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| Terror suspect surrenders in Trinidad |
| 2007-06-05 |
| A fourth suspect in an alleged plot to attack New York's John F. Kennedy Airport surrendered Tuesday in Trinidad as some U.S. authorities raised concerns that deep social inequality in the Caribbean could foster anti-American sentiment and make the islands a fertile recruiting ground for radical Islam. Abdel Nur, a Guyanese national accused of seeking support for the alleged plot from the leader of a radical Muslim group in Trinidad, smiled as he turned himself in at a police station outside the capital Port-of-Spain. The details emerging about Nur and the other suspected plotters have given rise to concerns plot that bitter social divides in the Caribbean, where many Muslims live in shacks just blocks from gleaming skyscrapers, could foster Islamic extremism. The 57-year-old Nur worked odd jobs at a currency exchange house and lived in a poor neighborhood back in Guyana. "This is a conspiracy," he told reporters with a smile as he entered a courthouse later Tuesday. Rest at link. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 Maybe the federal magistrate will help him wipe that smile off his face. Hope he gets a real head chopper. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-06-05 22:36 |
| #1 They greatly resent the deep economic and social inequalities of their society, yet can afford to frequently fly back and forth to the US? I can't afford to frequently fly anywhere, yet I am not aware of being impoverished. (I don't have enough for all that I would love to have right now, but that's something else entirely. And compared to my mother's seriously rich cousins I do lack somewhat in the standard-of-living department, but that's only because their standards are seriously skewed.) Idiots! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-05 22:03 |