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Prosecutors: Four arrested in New York terrorism plot (1st Lead)

May 21, 2009, 3:42 GMT

New York - Four men have been taken into custody in New York in an alleged plot to bomb a Jewish target in the city's Bronx borough and to shoot down military aircraft at a New York air base, federal authorities said late Wednesday. The four men allegedly planned to blow up a car with plastic explosives outside a synagogue in the Bronx's Riverdale neighbourhood. They also hoped to use a missile against planes at the New York Air National Guard base at Stewart Airport in Newburgh, about 100 kilometres north of New York City, officials said. Federal prosecutors said an informant under supervision of the Federal Bureau of Investigation helped provide the suspects with an inactive missile and inert explosives. In a live interview on CNN, Congressman Peter King said the attack was planned to be carried out Wednesday night when the arrests were made. He labeled the suspects 'homegrown terrorists.'

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Prosecutors: Four arrested in New York terrorism plot (1st Lead)

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