Terrorist Wanna-bes

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Three suspects have been arrested in what authorities say was a terror plot aimed at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. A fourth suspect is being sought, law enforcement officials said on Saturday.

 

Homeland Security sources said the airport is not under threat and that the attack as planned was "not technically feasible."

 

The planning, which began last summer, involved four men, and targeted fuel tanks and pipelines at the airport, law enforcement sources said.

 

It did not target airplane flights, they said.

 

The goal was to set off explosives in a fuel line that feeds the airport and also runs through residential neighborhoods, The Associated Press reported, quoting officials close to the investigation.

 

An official described the suspects as "al Qaeda wannabes."

 

One suspect, a U.S. citizen who is a native of Guyana and who once worked at the airport, was described by a source as "a very angry Muslim extremist."

 

Another suspect is a former member of parliament in Guyana, several law enforcement officials said.

 

A wiretap transcript the FBI gave CNN indicated the plotters targeted the airport because of the popularity of its namesake:

 

"Anytime you hit Kennedy, it is the most hurtful thing to the United States. ... This whole country will be in mourning. It's like you can kill the man twice," the transcript quotes one suspect as saying.

 

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

 

The plot was revealed when the planners tried to recruit help from someone who was a law enforcement informant, sources said.

 

Rep. Peter King, R-New York, said law enforcement had had the plot "under control" for some time.

 

Another law enforcement official said the plot was never "fully operational."

 

The FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force have called a news conference for 1 p.m. to provide details of the arrests and an indictment.

 

Edited June 2, 2007 by GoRDoOnE