Interestingly enough, the AP highlights that important fact in paragraph one.
NEW YORK - Four Muslim men were foiled from carrying out a plot to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery that runs through populous residential neighborhoods, authorities said Saturday.
Three men were arrested and one was being sought in Trinidad on Saturday. In an indictment charging the four men, one of them is quoted as saying the plot would "cause greater destruction than in the Sept. 11 attacks."
One of the suspects, Russell Defreitas, a U.S. citizen native to Guyana and retired JFK employee, said the airport was a symbol that would put "the whole country in mourning."
How did that get past the editors? Usually we need to read to about paragraph sixteen to get that tidbit of information. It's not that no other group is capable of being a terrorist; it is the case, however, that 'profiling', giving this group somewhat greater attention than others, would be considered the smart approach in any other nation in the world.
The arrests mark the latest in a series of alleged homegrown terrorism plots targeting high-profile American landmarks.
A year ago, seven men were arrested in what officials called the early stages of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and destroy FBI offices and other buildings.
A month later, authorities broke up a plot to bomb underwater New York City train tunnels to flood lower Manhattan.
And six people were arrested a month ago in an alleged plot to unleash a bloody rampage on Fort Dix in New Jersey.
That's a steady stream of terrorist plots by Muslims in America. There will be more, unfortunately.
Others: Wizbang, Hot Air, Captain's Quarters, Newsbusters among others.
6/2/07 0630: The NY Times, on the other hand, buries the information, never mentioning it explicitly anywhere in the story. They hint.
The plan, which was described by United States Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf as “one of the most chilling plots imaginable,” involved a former airport worker who is a United States citizen of Guyanese descent and a former member of the Guyanese parliament, who is also an imam.
