One Had Stature and One Didn't, But Neither Seemed an Extremist

Mr. Kadir and Mr. [Russell M. Defreitas] are accused of conspiring to use explosives to ignite the airport's fuel tanks and underground fuel pipeline network. Both were arrested on Friday, Mr. Kadir in Trinidad and Mr. Defreitas in Brooklyn. Efforts to reach their lawyers were not successful ye...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Authors Fernandez, Manny, Reporting was contributed by Daryl Khan, Jennifer 8. Lee, Trymaine Lee and Fernanda Santos
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 04.06.2007
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
Subjects
Conspiracy
Defreitas, Russell M
Kadir, Abdul
Muslims
Terrorism
Guyana
New York City New York
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Summary:Mr. Kadir and Mr. [Russell M. Defreitas] are accused of conspiring to use explosives to ignite the airport's fuel tanks and underground fuel pipeline network. Both were arrested on Friday, Mr. Kadir in Trinidad and Mr. Defreitas in Brooklyn. Efforts to reach their lawyers were not successful yesterday; at a hearing on Saturday, Mr. Defreitas's lawyer, Drew Carter, said, ''There's a lot more to the story.'' Mr. [Colin Sam] said yesterday that he believed that Mr. Defreitas had sold the air-conditioners and lied to him. ''That's it,'' he said. ''What more do you want me to say?'' Mr. Defreitas was arrested at a restaurant in Brooklyn, the Lindenwood Diner, on Friday night. Mr. [Trevor Watts], an auto mechanic who met Mr. Defreitas when they both lived on Albany Avenue in Brooklyn, said he never suspected his friend of plotting a terrorist attack. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the two men were watching television in Mr. Watts's living room. ''We saw the second plane hit,'' Mr. Watts said. ''We couldn't even talk. He was in shock, just like me, just like everybody else.''
ISSN:0362-4331