Four Arrested In Plot To Bomb NYC Temple

Muslim Converts Busted After Allegedly Acquiring Inert Explosives From FBI Informant In 1 Year Operation

(CBS/AP)  The FBI arrested four men in New York City on Wednesday evening in an alleged plot to detonate a bomb outside a Jewish temple and fire rockets at U.S. military aircraft.

Officials said the suspects had planned to detonate a car packed with plastic explosives outside a temple in the Bronx neighborhood of Riverdale.

The FBI, state's attorney's office and New York state and local police announced the arrests Wednesday night, but said the investigation had been under way for about a year.

CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports that officials say this plot was infiltrated at its earliest stages in June 2008 by an informant working for law enforcement. The informant, who purported to represent the terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammaed held a series of meetings with the conspirators in Newburgh, N.Y. and ultimately arranged to supply the would-be terrorists with an inert anti-aircraft missile and inert plastic explosives.

Officials say at the men were not equipped to carry out any attack and never came close to being "operational."

The men arrested were James Cromitie, David Williams, Laguerre Payen and Onta Williams. Charges include conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in the United States, and conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles.

The suspects are all said to be converted Muslims. The apparent leader of the group, Cromitie, supplied a motive. Cromitie, who also goes by the alias Abdul Rahman, told the informant his parents were born in Afghanistan and he was upset that American military forces were there killing Muslims.

Officials are comparing this alleged threat to the plot to attack Fort Dix, reports Orr. The suspects had serious intent, strong grievances against the United States and a desire to be jihadists. However, as in the Fort Dix Plot, authorities were able to infiltrate this plan at an early stage and the suspects were under considerable surveillance for the past eight months.

The explosives they obtained through the informant were dummies and not capable of causing harm, however the men were able to purchase at least one nine millimeter semi-automatic pistol for use in an attack.

Rep. Peter King of New York, the senior Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, was briefed on the case following the arrests.

"This was a long, well-planned investigation, and it shows how real the threat is from homegrown terrorists," said King.

BS"D
Dear Tosomo: As an Orthodox Jew, Lubavitch (Means 'love') I disagree with you.
Every country that the Jews were expelled from hurt that nation's economy very much.
G-d blessed each of us with certain talents and abilities.
Let us all take advantage of these to the fullest, then, when helping all we can, this will result in a better world for all.
Don't be jealous (Hard to control for many) because then you show you don't believe The Creator endowed you properly. Wanting to take what someone else has demonstrates that we don't believe G-d gave it to them. In essence, we want to take away G-d's blessing to someone-stealing from G-d.
Too bad there's no death penalty. This is MANDATED by The 7 Noahide Laws. Civilized laws MUCH OLDER than Islam or any other religion.
All the best
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[I_am_me1953]

The men arrested were James Cromitie, David Williams, Laguerre Payen and Onta Williams. Charges include conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in the United States, and conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles.
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Obviously not the sharpests knives in the drawer.

[scyouth]

Bush took the war to the enemy and didn't wait for them to come here.
Posted by runningralph at 10:01 PM

All the "successes" of the Bush regime were on home grown terrorists Al Quaeda wannabes. There is NO evidence that his policies ever stopped an attack by the real Al Quaeda or that one was even ever planned. All we ever got was the ubiquitous "increased chatter" every Holiday.

[summarex]

Tosomo:
I wonder what can solve this problem with the muslim hate groups.

Answer:
Limiting the amount of powere and influence that an ethinc minority like Jews are allowed to acquire.

[scyouth]

If the election were held again today, McCain would win by at least 5 points.

It's sad so many people have to be hit by a train to know it hurts.
Posted by TonySerts41

If that's true, how come Obama still has a 60% + approval rating?

[despido]

Hey, when you gonna get some good substantial ideas???
Posted by stuart2561 at 3:30 AM
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Must be why Obama is continuing to use the Bush administration as its role model.

[nokia3210c]

TO STUART2561:
YOU ARE REALLY PATHETICK. WHY SHOULD U BOTHER WHO COMMENTS ON CBS OR NOT THAT YOU CAN HAV GUTS TO ASK SOME1 TO SHUT UP.
TO ME YOU,RE JUST TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AND SOOOOOOO NAIVE TO UNDERSTAND THINGS. MAY BE YOU SHOULD BE THE 1 TO GO TO X-FILES AND DUNGEONS OF OLD ARCHIVES.....
TO MAKE UNDERSTAND WHY CBS OPENED A COMMENTS SECTION WAS TO HAVE VIEWS OF EVERY1 WHO HAPPENS TO WATCH, READ OR LISTENS TO CBS'S NEWS. NOW IF YOU STUART2561 FEELS OFFENDED BY MY COMMENTS, GO ATTEND A GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONY!!!!!!!

[panhandlpete]

Bring back the swine flu ------ the terror myth ain't workin no more.
Posted by psy_war at 3:28 AM : May 21, 2009

A very good post with some reality facts which counter the "fearmongering" reports.

Interesting that these four would go after a Temple, isn't it? Were they wanting to kill or just make a political statement? Without the ability to listen to all our phone conversations, it might be a bit more difficult to zero in on these 'so-called' plots at their early stages. Why aren't MORE would be "terrorist" plots aborted and reported if such numbers exist?

[johninpennsyl]

Is everybody scared yet?
America is safe till the next 3 stooges terrorist plot.

[didserve]

more Bushit!

[skyk-2009]

Muslims started the war, they declared it themselves when they flew their planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They are the ones chanting death to Israel, death to America and death to all Christians who dont bow to who we tell them too. They are the ones who send their sons and daughters with bombs strapped to themselves to kill any innocent person who may be unlucky enough to be in the area at the time of detenation.(those are the real puppets) All you are, is an antagonizer who post BS and expects intellegent people to actually take you seriously. Get lost.
Posted by CMancos at 2:16 AM : May 21, 2009

Muslim's didn't start the war any more that Christians Lynched Blacks in the Old South. Very bad people USING Religion to hide their evil did the deed in both cases. We have the right people in charge to defeat Religious Extremist because THEY have defeated them here in this nation before.

[skyk-2009]

What's this? Limbaugh's new stategy? Let's pin on the dems all the nastiness and hate we neo-con mental midget militia minded mamooks espouse. Is that the neo's newest attempt at getting some life in their party? Is that part of Steels message to attack? So you guys now try to pin on the dems what you yourself are??? Still pathetic are you. Hey, when you gonna get some good substantial ideas???
Posted by stuart2561 at 3:30 AM : May 21, 2009


LOL Semper Fi Bro! Well if it is its a very big failure, like everything else they have tried. It's hard to imagine how we could have been so stupid for so long listening to that trash. They NEVER presented any solutions to anything just called everyone who wouldn't agree with them a "Lib" and went on. Amazing isn't it?

[Tosomo]

I wonder what can solve this problem with the muslim hate groups.

[tdentino]

Hang the dogs!

[nokia3210c]

TO CMANCOS:-
YOU CALL YOURSELF INTELLIGENT!!! HA!!! PLIZ GO AND BABY SEAT CHILDREN, FOR YOUR SAKE....
AS FOR YOUR ACCUSATIONS THAT MUSLIMS ARE THE ONES WHO STARTED THE WAR, WHEN THEY BOMBED THE WTC, PENTAGON ETC..
I WANT TO ASK YOU, AND THE INTELLIGENT ONES, IF THE AIRCRAFTS WERE HIJACKED BY SO CALLED MUSLIMS, WHY NOT UP-TO-DATE BLACK BOXES OF THE 3 AIRCRAFTS NOT RECOVERED TO ESTABLISH THE DETAILS OF THE WHOLE EPISODES, AT THE PENTAGON (THE MOST GUARDED PREMISE IN THE WORLD) WHY ALL THE MOST SOPHISTICATED CCTVs CAMERAS WERE NOT ON TO RECORD THE ATTACK, WHERE ARE THE PASSENGERS' MANIFEST????????
THE PENTAGON IS THE MOST EQUIPED BUILDING THAT CAN DETECT A FLIGHT OF A BIRD ON ANY PLACE ON EARTH, YET THEY COULD NOT DETECT THE APROACHING BOMBER AIRCRAFT, THIS IS AMAZZING.........

[demongirl60]

When it comes to these 4 yahoos, all I can hear is "Judge Judy"....

STUPID!!!!

[mingwong-2009]

yes and we have WHITE ones too.waiting to blow something up in the good old USA.

[CMancos]

THE-WOULD-BE BOMBERS, THE-WOULD-BE ASSASSINS, THE-WOULD-BE TERRORISTS INSIDE AMERICA AND OUTSIDE, MOSTLY PROBABLY IN ISRAEL, TO SHOW THIER PUPPET PRESIDENT AND THE WORLD THAT THESE MUSLIMS ARE BUT ALL TERRORISTS, EVEN IF ONE EXTENDS AN OLIVE BRANCH, AS OBAMA HAS, FOR UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN US AND THEM. THEREAFTER IT WOULD DECLARATION OF ALL-OUT-WAR AGAINST MUSLIMS.

Muslims started the war, they declared it themselves when they flew their planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They are the ones chanting death to Israel, death to America and death to all Christians who dont bow to who we tell them too. They are the ones who send their sons and daughters with bombs strapped to themselves to kill any innocent person who may be unlucky enough to be in the area at the time of detenation.(those are the real puppets) All you are, is an antagonizer who post BS and expects intellegent people to actually take you seriously. Get lost.

[CMancos]

nokia3210c ...nobody listens to your garbage except other i d i o t s like yourself. I got your neocon. By the way, the word is CHRISTIAN. If the word Christ offends you...thats just to bad go cry to your fake god. You probably have no god because you think you are god.

[CMancos]

Officials say at the men were not equipped to carry out any attack and never came close to being "operational."


CBS has more typo errors than any other online news. CBS needs to hire someone to check their work before it gets posted.