Posted on 06/02/2007 8:28:21 AM PDT by Zakeet
NEW YORK -- According to NewsChannel4's Jonathan Dienst, sources said federal investigators have made arrests in an alleged terror plot on Kennedy Airport.
Law enforcement officials said the plot may involved a former airport worker.
A press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. this afternoon.
Whereas Bush is actually sacrificing his entire presidency to hold the line in Iraq, appointed Alito and Roberts, and has actually attempted to do something on SS and immigration problems that have been deteriorating for DECADES.
Therefore, Reagan=Ubermensch and Bush=end-of-all-things-good.
You see, illegal immigration was the quiet crazy aunt in the attic with the “conservative base” until now. And NOW it’s a major problem and Bush is the convenient weak target to pile on against.
Only if you punt the hard issues down the road are you considered a good conservative.
You got it down pat - Dead on - (And Reagan reneged on SS reform and raised FICA taxes to boot!).
Has that little prick Ron Paul blamed this on U.S. foreign policy in Guyana yet? It must have been because U.S. troops invaded and slaughtered thousands of Guyanans. Oh wait...he haven’t. So much for the Paul Doctrine.
I thought your post was a reply to #141, not 142.
We can discard the PR angle. If HS and FBI merely wanted a splashy score for PR, this wouldn't have broken on a Saturday morning in june. Possibilities: this cell actually was close to pulling this off and they had the materials. Or, the informant's cover was blown.
Regardless, it was a significant bust-up. Hats off to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. As many reasons as there are to be critical of the bureaucrats among them--and I am, loudly and often--it appears America still can count on its good field agents. One of the most impressive pieces of info about this operation is that there were no leaks.
Oh, he's a victim! ~rolls eyes~
Make english the language
Jail the employers
abolish bilingual
mexico deported 15 million so can we.
I think they felt these jerk offs were acting on their own. Guess they felt they went as far as they could following these guys.
http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369812
He is such a good man...............cough hack........
Guyanese now? Islam a cult that makes people the world over act like arabs.
POSTED: 10:45 am EDT June 2, 2007
UPDATED: 4:53 pm EDT June 2, 2007
NEW YORK -- As first reported by NewsChannel4's Jonathan Dienst, three people were arrested and one other was being sought Saturday in connection to a plot to blow up jet-fuel lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said.
Four people have been charged. Three suspects are in custody: Russell Defreitas, Kareem Ibrihim and Abdul Kadir. Another suspect, Abdul Nur is still at large.Defreitas is to be arrainged Saturday in Brooklyn on terror conspiracy charges.
Sources said Defreitas, a former cargo worker at JFK allegedly began to plot attacking the US last July or August. Defeitas sought help in carrying out a plan and went to an FBI informant, who gathered information about the plot.
U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable.""The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," she said at a news conference.
Defreitas is a U.S. citizen with roots in Guyana. Kadir, a former member of Parliament in Guyana, was arrested in Trinidad for attempting to secure money for "terrorist operations," according to a Guyanese police commander who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Kadir, a Muslim, left his position in Parliament last year. Muslims make up about 9 percent of the former Dutch and British colony's 770,000 population, mostly from the Sunni sect.
Sources said counter-terrorism officials have been following the plot for a little less than one year.Sources said the plot involved a plan to blow up a Buckeye jet-fuel pipeline at JFK setting off a potential massive explosion. Buckeye provides fuel to all three NYC-area airports.
Buckeye spokesman Roy Haase said the company, which moves petroleum through pipelines in a number of states, had been informed of the threat from the beginning.
"Given the nature of Buckeye business and the importance of this transportation network, we have an intense and ongoing communications relationship with the Port Authority, the New York City fire and police departments, the federal Department of Homeland Security and the FBI," he said.
Sources said the plot involved putting explosives inside the fuel pipeline but realized that "it was not technically feasible."
Officials said the plot may also have included plans to hit the JFK terminal buildings and aircraft, in addition to the fuel lines.
In discussing JFK airport as a target, Defreitas exulted over JFK airport’s symbolic importance, according to a U.S. Justice Department complaint:
"Anytime you hit Kennedy, it is the most hurtful thing to the United States. To hit John F. Kennedy, wow .... They love John F. Kennedy like he’s the man .... If you hit that, this whole country will be in mourning. It’s like you can kill the man twice. "
In a later recorded conversation with his coconspirators in May 2007, Defreitas compared the plot to attack JFK airport to the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, stating, “even the Twin Towers can’t touch it,” adding that, “this can destroy the economy of America for some time.”
Sources said the planning stages of the plot involved surveillance of JFK airport as well as scouting out US properties in Guyana for possible attacks.Aviation officials said there is no major threat to air travel related to this plot since it was caught in the developmental stages.
One law enforcement official said: "[There was] credible intent to commit violence but it was not operational." Officials said the suspects never got hold of explosive devices."This was the ultimate hand-and-glove operation between NYPD and FBI," said U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Republican from Long Island.
The arrests mark the latest in a series of alleged homegrown terrorism plots targeting high-profile American landmarks. A year ago, seven men were arrested in what officials called the early stages of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and destroy FBI offices and other buildings.
A month later, authorities broke up a plot to bomb underwater New York City train tunnels to flood lower Manhattan.And six people were arrested a month ago in an alleged plot to unleash a bloody rampage on Fort Dix in New Jersey.
Stay with WNBC.com for the latest on this developing story.
I actually heard that on CNN today. News person or speaking head saying that one of the big problems at airports was all those immigrants that were working there because no American will do the work!
bttt
I fell asleep in the middle of the night watching Fox News. Woke up and thought it was another bizarre dream.
Anyway, good to see that the authorities are quietly watching and profiling these scumballs. They’ve managed to foil several attempts since 9/11. This is good.
Not likely unless the reported connections to Adnan Shukrajimah (sp?) are completely false.
Who can afford to just leave a laptop laying around??? Not only are these morons unprofessional, they’ve got a death wish. Idiots!
Bush gets his amnisty bill through and that is what you will have. New illegals as citizens. Not through the system, simply appointed as new citizens without following the law of the land.
It (I-slam) should’ve been outlawed and banned throughout the world the day after 9/11. In fact, ALL forms of devil worship need to be outlawed and banned.
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