Word: aires
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...This has begun to change under Ma, who shortly after taking office established what he calls the "three links": direct shipping, air travel and mail service. In late April, the two sides agreed to more than double the number of weekly direct flights to 270. Ma has also eased limitations on investment by Taiwan companies in China, and his administration recently announced that, for the first time, mainland investments would be allowed in a broad range of Taiwan manufacturing and services companies. China Mobile, the mainland's largest cellular-service provider, has already agreed to invest about $530 million...
...according to official briefings, Cromitie was joined by David Williams (a.k.a. Daoud), Onta Williams (a.k.a. Hamza) and Laguerre Payen (a.k.a. Amin). The four men, all former convicts, were said to have talked about attacking targets in New York, including a synagogue in the Bronx and military aircraft at the Air National Guard Base at Stewart International Airport, which is west of Newburgh. Cromitie then allegedly asked the informant to procure surface-to-air missiles and explosives to enable the attacks. The informant responded that he could provide Cromitie with C-4 plastic explosives...
...April 2009, according to government officials, the four conspirators selected the synagogue and a Jewish community center they intended to target, and conducted surveillance at the Air National Guard Base; they supposedly took pictures of the aircraft. In late April 2009, Cromitie and Williams were said to have bought a 9-mm semiautomatic pistol. According to the U.S., they identified locations from which to attack the aircraft with missiles...
...early May 2009, Cromitie, Williams and Payen traveled with the FBI informant to Connecticut, to obtain what the plotters believed were a surface-to-air guided missile system and three explosive devices, each containing 30 lb. of C-4. The informant allegedly told them he got the missile and explosives from Jaish-e-Mohammed. The three plotters were then said to have taken the devices back to Newburgh, where two days later, all four plotters met to inspect the devices and discuss logistics...
...gone overnight. It's just really rare, because he can go and do whatever he has to do and be back. The same thing for me. It's rare that, if I travel during the day, that I'm not back before dinner, because when you have Air Force One, you can do that. [Laughter...