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New York Bomb Plotters "Eager to Bring Death to Jews"
[New York Daily News] Susan Candiotti - A bloodthirsty gang of four homegrown terror suspects was ordered held without bail Thursday in a plot to blow up two Bronx synagogues and shoot down a plane at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh. During brief court hearings, prosecutors branded the gang anti-Semitic would-be killers who dreamed of basking in the glory of their spectacular attacks. "It's hard to envision a more chilling plot to bring mass murder to a...community," said Eric Snyder, an assistant U.S. attorney. "These are people who are eager to bring death to Jews." James Cromitie, 44, who recruited the other plotters, decided to bomb the synagogues because al-Qaeda already had brought down the best target, the World Trade Center, court papers said. "I hate those...[expletives deleted] Jewish bastards," he told the informant, court papers revealed. "I would like to get [bomb] a synagogue." The suspects met at their Newburgh mosque, Masjid al-Ikhlas, sources said, and at least three were jailhouse converts to Islam. The mosque's spiritual leader denounced the plot and disowned the suspects.