Kennedy Airport Terror Plot Thwarted "ONE OF THE MOST CHILLING PLOTS IMAGINABLE"

"He had a vision that would make the WTC attack seem small."

**UPDATED** SCROLL FOR UPDATES AND NEW POSTS*****

What jihad? Someone alert the Democratic party goddammit. hat tip Mara
Drudge has a siren flashing:  Kennedy Airport Terror Plot Thwarted

According to NewsChannel4's Jonathan Dienst, sources said federal investigators have made arrests in an alleged terror plot on Kennedy Airport.

Law enforcement officials said the plot may involved a former airport worker.

A press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. this afternoon

UPDATE: 1:15 PMLaw enforcement official calls suspects "al Qaeda wannabes"

Three arrested, one still at large. These men were under surveillance for some time. They were hoping to blow up a jet fuel line so as to set off a series of massive explosions. The fuel line feeds John F. Kennedy International Airport and runs through residential neighborhoods, officials close to the investigation said.(more here)

The official said the plotters had conducted surveillance on giant jet fuel tanks at JFK and the pipeline. They had taken surveillance video of the targets and took it to Trinidad to review the tape, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the arrests were not yet announced.

These Islamic terrorists have been tentatively tied to  Jamaat Muslimeen (sp?) "struggle for Islam" - orgininating from Trinidad (the Caribbean is now a hot spot.) Places you least expect.

It seems a Parliamentarian was involved in this plot. Yes, A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. A former member of the parliament in Guyana, a small South American country between Venezuela and Suriname near the top of the continent. Those arrested include a U.S. citizen; a second U.S. citizen who is a naturalized citizen from Guyana; and one Trinidadian. Authorities are also looking for one more person, who is from Guyana. One of the suspects was an airline worker with "intimate knowledge of entire airport and inner workings of JFK."

One suspect, a U.S. citizen who is a native of Guyana and who once worked at the airport, was described by a source as "a very angry Muslim extremist."

"A very angry Muslim extremist?" Is there any other kind?

Another suspect is a former member of parliament in Guyana, several law enforcement officials said.

A wiretap transcript the FBI gave CNN indicated the plotters targeted the airport because of the popularity of its namesake:

"Anytime you hit Kennedy, it is the most hurtful thing to the United States. ... This whole country will be in mourning. It's like you can kill the man twice," the transcript quotes one suspect as saying.

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Full article here

In all, four individuals, including the former Guyana parliament member, Abdul Kadir, and Russell Defreitas, a U.S. citizen and native of Guyana who worked as an airport cargo worker, have been charged with conspiring to attack JFK. (Photo: Abdul Kadir - on the left)

Also in custody are Kareem Ibrahim, a citizen of Trinidad held in Trinidad, and Abdel Nur, a citizen of Guyana. The United States is planning to seek their extradition.

UPDATE: 1:38  pm Liveblogging press conference:

Roslynn Mauskopf, US attorney for the Eastern District of New York: "The most chilling plot imaginable." The damage and carnage impossible to fathom. The devastation that  would be caused is just unthinkable."

Plot spread from NY to Guyana  and Trinidad.

" Huge concern about the fuel line. The feeding tube that feeds international commerce, airport, residences." "The Buckeye Pipeline (orginates from Allentown Pa.), a 40 million fuel line, runs from New Jersey to Nassau (JFK) ......" It is the central fuel line.

"This plot similar and different to ones in the past (the Lincoln tunnel planned blow up, the '93 stock exchange plot, the Financial District plot) . It is different as it is tied to the Caribbean. Similiar in that it is a self radicalized New Yorker plotting to betray his country with a catastrophic event."

The plot began in the US and then spread to Trinidad and Guyana, officials said.

The group had shown unusual persistence, seeking finance and expert advice and gathering photographic and video surveillance as well as satellite images, said Mr Mershon.

"This is a very determined group," he said.

 

Growing concern about terror cells in the Caribbean.

"New York has become complacent."
"We urge NY , if you see something, say something!"[what would CAIR say about that? LAWSUIT! - Atlas]
"Look at the world through the eyes, through the prism of September 11th."

One of the suspects (Defreitas - sp?) was quoted as saying:  "the attacks would result in the destruction of the whole of JFK and destroy whole parts of Queens. Few people would survive."

"Even the twin towers can't touch it. This would destroy the whole US economy"

The complaint adds that an informant and Defreitas discussed the war in Lebanon in August 2006 and agreed, "Muslims always incur the wrath of the world while the Jews get a pass."

It was at that point, court records say, Defreitas shared with the informant "that he had a vision that would make the WTC attack seem small."

Jamaat Muslimeen (in Trinidad) is the terror group behind the JFK plot
 

Jihad In Trinidad INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 1/23/2007

Homeland Security: There's a lot of talk about al-Qaida safe havens in Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. But the FBI is closely watching a potential hot spot in our own hemisphere.

Al-Qaida is suspected of having set up a front in the Caribbean island state of Trinidad, and sympathetic jihadists have already launched a movement there to replace Trinidad's Westernized government with Islamic law.

The militant Muslim group Jamaat al-Muslimeen staged a bloody coup attempt in Trinidad last decade that involved the firebombing of police headquarters in Port-of-Spain. A rash of bombings over the past couple of years has been linked to the group, whose leader, Yasin Abu Bakr, recently was released from prison after claiming to be ill.

Local police had arrested him in 2005 after raiding his headquarters and seizing high-powered rifles, grenades, walkie-talkies and 700 rounds of ammo. He awaits trial for inciting religious violence and terrorism.

The number of Bakr's followers is said to be growing, along with the number of kidnappings, murders and bombings in Trinidad. And fears are growing within the Department of Homeland Security and FBI that Trinidadian jihadists could train and export terrorists to strike the U.S.

Trinidad might be harboring the "next Mohamed Atta," a college-educated, English-speaking Saudi native known within al-Qaida as "Jafar the pilot." His real name is Adnan El Shukrijumah, and the FBI considers him "armed and dangerous." He's been connected to al-Qaida plots to attack America with dirty bombs.

Local papers report that Shukrijumah has stayed with friends in Trinidad, and worshiped at local mosques, indicating a possible cell exists there. U.S. authorities at Miami International Airport are closely monitoring inbound flights from that area.

The FBI's Web site says Shukrijumah "carries a Guyanese passport but may attempt to enter the United States with a Trinidadian passport."

Shukrijumah's late father is Guyanese. He taught Arabic and lectured in mosques there and in Trinidad before moving to America to work for the Saudi Embassy and then run a small radical mosque in Florida (which was bankrolled by the former Saudi ambassador, according to Newsweek). Shukrijumah still has relatives in Guyana, which is near Trinidad.

UPDATE: Feared JFK Plotters Linked to Top Terrorist ABC News 

FBI agents feared but never confirmed the three men accused of plotting to attack John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York were linked to one of the most wanted al Qaeda leaders, Adnan Shukrijumah, known to have operated out of Guyana and Trinidad.

Officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com that they heard repeated references to "Adnan" during the extensive wiretaps conducted on the suspects' telephone conversations, including calls to Guyana and Trinidad.

There is a $5 million reward for information on Shukrijumah, who officials consider extremely dangerous because of the years he spent living in the Miami area and his known ties to al Qaeda.  Some of the 9/ll hijackers attended a south Florida mosque run by Shukrijumah's now deceased father.

Shukrijumah left the United States just a few months before September 2001. More here

X-FLORIDA USED CAR SALESMAN STILL ON THE LOOSE, LAST SEEN  IN AL-QAEDA LINKED TRINIDAD.

ADNAN EL-SHUKRIJUMAH LAST SEEN IN TRINIDAD

SEPT. 4th 2006, HIS SSN* 109-84-0648 WAS ISSUED IN NYC DURING 1995; ONE of the world's most wanted terrorists, Al Qaeda operative Adnan el-Shukrijumah, may be still hiding in Trinidad and Tobago and has, in his possession, a T&T passport, his father had been an Iman at the Mosque in Port-au-Spain Trinidad.

Shukrijumah, the FBI says he is "wanted in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States".  Local law enforcement officials said they were aware that Shukrijumah was or had been in Trinidad and confirmed they were contacted by the FBI for assistance in the matter.

The father Gulshair El-Shukrijumah (deceased) was the Iman at the Masjid Nur Ul-Islam 3324 Church Ave, Brooklyn NY 11203 for at least 5 years during the 1990's and the Iman at the Masjid Nur UL Islam Mosque in Trinidad during the mid 1980's.

UPDATE: FBI Report, two of the suspects arrested, Abdul Kadir & Abdel Nur, were members of Jamaat al-Muslimeen (JAM) based in Trinidad. Implicated in the JFK terror plot Jamaat Muslimeen  LEADER YASIN ABU BAKR -

Yasin Abu Bakr when he bailed out of Trinidad jail, same bodyguard with the beard seen in both photos.

UPDATE June 3rd 2:03 am: TERRORIST YASIN ABU BAKER TO GO ON TRIAL IN TRINIDAD ON JUNE 11TH 2007 The Guardian

JAMAAT al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr is expected go on trial later this month on terrorism and sedition charges.  Bakr has been charged with sedition, promoting a terrorist act and inciting others to breach the peace stemming from his November 2005 Eid sermon at his Mucurapo mosque.

Case facts:

• Bakr charged with sedition and terrorism.
• Trial to start with legal submissions.

FUN IN THE SUN WITH AL-QAEDA IN TRINIDAD LEADER YASIN ABU BAKR;

Yasin Abu Bakr's, aka Lennox Phillip,  latest antics (he is in ctr. with "Soldiers of Allah") have led to his arrest and incarceration since November 2005 on terrorism and weapons charges. The latest charges implicate Abu Bakr in a string of bombings that hit Port of Spain and St. James in 2005. He is also accused of ordering the murder of former members of the Jamaat-ul-Fuqra that were expelled or split from the group because of ideological differences to set up an Islamic state in Trinidad or shifts in allegiance to rival Afro-Trinidadian Muslim groups (Tobago & Trinidad Guardian, January 28, 2005). More here atTrinidad and Tobagonews.com

Trinidad's radical Muslim leader released on bail Tuesday, July 18, 2006

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad's Muslimeen leader, 64-year-old Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, after spending almost eight months in jail on charges of sedition, has been granted bail in the sum of TT$400,000, he is the head of the Mucurapo Mosque.

 

Trinidad's radical Muslim leader released on bail
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:
Trinidad's Muslimeen leader, 64-year-old Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, after spending almost eight months in jail on charges of sedition, has been granted bail in the sum of TT$400,000, he is the head of the Mucurapo Mosque.

Cops seize grenade, gun, ammo at Jamaat Muslimeen compound

Nov. 2005
Government's drastic anti-crime initiative paid off yesterday, when a large contingent of police and army officers from the Special Anti-crime Unit (SAUTT) and other sections of the Police Service raided the Jamaat al Muslimeen compound at Mucurapo Road.

Armed with search warrants and metal detectors, the officers surrounded the Jamaat compound from as early as 4 am, and ordered that no one enter, or leave.

The action took place while Jamaat al Muslimeen Leader Yasin Abu Bakr was in a cell at the Port-of-Spain CID awaiting his court appearance on four charges arising out of statements allegedly made during Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations at the Jamaat compound.

He was only told of the raid at the mosque while he was at the Port-of-Spain Magistrates' Court.

Newsday learnt that officers found a hand grenade, several rounds of ammunition, and an assault rifle. The items were placed in a heavily tinted vehicle and taken to the St James Police Station.

Comments

[eavesdropper]

Don't you wish we would just take these arrested men and KILL THEM NOW!

Just shoot them dead already, and the Fort Dix Six too.

I've seen enough evidence, they planned and plotted to kill Americans, on our soil, so I say, "Line them up against the wall and shoot them already."

BTW, I'm sure CAIR will sue those that uncovered the Kennedy plot.

[x_dhimmi]

Guess John Bumpersticker Edwards will have to re-decorate his vehicles.

BTW, since a Trinidad official is part of the plot, how does that implicate the entire gov't of Trinidad? Do we send in the Marines?

[duncan]

And it was thwarted through intelligence/investigative work, through police work. Not by invading a nation that had nothing to do with the the attack on our country.
If you got out of your freakin bubble and actually listened to what reasonable Repubs and Dems are saying about protecting this country, you would understand that they want to support and strengthen the kind of work that thwarted this plot. Think of how much safer we all would be if the money, manpower, and resources now being wasted in Iraq could be redirected to homeland security.
You just don't get it because you are way too invested in demonizing others.

[EJO]

Dear Pamela;
WOW!! This is more than just amazing. This is MIND-BLOWING!!!
HOORAY FOR OUR GUYS!!! IF YOU SEE SOMETHING; SAY SOMETHING!!!

Deb in OH;
Yes! We cite the Monroe Doctrine. Then we surround the island with a naval blockade. If after awhile, the bad guys don't come out with their hands up, we send in the Marines.
I'm only half kidding.

eavesdropper;
I like the way you think.
Sincerely;
EJO

[Pamela Geller]

Ah, the brain trust has arrived. No matter how reviled that libtard traitor is here at Atlas, he can't get enough. He practically lives here - notice that? LOL. That schmuck has left upwards of 20 - 30 comments a day. Hence comment moderation.

Nevertheless I, for one, do not believe in playing defense. Waiting in a corner, deflecting bullets, bombs, nukes, WMD, whatever. I believe in defeating the enemy before he gets one off or gets it right - dead right.

Next you'll be advocating pork for first responders, that favorite Democratic pork barrel canard. Thats the answer to the jihad. More taxes!

I will never advocate reacting to attacks on America. I will advocate destroying the enemy before they destroy us. They have made their objective clear - DEATH TO AMERICA. Not in my lifetime traitor.

asshat.

[Doc Washboard]

What happened to "fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here"? It looks like we have to do both now:

From the AP:

"The arrests mark the latest in a series of alleged homegrown terrorism plots targeting high-profile American landmarks.

"A year ago, seven men were arrested in what officials called the early stages of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and destroy FBI offices and other buildings.

"A month later, authorities broke up a plot to bomb underwater New York City train tunnels to flood lower Manhattan.

"And six people were arrested a month ago in an alleged plot to unleash a bloody rampage on Fort Dix in New Jersey."

Law enforcement seems to be doing a hell of a good job catching these guys before they get a chance to do anything.

[john jay]

friends:

very powerful posts today, this subject and the beheadings in thailand, the expansion of the jihad into this hemisphere.

in alaska, they have derbies based on predicting the spring thaw of the rivers.

perhaps atlasshrugs could have a derby based on predicting the thaw of duncan's head, e.g., when will he wake up to the reality of the jihad.

just a thought. my guess it will be well into the future, so plenty of time to get the bets in.

john jay

[JBarsimson]

The latest Fox version of the story had- "Isha Kadir, the Guyanese suspect's [the former parliament member - JB] wife, said her husband flew from Guyana to Trinidad on Thursday. She said he was arrested Friday as he was boarding a flight from Trinidad to Venezuela, where he planned to pick up a travel visa to attend an Islamic religious conference in Iran." - How can there NOT be islamophobia? Tell me this is all a gigantic punk'd episode. If CAIR or the like doesn't speak out against these incidents, the time is coming ever closer when Americans will rise up and say to it's Muslims, "you're either with us, or you're against us" and then we will see what happens. Regardless of political persuasion, who is going to put up with this crap any longer? Are people really going to believe the religion of peace stuff?

[john jay]

friends:

i am all for good police work.

but it cannot be the only line of defense against the jihad, nor should it ever be considered such.

israel has wonderful police and intelligence forces.

has anybody given much thought to how effective good police work is against hamas and hezbollah rockets directed towards israelis towns and israeli citizens.

at some point, you have to have a military that can reach out and touch someone, and whack their asses in the process.

and the longer and tougher your reach, the better.

our police forces work well inside our country, because we have a long reach outside it. when that reach goes away, so does the at home effectiveness of our defenses.

just my opinion.

john jay

[Miluimnik]

Pamela, you are the best!

I am jet lagged, hung over, and knackered from
15 days of desecrating Mosques and Islamic Centres with my Jewish presence. When this story broke, the similarities to Adnan were too great to ignore....yet I had no energy to write about it, or even speak to anyone other than Joe. I didn't have to!

Pamela immediately saw the connection and put everything together.....something that the Feds and Wimp-Media have failed to do.

Pamela todah

[pastorius]

The best coverage on the net.

[john jay]

pastorius:

yes. agreed. she is very good, our pamela. she misses nothing, she forgets nothing. she puts it together, and almost always well ahead of the curve. and publishes, not dependent upon the comfort of the herd to back up her judgment.

yes. agreed.

john jay

[tazzerman2000]

Pamela, you go girl!!

Asshat, yep, that's the answer, let's just sit here and wait for them to attack us.. Hmm, where have I heard THAT before? Sounds like Mr Clinton and his ilk to me.....

9/11 = Never Forget!

[duncan]

Tazzerman,
How about forming alliances with other countries to smoke these assholes out? No ...Bush had to go it alone. And now what? Now they're attacking us from Guyana and Trinidad for chrissake. Do you want to invade those countries as well? You're trying to fight a 21st century struggle with 20th century tactics. And you volunteer other to do the fighting.
If you so strongly believe that military response is the answer, by all means get off your ass and get over there. Relieve some poor Marine now on his or her third rotation. It's the HYPOCRICY STUPID!

[tazzerman2000]

Duncan, ah... good to see you relying on the age old leftie fall back. When in doubt and/or have no real position, attack the person..

You don't know me, you have no idea who or what I am or have done or where I've been..

Besides all that, someone has to stay here on the homefront and guard us against people just like you. Pamela can't do it by herself.

In regards to your inane 'comments'.. I find it interesting that both the Trinidad and Guyanaian govts did in FACT help us and have been cooperating fully in this investigation.

Too bad these islamists where allowed to gain a foothold there during Clinton's watch.

"The militant Muslim group Jamaat al-Muslimeen staged a bloody coup attempt in Trinidad last decade that involved the firebombing of police headquarters in Port-of-Spain."

Maybe if Clinton had been a bit more proactive back in the 90's and helped to defend the people of Trinidad then, instead of selling our technology to the Chinese and getting blowjobs in the oval office, we wouldn't have to be worried about Trinidad/Tobago now eh?

[neverforget]

Yeah, nail the little asshole, Tazzerman2000. Well, he could be tall or fat, but he is still little, or maybe he's a girl...a fat one.

[duncan]

Tazzerman,
Good to see you relying on the old Radical Right Wing fallback. When in doubt, blame Clinton! Has it occurred to you that Bill has been out of office for 7 years? At what point do you start holding George responsible?
And neverforget ..tall or fat, little girl, fat, little girl? To quote your buddy.. "You don't know me, you have no idea who or what I am or have done or where I've been.."

[The Dave]

The NY Times Washington DC edition didn't have the story of the JFK plot on page 1. It didn't even make the National section. It was on page 30 in the New York report.

The editors of the Times must think everyone is making too big a deal about all this terrorism stuff. Or they don't want to give any credit for stopping a terrorist plot.

The editors of the Times live in a different world.

[al Kidya]

I have seen this guy, Shukrijumah! I'm sure of it.
I bet he has relatives living here in our city, or nearby, but I am sure of it. I recognized his face as soon as I saw it.
He drinks alcohol, as well because it was at a club that I saw him.
The reason I recognized him was because of his extremely cockey attitude...like "his shiz didn't stink"...like everyone else was below him.
I am definitely going to keep my eyes open for this asshat.