Islam, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Americanism, Being Muslim thugs We had nothing to do with it, we swear. Prosecutors alleged the men planted explosives outside a synagogue and Jewish community center in the Riverdale section of the Bronx in May 2009. They also hoped to use Stinger missiles to shoot down military aircraft at Stewart Airport in Newburgh later that night, prosecutors said. Inert explosives and nonworking missiles were provided to the men by the FBI informant as part of a sting operation, prosecutors said. “This was their chance and the evidence will show the defendants leapt at it,” said Hickey. Briccetti, the lawyer for defendant Cromitie, countered that the plot was engineered solely by the government informant . Hussain egged Cromitie on to say “vile” and “hateful” things about Jews and America , Briccetti said. He also promised financial rewards, including giving Cromitie a BMW automobile after the attack , according to the defense attorney.
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“Alleged” Synagogue Bombers: The FBI Made Us Do It. Well, that and the BMW.
