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Caribbean coup attempt remembered
BBC ^ | July 28, 2000 | Debra Ransome

Posted on 08/29/2002 8:17:34 PM PDT by piasa

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stepping back in time...GASandOIL.com - ALEXANDER'S GAS & OIL CONNECTIONS: "ARREST OF TRINIDADIAN MAN UNCOVERS POSSIBLE PLOT FOR COUP ATTEMPT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "23-06-01 The arrest of a Trinidadian man by federal agents has uncovered a possible plot to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago using weapons purchased in South Florida, according to US authorities and Trinidadian officials. Keith Andre Glaude was arrested in a sting operation three weeks ago in Broward County after he allegedly tried to buy high-powered weapons for use by a militant Muslim group in Trinidad, leading agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to believe he was part of a potential plot to provoke an insurrection. "These are not hunting-type rifles," said Eduardo Halley, a spokesman for the ATF. "These are not weapons you buy for sport." Glaude's cas "is a matter of national security," said Hylton Guy, the islands' police commissioner. The case evolved over a year of cat-and-mouse manoeuvres between Glaude and his contacts in Trinidad, on the one hand, and an ATF agent in South Florida. It culminated three weeks ago in a sting operation, as Glaude was about to drive off with 70 submachine guns and 10 silencers in the back of his van.") (July 31, 2001)

21 posted on 01/29/2003 6:35:24 PM PST by Cindy
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Panday and the Trinidadian government are not as reliable as us Americans may be led to believe and they are really trying hard to find the Jamaat guilty of something after being humiliated by the coup. In ten years they have not been able to find any other crimes done by these people under close scrutiny?

Apparently they didn't have to look far:

...The four Muslim men accused in the JFK plot didn’t turn to Pakistan, Iran or Afghanistan for support after targeting the airport, home to an average 1,000 daily flights and 45 million passengers annually.
Instead, according to a federal complaint, the informant and defendants Kareem Ibrahim and Defreitas visited a compound belonging to the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical Muslim group based in Trinidad. When Defreitas discussed his radical “brothers” with the informant, he made it clear they were not Arabs, but from Trinidad and Guyana.
The complaint also made clear how deeply the informant had infiltrated the small band of would-be terrorists.
While Defreitas, a retired JFK airport cargo worker, made four reconnaissance missions to the airport with the informant, federal authorities captured each one on audio and video equipment.
Ibrahim and another suspect, Abdul Kadir, were in custody in Trinidad awaiting extradition hearings. Officials identified Kadir as a former mayor of a Guyanese town and a member of the country’s Parliament.
Authorities in Trinidad were still seeking a fourth suspect, Abdel Nur. ...
----------"Drug Dealer Becomes Hero For Exposing Terror Plot," WCBSTV.COM ^ | 03 JUNE 2007 | AP

They planned to blow up pipelines leading to JFK Airport.

AUGUST 2, 2010 : (DEFREITAS & ABDUL KADIR ARE FOUND GUILTY IN JFK AIRPORT "CHICKENFARM" PLOT---- see JAM) ... “NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Two Islamist militants were found guilty today by a federal jury of plotting to bomb New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Russell Defreitas, 67, a U.S. citizen born in Guyana, and Abdul Kadir, 58, of Guyana, conspired to blow up buildings, fuel tanks and pipelines at the airport in the New York City borough of Queens.”
SNIPPET: “Two other men were arrested in the plot. Kareem Ibrahim of Trinidad and Tobago was deemed too ill to be tried, but may face trial later.
Guyanese Abdel Nur, 60, pleaded guilty in June to a separate charge of material support to terrorism and faces up to 15 years in prison.”-------“Breaking News: Kadir, DeFreitas found guilty in JFK plot case” By editor | August 2, 2010 in Local Newshttp://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/stories/08/02/breaking-news-kadir-defreitas-found-guilty-in-jfk-plot-case/

22 posted on 08/04/2010 11:25:51 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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