Three accused in JFK airport plot to be extradited to US: judge

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PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) — Three men accused of plotting to bomb a fuel pipeline leading to New York's John F. Kennedy International airport will be extradited from Trinidad and Tobago to face trial in the United States, a high court judge here ruled Monday.

Judge Nolan Bereaux ruled that there are "clear advantages" to the case being heard by "the domestic court in the United States" rather than in Trinidad.

The three defendants -- Guyanese nationals Abdul Kadir and Abdel Nur, and Trinidadian Kareem Ibrahiim -- have been given one week to appeal before being extradited for trial to be held in a New York federal court.

The accused have appealed the extradition orders by Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicolls on August 6, last year, and petitioned the local courts to...