Two accused Islamist militants on trial for conspiracy to bomb a New York airport were egged on by a government informant, with one being all talk and the other a bystander, their lawyers said on Monday. “These guys have seen too many Bruce Willis movies,” defense attorney Mildred Whalen told
jurors about Russel Defreitas, 67, a naturalized US citizen from Guyana, and Abdul Kadir, 58, of Guyana.

The men are charged with conspiring to blow up buildings, fuel tanks and pipelines at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York. The plot was far from operational when they were arrested in June 2007.