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 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - A Trinidadian suspect in an alleged plot to ignite a fuel pipeline feeding New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport once belonged to a radical Islamist group here, a spokesman for the group said.
Kala Aki Bua said Wednesday that 56-year-old Kareem Ibrahim cut his ties to Jamaat al Muslimeen in the late 1970s. He repeated the group's denial of any connection to the suspects who allegedly traveled to Trinidad and Tobago to seek the group's blessing and support.
In an interview inside the group's gated compound, Aki Bua said Jamaat al Muslimeen lacks the resources to even consider aiding an international plot as described by American officials. He held a news conference earlier Wednesday to refute any suggestion it was involved.
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