Two men were convicted of planning to bomb fuel storage tanks at JFK Airport in NY.
Russell Defreitas, 66, and Abdul Kadir, 58, were facing life in prison after the jury's verdict in a Brooklyn court on Monday, a spokesman for the US attorney's office said.
"On tape, Defreitas, a naturalized US citizen from Guyana, talked about punishing the US with an attack that would "dwarf 9/11". He told the informant his US citizenship gave him cover.
"They don't expect nobody in this country to do something like this," he said.
"They have their eyes on foreigners, not me." "For the complete story which appeared on the front page opf Al Jazeera, click here.
Newsweek Magazine has been sold to Sidney Harmon, 91 years old, hi-fi billionaire.. Though it has been owned by Washington Post since 1933, it has significantly lost money recently and was put up for sale in May 2010. Jon Meacham will step down as Editor. To read more, click here.
It will be interesting to see the new course set by the new owner. With Rupert changing the course of local news on his local stations, we can only wonder how far we will have to travel in the world to understand what is happening under our very noses....or was it better before we knew.?
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