Comments on: The Trinidad/Guayana JFK Terror Plot

By: Mani

Mani — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:49:00 +0000

lol, Chennette, it's amazing they didn't stop you. And yeah, I've never seen such impoverished looking "terrorists" before, with the exception of the Kadir (sp?) guy.

Ed, remember to decline the full body cavity search.

Vami, oh gosh gul, insult to injury, lol....by he neighbour too.

Well thanks very much Jill, I appreciate it very much.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:16:00 +0000

mani, everytime i read you i am so pleased to see such good reporting. love the urkel years picture! just as trinis are not defined by these three cunumunus (i cyah spell it sorry!) neither are americans defined by their president. so bob in arlington, if you want the west to get together and stop al queda, you’d have to start with your own president changing his priorities, b/c many countries see the US as a leader. anonymous, trinidad has their own problems, we need to take care of them, but that’s within our own country… otherwise (i had to comment on those too, maybe its the trini in me) i love up meh countryy thanks again mani

By: Vami

Vami — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:18:00 +0000

mani, i like how fox news report this one….they like bacchanal fuh so and when they dont have enough, they does start making up news! but yeah while we on terror…the fella neighbor say he “not smart enough” for that kinda ting. that was hilarious. imagine, on top of being a so-called terrorist, the neighbor think he dotish and all!!

By: ed

ed — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:25:00 +0000

Well the US Embassy claims that Trinis shouldn’t expect any problems at the border because of this, which is definitely good news. I’ll have to let you know how it goes when I have to come back from Canada next week.

And Fox News defenders crack me up. If you ask me, ALL cable news is pretty much worthless, but FNC is actively destructive to things like “truth”, “facts”, and “rational debate”.

By: Chennette

Chennette — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:45:00 +0000

Hey Mani – I read the post when it first appeared, but no time to comment. Incredibly interesting now reading the comments too. And you make the Guardian and all. Yay for that, because I been reading the Express and amazed at the dearth of opinion columns in respect of this (Rickey Singh excepted). There are so many things people could comment on in relation to this “event” yet nothing. Even apart from making the obvious public statements that these people, if what is said is true, cannot possibly represent T&T, nor T&T Muslims (I don’t count the Jamaat), what about comments on the investigations, the international cooperation between authorities, legal issues…anything…apart from reporting some facts every day, I am disappointed in the lack of real commentary in the Express (will go read the Guardian now!)

And to continue in the light vein (I feel I must be explicit!), anybody notice how scrawny these plotters looking? All of them. Hard work, this plotting for years with no noticeable results.

And, despite being obviously Muslim, a Trini, and traveling from Guyana, I whizzed through US immigration yesterday. Maybe there are rational people at the border

By: Mani

Mani — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:04:00 +0000

triniobserver, thanks for that story, it’s very blogworthy.

By: TriniObserver

TriniObserver — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:59:00 +0000

Here’s a story I’d like to comment on one day:

http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/indiancinema/news/article_1315047.php/Trinidad_has_become_a_concrete_jungle_rues_Sushmita

Trinidad has become a ‘concrete jungle’, rues Sushmita

Boy is she right!
trinidad has serious problems I think nobody is willing to address.

By: Mani

Mani — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:59:00 +0000

Thanks, fwt.

rontnt, I agree very much with you. Everyday that I hear and think about this "plot", it seems like half a story.

youknowme, we will have to agree to disagree about the FOx News Channel. I think that any news organization that hyperventilates the story, is delivering their spin on it, and not the thing itself. "Trinidad is the new "hotbed in the war on terror" after arresting 3 guyanese and 1 Trini with half a plan? and they ran with this for days on end. Seems to me like they were running on fumes more than anything else.

And you said that the "reflexive America-hating was par for the course in the comments", care to back that up with some examples? That's a pretty strong statement to make.

By: Youknowme

Youknowme — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:35:00 +0000

"Never-ending war"?

Like the "War on Poverty"?

Please be serious.

Terrorism is a serious thing that will rise in seriousness in the future.
Fox News can hyperventilate a lot--but just remember that it is all about the ratings. Anyone who knows about Rupert Murdoch would know this. Fox News is the television version of The Sun or the New York Post, both of which he owns.

By the way, I turn to Fox news before any other news outlet for reasons I will not go into now. Suffice it to say that they are the least condescending of the cable new outlets.

I must admit that all the action happened as soon as I cut otu my cable TV. How's that for luck. I get to miss all the fun!

I will also add that the reflexive America-hating was par for the course in the comments (not the posting). How unfortunate.

(B the way, did you knwo tha the U.S. gets 80% of its natural gas from Trinidad (not Tobago--lol). 80%!

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/oilgas/storage/index.html
"In 2005, the United States imported 631.3 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of LNG from a variety of exporting countries but primarily from Trinidad and Tobago."

By: rontnt

rontnt — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:54:00 +0000

Good article Mani
I have also noticed, for such a serious treat to the US, this story has been regulated to the back pages of newspapers very quickly. And every day it changes to the more absurd.

A quick recap of the various stories I read each day:
1 Ten years in planning with not as much as a firecracker secured.
2 FBI Informant joins “cell” and is soon made leader.
3 All give “consent” to be recorded planning this plot, even when first meeting. -????
4 Terror suspect “turns himself in to police” -?? - no real terrorist has EVER done this.
5 FBI informant is twice convicted drug dealer looking for plea bargain.

It looks to me as this informant had to produce, and found some idiots, not terrorists

But on a serious note:
The US “war on terror” is a never ending war, and the biggest mistake the US gov’t has ever made.
Trying to use this as a means to “crack down” on JAM would be the biggest mistake the TT gov’t could make. Especially if they accept US or any outside “help” in doing so.

These old guys really knew what they were talking about…
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security deserves neither and will lose both." Benjamin Franklin

By: FWT (fresh water trini)

FWT (fresh water trini) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:31:00 +0000

This was a very interesting article I must say. I think that we should all take a step back and remember that Americans have been terrorizing America for years… Oklahoma ring a bell… the Olympics in Atlanta….hmm. One thing I’ve learned is that Americans love drama and whenever they get a chance, especially since 9-11, they will blame any foreign country even if they know the information is shakey or flat out untrue, they are going to blow it out of proportion. I think that Americans are organized terrorist in Iraq, and so does 85% of the free world….. how do you feel about that?

By: Mani

Mani — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:42:00 +0000

Well thanks Boysieringo, lol. Unfortunately they got my URL wrong, but no worries. Boysie, no politics for me nah breds. They does pay, by the way? lol.

By: boysieringo

boysieringo — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:11:00 +0000

Well the Guardian took it seriously! Congrats Mani honorable mention again! I hope the blog is flooded enough for you to run for office. Heard the COP has a vacant chairman position (lol).

By: Mani

Mani — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:55:00 +0000

Thank you very much Tanya. Some people...

Johnboy, I agree.

Crankyputz, lol. Well I don't know about that.

Anonymous, this post is not meant to be taken literally or seriously for that matter. (I thought I already said that?)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:12:00 +0000

"We don't know the first thing about terror or terrorizing. We are on peaceful terms with everyone."

hmmm... seems everyone has forgotten that it was a suicide bomber who drove a car full of explosives into Police Headquarters in 1990.

We've never had an inquiry. We don't know where the explosives and RPGs came from.

We hear about "illegal quarrying"; we never hear that they use high explosives to do this.

And who the $#@! put a bomb on Fredrick Street and by Smokey & Bunty?

To quote Public Enemy:
"Too many of y'all are sleeping while standing up!"