of Trade, Industry & Tourism ......... Mr Geoffrey Da Silva
Minister of Transport & Hydraulics ............ Mr Anthony Xavier
Secretary to the Cabinet ...................... Dr Roger Luncheon

¹Minister in Office of the President with responsibility for Finance.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Russell "Mohammed" Defreitas appeared in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 2, 2007. The former airline cargo worker was arrested in connection with a plot to blow up fuel tanks at JFK airport.

Didn't that TWA 800 flight take off from JFK before it exploded?

[Wil H]

And just what would the bumper sticker on this one read like, Mr Edwards?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Yes.

[353FMG]

“..Mr. Defreitas, a United States citizen who was born in Guyana..”

Another foreign-born US citizen who wants to do this country harm. As I was on the treadmill in the gym I watched the TV screen. The investigation was not even complete, and the first thing the MSM gushed is that it was not “Al-Qaeda related”.

I get the distinct impression that the MSM is more sympathetic toward the terrorists than toward the potential victims and damage that could have resulted if the plot had succeeded. What a bunch of a-holes.

[SolidWood]

Guyana.

[traderrob6]

Related...

http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2007/06/4-charged-in-plot-to-blow-up-jet-fuel.html

[Ciexyz]

Info bump.

[blam]

"Another foreign-born US citizen who wants to do this country harm."

Harmless Muslims, huh?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

German saboteurs executed in Washington

August 8, 1942

During World War II, six German saboteurs who secretly entered the United States on a mission to attack its civil infrastructure are executed by the United States for spying. Two other saboteurs who disclosed the plot to the FBI and aided U.S. authorities in their manhunt for their collaborators were imprisoned.

http://www.gigfoot.net/lol/facts/1313.html

[353FMG]

Ah, the greatest generation knew how to deal with traitors and spies.

[Deo volente]

This CBS report names Defreitas as Russell “Mohammed” Defreitas:


Wow! Who would have guessed?

[dynachrome]

Russel M. Defreitas age 63, Cambria NY. Maybe?
https://www.intelius.com/purchase.php

[vetvetdoug]

What are we doing messing around with these S.O.B.’s? We should execute them right off the bat. If we would do this the wanna-be’s would be less enthusiastic about getting their 72 virgins.

[Grut]

Russel M. Defreitas age 63, Cambria NY. Maybe?

Maybe not. Cambria is a seven-hour drive from JFK.

[bboop]

Former Parliament member from Guyana, I think.