Alleged terrorists to appear in court
June 11, 2007
Three Caribbean nationals will appear in court in Trinidad in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
Trinidadian Kareem Ibrahim, 61, and the two Guyanese - Abdul Kadir, 55, and Abdel Nur, 67 - have been charged along with another Guyanese, now a naturalised American, Russell de Freitas, who is already in custody in New York.
According to documents circulated by United States authorities, the men were under surveillance for some 15 months.
Ibrahim known to PM
Meanwhile, Ibrahim's daughter has disputed claims by Prime Minister Patrick Manning that he did not know her father.
"The Honourable Prime Minister is obviously amiss about with whom among the Kingston family the party leadership refreshes itself," Huda Ibrahim said, in a statement Friday, referring to the party's top brass dining at the extended home of the Ibrahim family following their general election meetings at Five Rivers Junction, Arouca.
Huda also said that her father campaigned for the governing People's Na-tional Movement's (PNM) Eddie Hart in the marginal Tunapuna seat in the 2002 general election, and said that he appeared on several PNM platforms as opening speaker.
"Amir Kareem Ibrahim as well has had a very long-standing relationship with the Honourable Mr. Eddie Hart," Huda said.
Last Wednesday, Manning denied any links with the alleged terrorist, but admitted that his parents were former PNM members.
"I knoweth not the man," the Prime Minister told a public meeting at the Barataria Regional Complex.
Manning said the fact that Ibrahim's daughter had made the claim that her father knows him is nothing short of an act of political desperation by the opponents of his governing party.
"All of this," according to Manning, "was nothing but foolish propaganda."
However, Huda sought to show that her father was integral to the work of the PNM.
"During that election campaign, on several occasions, Amir Ibrahiim stood on the PNM platform and campaigned for the PNM," Huda added.
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
