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Monday, 6 August 2007
'JFK plot' extraditions approved
A judge in Trinidad has ordered the extradition of three men to the US on
charges they plotted to attack New York's John F Kennedy airport.
The three men, who are from Trinidad and Guyana, are charged with conspiring
to cause death, serious bodily injury and extensive destruction.
The judge ruled there was enough evidence to justify extraditing Kareem
Ibrahim, Abdul Nur and Abdul Kadir.
The alleged plot involved blowing up the airport's fuel tanks and pipelines.
The three men were arrested in Trinidad in June.
They are accused of belonging to a group linked to Russell Defreitas, a US
citizen originally from Guyana.
He used to work at the airport in the 1990s and is already in detention in
New York on charges connected to the alleged plot.
The extradition cannot take place until a 15-day appeals period has passed.
Richard Clarke-Wills, a lawyer for Abdel Nur, said he would appeal the
ruling and a decision should take at least six weeks.
He insists that a confidential US government informant entrapped the men
into plotting to attack the New York airport.
"If it were not for the intervention of this source you would not have these
three men before the courts," Mr Clarke-Wills said before the ruling.
"They had no terrorist aspirations or ideals. I have no doubt whatsoever
this is a clear case of entrapment."
If convicted, all three men face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Monday, 6 August 2007
'JFK plot' extraditions approved
A judge in Trinidad has ordered the extradition of three men to the US on
charges they plotted to attack New York's John F Kennedy airport.
The three men, who are from Trinidad and Guyana, are charged with conspiring
to cause death, serious bodily injury and extensive destruction.
The judge ruled there was enough evidence to justify extraditing Kareem
Ibrahim, Abdul Nur and Abdul Kadir.
The alleged plot involved blowing up the airport's fuel tanks and pipelines.
The three men were arrested in Trinidad in June.
They are accused of belonging to a group linked to Russell Defreitas, a US
citizen originally from Guyana.
He used to work at the airport in the 1990s and is already in detention in
New York on charges connected to the alleged plot.
The extradition cannot take place until a 15-day appeals period has passed.
Richard Clarke-Wills, a lawyer for Abdel Nur, said he would appeal the
ruling and a decision should take at least six weeks.
He insists that a confidential US government informant entrapped the men
into plotting to attack the New York airport.
"If it were not for the intervention of this source you would not have these
three men before the courts," Mr Clarke-Wills said before the ruling.
"They had no terrorist aspirations or ideals. I have no doubt whatsoever
this is a clear case of entrapment."
If convicted, all three men face a maximum sentence of life in prison.