Apparently they didn't have to look far:
...The four Muslim men accused in the JFK plot didnt 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 countrys 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 Yorks 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/