Posted on 05/22/2009 7:16:29 AM PDT by La Lydia
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — The four men accused of plotting to bomb New York City synagogues and shoot down military airplanes with missiles are down-and-out ex-convicts living on the margins in a faded industrial city. One is a petty criminal who spent a day in 2002 snatching purses and shooting at people with a BB gun from an SUV. His lawyer calls him "intellectually challenged." Three have histories of drug convictions, one of them for selling narcotics in a school zone...But if they sometimes seemed amateurish, the men were dangerous people fueled by their hatred for Jews and America, prosecutors said. The plotters managed to get their hands on what they thought were lethal explosives and a surface-to-air missile system, only to find out that they were inert devices supplied by the FBI in a sting operation.
"It's hard to envision a more chilling plot," assistant U.S. attorney Eric Snyder said. "These are extremely violent men."...
James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen were calm as they appeared in court Thursday...they face life in prison if convicted....
...Payen's lawyer said he was on medication for schizophrenia and has "a very low borderline" IQ....Payen, 27, did time for attempted assault — in 2002...Payen appears to be a Haitian citizen, while the other three are Americans. The Williamses are not related. New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said he believed the defendants knew each other from their time behind bars.... Cromitie was burning with anger about the U.S. war in Afghanistan, where his parents had lived before he was born, according to the criminal complaint. He told the informant he was interested in jihad and "doing something to America" and was crestfallen that "the best target (the World Trade Center) was hit already," the complaint said...
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According to Muhammad, a man in his 40s began frequenting the mosque more than a year ago and began espousing extremist views and talking about jihad, or holy war, to congregants. He also tried to encourage mosque members to become involved in unspecified activities, and offered them $25,000 to do so.
I am not sure I buy this. Sounds like he is trying to cast blame on the undercover informant.
In New York there’s no such thing as an illegal alien.
What, we have some kind of obligation to take in each and every mental deficient in the entire world and put up with their BS?
Smart enough to stay.
These are not terrorist.....these guys are a bunch of morons trying to make a name for themselves.
The terrorist are the ones who disappeared into the shadows after pumping these guys up to get them to attempt what they were about to attempt.
Go after the real Mussie.
They are just victims of society..../sarc/
On top of all that they were Dimocrats.
And our Clueless Leader thinks the terrorists at Gitmo should be given access to our prisons, where they can recruit mentally challenged minority members to join in their jihad against the USA. He should be arrested for aiding and abetting terrorists.
The NY Jewish liberal voters were a lot safer under the GWB administration. With BOZerO making nice with terrorists lately, the security may diminish——let’s hope and pray for continued protection from these warped cretins of Mohammed.
Who converted these guys? Who taught them to hate the USA and Jews? Whoever led them to commit terrorism is the perp that we really should be going after. We are fighting a CULT, an ideology. Go after the leaders, not the pawns.
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Did you catch this about the Newburgh 4?
Yes, but only scanned it as I’m working on some personal things.
I appreciate any updates Piasa.
I’m going to look at it closely and start a link set this week.
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