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Four charged in plot to blow up JFK airport
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Four charged in plot to blow up JFK airport Sat Jun 2, 2007 7:08PM EDT By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four people, including a former member of Guyana's parliament, have been charged with planning to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. officials said on Saturday. This was "one of the most chilling plots imaginable," Roslynn Mauskopf, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said at a news conference in New York. "The devastation that would be caused ... is just unthinkable." The plotters sought to blow up the airport's jet fuel tanks and part of the 40-mile (64-km) pipeline feeding them from New Jersey. Three of the four suspects, who included a former airline cargo handler, have been arrested, federal law enforcement officials said. In a recorded conversation one suspect predicted there would be few survivors and that the attacks would result in the destruction of "the whole of Kennedy." There was no connection to al Qaeda, officials said, but some suspects were linked to an Islamist extremist group in Trinidad. In one recorded conversation, a suspect compared the plot to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, saying, "Even the twin towers can't touch it." He added, "This can destroy the economy of America for some time." The indictment said the suspects referred to their plot as "the chicken farm" or "the chicken hatchery" but did not explain the code name. News of the foiled plot comes weeks after six suspected Islamist militants were detained on charges of planning to attack a U.S. Army base at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Targets in the airport plot included terminal buildings, aircraft and fuel tanks, as well as the fuel pipeline to the airport. The plot was foiled with the help of an informant who recorded conversations with the suspects, some as recent as last month. The arrests came well before the plan came to fruition and the FBI said there was no threat to the public from the plot. Mark Mershon, assistant director in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's New York field office, declined to say whether there might be more arrests. PLOT SPREAD FROM U.S. Officials said the plot began in the United States and spread to Trinidad and Guyana. Mershon said the cell had shown unusual persistence, seeking finance and expert advice and gathering photographic and video surveillance as well as satellite photographs. "This is a very determined group," he said. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the plot was "different in its distinct ties to the Caribbean, a region that is rarely thought of in terms of terrorism but of increasing concern to us as a crucible in the foment of Islamic radicalism." White House spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo said President George W. Bush had been briefed and updated regularly on the progress of the investigation. "This case is a good example of international counterterrorism cooperation," she said. Among the three suspects arrested since Friday was Russell Defreitas, a U.S. citizen and native of Guyana who was arrested in New York. Authorities said he was a former airport employee who conducted surveillance for the group, using his knowledge of the site to identify targets and escape routes. "Any time you hit Kennedy, it is the most hurtful thing to the United States," Defreitas said in one recorded conversation. "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 mourning. You can kill the man twice." 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. Officials in Trinidad and Tobago said one of the suspects arrested there was caught on a flight preparing to take off for Venezuela. 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. (Additional reporting by Xavier Briand and Jim Vicini in Washington and Linda Hutchinson-Jafar in Port of Spain) |
Re: Four charged in plot to blow up JFK airport
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| Originally posted by venomX Good thing the war on terror is keeping the US safe! That good'ol cowboy policy is really churning out results! This is just another example of why the US needs to rethink it's strategy. This time it was a plot started in the US with the aid of neighbours. Maybe you should attack Guyana next. |
Re: Re: Four charged in plot to blow up JFK airport
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| Originally posted by Q5echo so you think their nationality or citizenship was anything but circumstantial? 19 Saudis killed over 3000 of us when Bush was 9 months in office. no one was safe then. |
Re: Re: Re: Four charged in plot to blow up JFK airport
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| Originally posted by venomX They sound like dangerous people. |
There is only the illusion of safety.
they are fake like 9/11 
assholes. proof is in pussing, listen, we are vunerable to atttack
Let the fear games begin!!!!
according to the indictment, Defreitas who is 63 years old, came up with the plan 10 years ago when he worked as a cargo handler.
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| 19 Saudis who where CIA operatives killed over 3000 of us when Bush was 9 months in office. no one was safe then or now. |
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| Originally posted by culorut |
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| Originally posted by culorut |
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| too bad they weren't all Saudis |
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| Originally posted by culorut So what is your point hero? they still where CIA operatives. Trained and funded. |
Moron learn to read threads properly before you post bullshit.
Q5echo stated they where all Saudis not me.
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| so you think their nationality or citizenship was anything but circumstantial? 19 Saudis killed over 3000 of us when Bush was 9 months in office. no one was safe then. |
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| Originally posted by culorut So what is your point hero? they still where CIA operatives. Trained and funded. |
You should try proving they where not.
Osama bin Laden has been a CIA asset for years. His CIA code name was Tim Osmond. The Bush family have been long time business partners with the bin Laden family. The Bush's and the bin Laden's have been involved in oil companies and defense contracting together.
Osama's father was in the Carlyle Group (an investment firm that's heavily involved in defense contracting) along with GW's Bush's daddy.
I do not think I need go on much further.
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| Originally posted by culorut I do not think I need go on much further. |
The 19 hijackers worked with bin Laden you idiot, for the rest well look it up yourself asshole.
Google and search options are your friend.
id love to live in culorut's world. it sounds so much more exciting than reality!
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| Originally posted by culorut The 19 hijackers worked with bin Laden you idiot, for the rest well look it up yourself asshole. Google and search options are your friend. |
^^
The leader of the assholes has arrived.
The thread is officially dead.
What exactly is that horrific avatar all about you sick bastard.
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| Originally posted by culorut What exactly is that horrific avatar all about you sick bastard. |
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| Originally posted by Marc Summers A tony danza/mezzir's girlfriend hybrid that the US government created in an underground bunker in the Badlands, licensed to kill, and has used the license to rid our world of several influential leaders of the far left. |
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| Originally posted by Marc Summers A tony danza/mezzir's girlfriend hybrid that the US government created in an underground bunker in the Badlands, licensed to kill, and has used the license to rid our world of several influential leaders of the far left. |
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