Fourth Suspect in JFK Airport Terror Plot Surrenders

2007_06_dinervid.jpgToday, the fourth suspect in the alleged plot to blow up a jet fuel pipeline at JFK airport and the vicinity surrendered to authorities in Trinidad. Abdel Nur is being questioned and will appear in court in the next few days. Two other suspects, Abdul Kadir and Kareem Ibrahim, were arrested in Trinidad on Saturday, while Russell Defreitas, a former air cargo worker at JFK was arrested in Brooklyn.

Surveillance camera footage of Defreitas was released yesterday, showing his interaction with the government informant and his arrest. Defreitas will attend a bail hearing, with his public defender, tomorrow.

And is it coincidental that the city wants everyone to know when the Office of Emergency Management's Ready New York events are taking place? Maybe not, since Mayor Bloomberg says New Yorkers shouldn't worry too much about it (instead, they should "Get a life!"). Of course, presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani uses the JFK terror plot as excuse to say, "Today's arrests remind us that we're at war...I've had the most experience dealing with terrorism" on Saturday, the day of the attacks. From the AP:

Earlier, he told the crowd to watch Sunday night's Democratic presidential candidate debate and see if the words "Islamic terrorist" are mentioned. He said they weren't during the first debate.

"I want to see tomorrow night if you hear them utter those words, because if you do, I want you to put a little check mark next to my name and give me credit for it because I've been criticizing them for weeks for not mentioning the words 'Islamic terrorist,"' he said.

Jeez, okay! Checking...no credit for you Rudy - only "terrorist" is mentioned.

And last night, Keith Olbermann updated his "Nexus of Politics and Terror" segment by pointing out that the JFK terror plot was revealed the day before the Democratic debate (watch it on YouTube). Coincidence or not?

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Andrew Sullivan linked to a piece from a Trinidadian blogger who asks us not to bomb them.

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whatever happened to the honor and dignity of these supposed terrorists... i thought they don't give up without a fight?

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Kudos, Jen for showing the olbermann nexus of terror clip. you're the best. OK, I'm gushing.

Yes, yes. It's all a coincidence. You all haven't been conditioned with dark thoughts the last few years. What you want the world to be? Imagine. Dream. Create. Don't fear. Belive in yourselves. Olbermann speaks the truth. Dark Times are upon us. But good always prevails. Propaganda peddlers and fearmongerers will fail. Power to the People!

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Guiliani could possibly be the only potential presidential candidate that could fuck up the world more than George Bush. If Guiliani somehow gets elected, we're really doomed.

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