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World Jewish News
Four men charged over botched plot to bomb N.Y. synagogues
05.06.2009
Prosecutors unveiled new charges against four Muslim men suspected of a plot to blow up two New York synagogues and shoot down military planes with stinger missiles in an indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
The men were arrested in May and accused of plotting to detonate explosives near a synagogue in the Riverdale section of New York's Bronx borough. They were charged then with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against the United States and conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles.
In the indictment, the men now face additional charges of attempting to use weapons of mass destruction in the United States and attempting to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, as well as conspiracy and attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States.
The four men - James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams, and Haitian citizen Laguerre Payen, - were arrested after they had planted what they thought were bombs in cars outside two synagogues, authorities said.
The suspects then intended to shoot down planes with guided surface-to-air missiles, but the explosives and the missiles, which had been sold to the accused plotters by an FBI informant, were deactivated, police said.
None of the men is believed to have links to Al-Qaida. Lawyers for the men would not comment or could not be immediately reached.
Источник: Haaretz
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