An honest Muslim. How refreshing…. NEW YORK (AP) – A man accused of plotting to bomb New York synagogues and shoot down military planes ranted against Jews and mused about “taking down” targets in the United States, according to audio tapes played Monday at his federal trial. The tapes were secretly recorded by a paid informant testifying against James Cromitie and three other men who were arrested in 2009 on their way to the synagogues. The informant, Shahed Hussain, met Cromitie in 2008 after being sent by the FBI to infiltrate a Newburgh, N.Y., mosque. While wearing a wire, he later taped conversations they had during meals at restaurants and in meetings at his home. “Muslims want to take the U.S. down,” Cromitie says on one tape played for the jury. “Believe me, we can do it with our regular Muslims here.” Cromitie also bemoans American military ventures in the Middle East. “What do we do to make it stop?” he says. “We start taking things down here, you understand?” He adds: “I will kill 10 million (Jews) before I kill one Muslim.”
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Muslim Convert Ringleader Who Plotted to Bomb NY Synagogues Says: “Muslims Want to Take the U.S. Down”…
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.
