Abdel Nur told U.S. District Judge Dora Irizzary, of Brooklyn federal court, "I provided guidance in order to assist them in their plan to attack the fuel line at JFK airport to cause major economic harm to the United States."
Readsing from a prepared statement, he said: "I became aware that individuals who I had known were developing a plan that had as its goal the use of an explosive device or material to destroy or extremely damage fuel tanks or fuel pipelines at the John F. Kennedy international airport."
Nur, 60, was extradited from Trinidad and Tobago to stand trial.
Prosecutors said he acted as a “go-between” with the alleged mastermind, Guyanese-born Russell Defreitas, 66, a U.S. citizen, who worked as cargo handler at the airport.
The indictment against Nur and his co-defendants stated that the men hoped to "cause greater destruction than in the September 11 attacks" by using explosives to ignite a fuel pipeline feeding the airport and to destroy the airport and parts of Queens, where the line runs underground.
The authorities said the plot, code-named Chicken Farm, never got past the planning stages.
Related story: Plot to blow up JFK
Defreitas, Nur, fellow Guyanese, Abdul Kadir and Trinidadian Kareem Ibrahim have been indicted.
Ibrahim has been granted a separate trial the date of which is pending.
Prosecutors say under the plea agreement Nur faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted, instead of life.
No comments:
Post a Comment