Two Men Plotted to Blow Up JFK, Prosecutor Says

[Chris_]

An ex-airline employee and a former member of Guyana’s parliament plotted to blow up fuel lines and tanks at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, a prosecutor told jurors at the start of their terrorism trial.

Russell Defreitas, a former Evergreen Airlines cargo worker, and Abdul Kadir, a citizen of Guyana who served as a member of the Guyanese Parliament, along with two other men were charged with hatching the plot in January 2006. They circulated their plan to an international network of Muslim extremists, prosecutors said in court papers.

Abdel Nur, a citizen of Guyana, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of providing support to terrorists. Kareem Ibrahim, a citizen of Trinidad, was granted a separate trial at a later date due to a medical condition.

The attacks were designed to destroy “the whole of Kennedy,” the largest airport in the New York City area, Defreitas said in a taped conversation, according to the Justice Department. The plot was foiled in the planning stages with the aid of an informant, Steven Francis, Berger told the jury.

In another case in the same courthouse, three men were accused of plotting to conduct suicide bombings in New York’s subways in September 2009. Two of the men pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-30/two-men-plotted-to-blow-up-jfk-prosecutor-says.html

I thought it might be related to this story from a few days ago, but it doesn't say.

[ConservativeJoeG]

More cavemen jealous of what we have in America.  They then go out of their way to say that God demands that we pay for our excess.  Let's see them get off their butts and make their own countries something instead of working so hard to tear ours down.

[Chris_]

Final suspect convicted in JFK airport plot in New York

A former leader of the Shia Muslim community in Trinidad has been convicted of taking part in a failed plot to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines at JFK airport in New York.

Kareem Ibrahim was convicted of five conspiracy counts in the plot, which officials say was meant to outdo 9/11.

Russell Defreitas and Abdul Kadir are serving life sentences after also being convicted for their roles.

Ibrahim, 65, also faces life in prison. His sentencing is due on 21 October

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Those white Christians are acting up again...