What the records say
- When
- 5 Jun 2010
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 40.64° N, 73.78° W
- Description
- anti-terrorism sting resulting in the arrest of New Jersey men bound for Somalia in 2010
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Arabian Knight
Covert American anti-terrorism operation
On June 5, 2010, in a covert American anti-terrorism operation named "Operation Arabian Knight", two American citizens Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos "Omar" Eduardo Almonte, New Jersey residents, were arrested at Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The men were in the process of boarding booked, separate flights to Egypt.
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