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==Suspects==
The terrorist suspects were four Muslim men; three are African-American U.S. citizens, and one is a Haitian immigrant.<ref name="accused">{{cite news|last = Baker| first = Al |author2= Javier C. Hernandez | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/nyregion/21arrests.html |title=4 Accused of Bombing Plot at Bronx Synagogues |work=The New York Times |date=May 20, 2009 |access-date=May 25, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120827134809/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/nyregion/21arrests.html| archivedate=August 27, 2012| url-status= live}}</ref> James Cromitie (born December 24, 1964) of [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] was first recruited by Shahed Hussain, an Albany hotel owner and FBI informant at the [[Masjid al-Ikhlas]] mosque in Newburgh, New York,<ref name="nydailynews1"/><ref name="accused"/> which he attended on only a few occasions. The FBI informant posed as a wealthy business man and enticed Cromitie with an offer of $250,000.<ref>Newburgh mosque leaders: We don't preach hate
By Alex Weisler · May 25, 2009 {{cite web|url=http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/25/1005409/mosque-members-say-bombing-suspects-were-weak-people |title = Newburgh mosque leaders: We don't preach hate {{!}} JTA - Jewish & Israel News |access-date=2009-05-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106055713/http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/25/1005409/mosque-members-say-bombing-suspects-were-weak-people |archivedate=January 6, 2010 }}</ref>