This courtroom sketch shows Russell Defreitas, at his arraignment at federal court in the Brooklyn...
Posted on 06/02/2007 5:31:31 PM PDT by arderkrag
NEW YORK - Federal authorities announced Saturday they had broken up a suspected Muslim terrorist cell planning a "chilling" attack to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery that runs through populous residential neighborhoods.
Three men, one of them a former member of Guyana's parliament, were arrested and one was being sought in Trinidad as part of a plot that authorities said they had been tracked for more than a year and was foiled in the planning stages.
"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf said at a news conference, calling it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."
In an indictment charging the four men, one of them is quoted as saying the foiled plot would "cause greater destruction than in the Sept. 11 attacks," destroying the airport, killing several thousand people and destroying parts of New York's borough of Queens, where the line runs underground.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
“Officials in Trinidad and Tobago said one of the suspects arrested there was caught on a flight preparing to take off for Venezuela”....flying to Chavez.
WOW! Surprised this was not posted already!
Didn’t see the previous posting, sorry.
Actually it has been posted several times but each one was a slightly different article. Glad to see we haven’t surrendered totally to the terrorists yet. Not that the Dems haven’t tried .
Thank God TSA didn’t profile muslims... that could have been a PR nightmare.
I was being sarcastic, but any stories with new details are appreciated.
Anti-terrorist forces arrested one of the defendants, Russell Defreitas, a former employee at John F Kennedy airport in New York, while Guyanese citizen Abdul Kadir and a Trinidadian, Kareem Ibrahim, are in custody in Trinidad.
The fourth defendant, Abdel Nur, who was also a Guyanese citizen, is believed to be at large in Guyana, say Justice officials.
Kadir had been a member of Guyana’s Parliament until August 2006.
He was also mayor of the small bauxite mining town of Linden, south-east of Georgetown.
Kadir’s son, Kareem Kadir, called on US authorities to provide evidence that his father was involved in terrorism.
“I am asking one thing - give me concrete evidence that my father was ever part of any plot,” he told reporters.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1940894.htm
This courtroom sketch shows Russell Defreitas, at his arraignment at federal court in the Brooklyn...
Next will Ron Paul blame America, for picking on these poor, innocent guys?
And the next time, blame us again, for picking on these guys?
Yes, isn’t that interesting. Hugo, best buddy of Ahmanutcase from Iran.
A field of storage tanks are seen on the grounds of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Saturday, June 2, 2007. A suspected terrorist cell planned a 'chilling' attack to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery that runs through populous residential neighborhoods, authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Abdul Kadir, former opposition member of Guyana's parliament, is seen in Georgetown, Guyana, in this 2004 file photo. Kadir, who was arrested in Trinidad as he prepared to board a flight to Venezuela, is accused by authorities of being involved in an alleged plot to blow up a fuel line that feeds New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. (AP Photo/Stabroek News)
It is most interesting that this guy would seek refuge in Venzuela!
All Muslim...
I think this is one of the most significant parts of this whole story, and we've got to keep people aware of this.
What you want to bet it was the Politician who had the one way ticket to Venzuela?
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