Another potentially catastrophic terror attack is prevented

[Tiger in Spain 0]

Terror Plot "One Of The Most Chilling Imaginable"

NEW YORK -- As first reported by NewsChannel4's Jonathan Dienst, three people were arrested and one other was being sought Saturday in connection to a plot to blow up jet-fuel lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said.

Four people have been charged. Three suspects are in custody: Russell Defreitas, Kareem Ibrihim and Abdul Kadir. Another suspect, Abdul Nur is still at large.

Defreitas is to be arrainged Saturday in Brooklyn on terror conspiracy charges.

Sources said Defreitas, a former cargo worker at JFK allegedly began to plot attacking the US last July or August. Defeitas sought help in carrying out a plan and went to an FBI informant, who gathered information about the plot.

U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."

"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," she said at a news conference.

Defreitas is a U.S. citizen with roots in Guyana.

Kadir, a former member of Parliament in Guyana, was arrested in Trinidad for attempting to secure money for "terrorist operations," according to a Guyanese police commander who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Kadir, a Muslim, left his position in Parliament last year. Muslims make up about 9 percent of the former Dutch and British colony's 770,000 population, mostly from the Sunni sect.

Sources said counter-terrorism officials have been following the plot for a little less than one year.

BREAKING NEWS: Terror Plot Thwarted At Kennedy Airport

Sources said the plot involved a plan to blow up a Buckeye jet-fuel pipeline at JFK setting off a potential massive explosion. Buckeye provides fuel to all three NYC-area airports.

Buckeye spokesman Roy Haase said the company, which moves petroleum through pipelines in a number of states, had been informed of the threat from the beginning.

Brief Clip From JFK Terror News Conference

"Given the nature of Buckeye business and the importance of this transportation network, we have an intense and ongoing communications relationship with the Port Authority, the New York City fire and police departments, the federal Department of Homeland Security and the FBI," he said.

Sources said the plot involved putting explosives inside the fuel pipeline but realized that "it was not technically feasible."

Officials said the plot may also have included plans to hit the JFK terminal buildings and aircraft, in addition to the fuel lines.

Sources said the planning stages of the plot involved surveillance of JFK airport as well as scouting out US properties in Guyana for possible attacks.

Aviation officials said there is no major threat to air travel related to this plot since it was caught in the developmental stages.

One law enforcement official said: "[There was] credible intent to commit violence but it was not operational."

Officials said the suspects never got hold of explosive devices.

"This was the ultimate hand-and-glove operation between NYPD and FBI," said U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Republican from Long Island.

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.

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[GalensGhost 0]

Terrorists? There are no terrorists. What are you talking about? Barbara Streisand, Rosie O'Donnell, Alec Baldwin, Al Gore, Michael Moore, Natalie Maines, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Baboom Baroomba and Bill Mahr hugged them all to death.

[otterinbham 0]

You know, sometime in the next few years, there's a pretty good chance a nuke is going to be detonated in a major American city. What will all these halfwits have to say then? Because if Manhattan is hit by a Hiroshima-sized device, then it will almost completely cripple the American economy.

What's more. I wonder what the American war plan will be in such a contingency? Surely it's been wargamed by now hundreds of times. I've heard whispers of it, and it's not pretty.

[Guest Frank Burns]

What's more. I wonder what the American war plan will be in such a contingency? Surely it's been wargamed by now hundreds of times. I've heard whispers of it, and it's not pretty.

Share.

[otterinbham 0]

It was a conversation I overhead when two officers did not realize I had entered a room for a meeting. I better not.

[Guest Frank Burns]

Well, I do considerable defense work, and I overheard a discussion between two colonels when they hadn't realized I had entered the room. They clammed up. They may have been BSing, they may have not.

Let me put it this way. If it wasn't BS, the response would be 100 times worse than anything the terrorists would inflict.

I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

[GalensGhost 0]

Well, I do considerable defense work, and I overheard a discussion between two colonels when they hadn't realized I had entered the room. They clammed up. They may have been BSing, they may have not.

Let me put it this way. If it wasn't BS, the response would be 100 times worse than anything the terrorists would inflict.

I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

My daughter's dog's vet is friends with the sister of the cousin of the dog walker of the nephew of the acquaintance of the barber of the dispatcher for the garbage man who picks up the garbage of the butcher for the chief strategist to the consultant to the think tank director. He said if anything goes down, we're going to "whip that ass."

Those are the words of the director as overheard by his consultant, passed to his strategist, mentioned to his butcher who wrote it down and put it in the garbage where the garbage man found it, told his dispatcher who informed his nephew who mentioned it to his dog walker who told his cousin who let his sister in on the secret. She told the vet. Who told my daughter's dog. She barked it to me.

[otterinbham 0]

Well, I do considerable defense work, and I overheard a discussion between two colonels when they hadn't realized I had entered the room. They clammed up. They may have been BSing, they may have not.

Let me put it this way. If it wasn't BS, the response would be 100 times worse than anything the terrorists would inflict.

I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

Well, GG's funny little jibe aside, I've been working with these guys four years now. They're not lightweights.

[GalensGhost 0]

Well, I do considerable defense work, and I overheard a discussion between two colonels when they hadn't realized I had entered the room. They clammed up. They may have been BSing, they may have not.

Let me put it this way. If it wasn't BS, the response would be 100 times worse than anything the terrorists would inflict.

I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

Well, GG's funny little jibe aside, I've been working with these guys four years now. They're not lightweights.

You're just the recipient of a diatribe due to a long week of conspiracy theories.

Spoilers abound for the end of The Sopranos and most of the ones I've seen start with "I'm not associated with the show, but my girlfriend's brother was at the Conoco Station in Parsippany and saw the guy who plays Carlo and he said...."

[bojack34 2]

Well, I do considerable defense work, and I overheard a discussion between two colonels when they hadn't realized I had entered the room. They clammed up. They may have been BSing, they may have not.

Let me put it this way. If it wasn't BS, the response would be 100 times worse than anything the terrorists would inflict.

I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

My daughter's dog's vet is friends with the sister of the cousin of the dog walker of the nephew of the acquaintance of the barber of the dispatcher for the garbage man who picks up the garbage of the butcher for the chief strategist to the consultant to the think tank director. He said if anything goes down, we're going to "whip that ass."

Those are the words of the director as overheard by his consultant, passed to his strategist, mentioned to his butcher who wrote it down and put it in the garbage where the garbage man found it, told his dispatcher who informed his nephew who mentioned it to his dog walker who told his cousin who let his sister in on the secret. She told the vet. Who told my daughter's dog. She barked it to me.

[Tiger in Spain 0]

Unfortunately, it will take Otter's scenario for some folks in this country to realize we are at war. Even then, I think we will have an ample supply of moonbats and armchair quarterbacks running around in circles screaming for investigations into why our intelligence agencies didn't know this attack was coming.

[TexasTiger 13,017]

Terror Plot "One Of The Most Chilling Imaginable"

NEW YORK -- As first reported by NewsChannel4's Jonathan Dienst, three people were arrested and one other was being sought Saturday in connection to a plot to blow up jet-fuel lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said.

Four people have been charged. Three suspects are in custody: Russell Defreitas, Kareem Ibrihim and Abdul Kadir. Another suspect, Abdul Nur is still at large.

Defreitas is to be arrainged Saturday in Brooklyn on terror conspiracy charges.

Sources said Defreitas, a former cargo worker at JFK allegedly began to plot attacking the US last July or August. Defeitas sought help in carrying out a plan and went to an FBI informant, who gathered information about the plot.

U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."

"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," she said at a news conference.

Defreitas is a U.S. citizen with roots in Guyana.

Kadir, a former member of Parliament in Guyana, was arrested in Trinidad for attempting to secure money for "terrorist operations," according to a Guyanese police commander who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Kadir, a Muslim, left his position in Parliament last year. Muslims make up about 9 percent of the former Dutch and British colony's 770,000 population, mostly from the Sunni sect.

Sources said counter-terrorism officials have been following the plot for a little less than one year.

BREAKING NEWS: Terror Plot Thwarted At Kennedy Airport

Sources said the plot involved a plan to blow up a Buckeye jet-fuel pipeline at JFK setting off a potential massive explosion. Buckeye provides fuel to all three NYC-area airports.

Buckeye spokesman Roy Haase said the company, which moves petroleum through pipelines in a number of states, had been informed of the threat from the beginning.

Brief Clip From JFK Terror News Conference

"Given the nature of Buckeye business and the importance of this transportation network, we have an intense and ongoing communications relationship with the Port Authority, the New York City fire and police departments, the federal Department of Homeland Security and the FBI," he said.

Sources said the plot involved putting explosives inside the fuel pipeline but realized that "it was not technically feasible."

Officials said the plot may also have included plans to hit the JFK terminal buildings and aircraft, in addition to the fuel lines.

Sources said the planning stages of the plot involved surveillance of JFK airport as well as scouting out US properties in Guyana for possible attacks.

Aviation officials said there is no major threat to air travel related to this plot since it was caught in the developmental stages.

One law enforcement official said: "[There was] credible intent to commit violence but it was not operational."

Officials said the suspects never got hold of explosive devices.

"This was the ultimate hand-and-glove operation between NYPD and FBI," said U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Republican from Long Island.

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.

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The US Attorney is a bit of a hot dog.

One official said the plan "was not technically feasible." Officials added that the alleged plotters had no explosives and had not yet figured out a way to get some.

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I'm glad we got these guys because they had the intent. It is doubtful it would have ever happened, though. These guys were idiots.

[autigeremt 6,704]

Doubtful......yes. Mainly because our government was on top of it.

But time is not on our side. Another attack is on the horizon. The question will be where and how big. The forces of hate are not going to sign a peace treaty, they will not back off, and they most certainly want to end our way fo life. That's 100% for sure.

[CCTAU 3,345]

Unfortunately, it will take Otter's scenario for some folks in this country to realize we are at war. Even then, I think we will have an ample supply of moonbats and armchair quarterbacks running around in circles screaming for investigations into why our intelligence agencies didn't know this attack was coming.

I too feel this way. I just pray that where I am is not an enticing enough target. I back the war on terror and feel it's needed to keep the wolves at bay. But too many folks easily forget and believe the left wing BS about "buying into the fear." Sometimes the smart thing to do is to "buy" into something, especially since it has happened once already. It's my job as daddy to make sure I keep mine out of harm's way. As the media and the left keep lulling us back into sleeping at the wheel in the name of "fear", another 9-11 is bound to happen.

Footage of people dying from 9-11 should be played every day. Lest we forget.