Hmmm. The MSM spin on this at first was they weren’t connected with al Qaeda. However, this little tidbit is now out on Yahoo:
“Authorities said two suspects were in custody in Trinidad and Tobago — Abdul Kadir, a citizen of Guyana and former member of its parliament, and Kareem Ibrahim, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago. Their extradition was being sought, officials said.
Mershon said the fourth suspect, Abdel Nur, a citizen of Guyana, was believed to be at large in Trinidad.
Authorities said Kadir and Nur were associates of Jamaat Al Muslimeen, a Muslim group behind a 1990 coup attempt in Trinidad.”
He was also apparently fleeing to Iran thru Argentina. The government is working with us : they recalled the commercial jet and pull his a$$ off the plane.
Political Correctness has run amuck at JFK for years. This is a two year old report.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536379/posts
JFK Screeners Find Bomb Residue, Let Man Go - Man Released After Positive Explosives Test At JFK
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Posted on 12/08/2005 7:31:19 AM PST by Sub-Driver
JFK Screeners Find Bomb Residue, Let Man Go Man Released After Positive Explosives Test At JFK Image
Scott Weinberger Reporting
(CBS) QUEENS A man’s sneakers tested positive for explosives at JFK airport. The sneakers were confiscated, but the man walked free. However, federal screeners didn’t tell any member of law enforcement what happened for days.
The man used the name Gamal Badawi with U.S. immigration officials last Friday at JFK airport. At the time, authorities were unable to use the computerized system that takes a visitor’s fingerprints and checks it against various databases, including the terror watch list. As a result, Badawi’s documents checked out against the information locally available at JFK.
Federal sources told CBS 2 that Badawi passed through U.S. Customs and went into the airport to connect to a Delta flight to Iowa via Chicago. As he went through security, a Transportation Security Administration screener pulled Badawi out of the line.
Suspicious Sneakers
Badawi was wearing high-top sneakers that, CBS 2 was told, had tape around them and rubber-bands sticking out of them. The screener told Badawi to take off his sneakers. They were then checked for explosives, and airport sources told us that the reading for explosives was off the charts. “The highest ever,” one federal source explained.
June 2, 2007
JFK Terror Plot Foiled
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UPDATE II: The FBI thought that a well-known terrorist may have had a part in this plot:
FBI agents feared but never confirmed the three men accused of plotting to attack John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York were linked to one of the most wanted al Qaeda leaders, Adnan Shukrijumah, known to have operated out of Guyana and Trinidad.Officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com that they heard repeated references to "Adnan" during the extensive wiretaps conducted on the suspects' telephone conversations, including calls to Guyana and Trinidad.
There is a $5 million reward for information on Shukrijumah, who officials consider extremely dangerous because of the years he spent living in the Miami area and his known ties to al Qaeda. Some of the 9/ll hijackers attended a south Florida mosque run by Shukrijumah's now deceased father.
UPDATE III: The ambition for this attack was pretty high, according to the indictment, which Michelle Malkin reproduces:
28. During the return drive from JFK, Defreitas discussed the extent of the damage they could cause. In particular, Defreitas predicted that the plot would result in the destruction of "the whole of Kennedy," that only a few people would escape and that, due to underground piping, part of Queens would explode.
They wanted to take out a good portion of a borough that houses more than 2.2 million people, according to the 2000 Census. In fact, it's among the most diverse populations in the United States; 46% of residents were born outside the US. That's what these four wanted to destroy.
Hope they grab him up!