As a cargo handler at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Russell Defreitas watched military parts be shipped to Israel and believed they would be used to kill Muslims.He seethed with rage against the U.S. and Israel for more than a decade after retirement before finally deciding, authorities said, that he wanted to "get those bastards."
Drawing on his inside knowledge of the massive airport, Defreitas conspired with three men to blow up the airport's underground jet fuel tanks and its pipeline in a spectacular attack designed to kill thousands in the populous neighborhood, authorities said.
But Defreitas, 63, never got a chance to carry out his plan and would not get the "place in paradise" that the U.S. citizen and Guyana native said he desired.
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