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Story: New York (CNN) -- Two men suspected of planning an attack on a Manhattan synagogue with guns and a grenade were arrested Wednesday, marking the end of a seven-month undercover operation by New York police officers. 

The suspects, Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh, were detained in midtown Manhattan after buying two loaded Browning semi-automatic pistols, one Smith & Wesson revolver, ammunition and a grenade, according to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. 

At least a dozen police officers swarmed Ferhani, who was at the time placing the weapons in the trunk of his car. Mamdouh was arrested on a street nearby moments later. 

Each faces terrorism and hate-crime-related charges and, if convicted, could confront the prospect of life behind bars without the possibility of parole. 

Ferhani, a 26-year-old unemployed resident of Queens, is a native of Algeria who traveled to the United States in 1995, claiming asylum. 

"Muslims are abused all over the world, and I ain't going to take it," prosecutors quoted Ferhani as saying; his conversations with an undercover police officer were secretly recorded. 

Prosecutors say Ferhani sold narcotics in an effort to finance the planned attacks. 

His defense attorney, Stephen Pokart, told Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson that his client "hasn't committed any crime at all." 

Mamdouh, 20, also a Queens resident, was previously arrested on a pending 2010 burglary charge. He worked for a local delivery service and came to the United States in 1999 with his family from Casablanca, Morocco. 

Defense attorney Steven Fusfelda -- while not acknowledging the legitimacy of the charges -- asked for leniency given that the prosecutors' case appeared to hinge more directly on Ferhani, he said. 

Question: who is Ray Kelly?
Answer:Police Commissioner

Question: How were the attacks going to be financed?
Answer:Ferhani sold narcotics

Question: Who are the suspects mentioned in the article?
Answer:Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh

Question: Which weapons did they buy?
Answer:pistols, one revolver, ammunition and a grenade

Question: how many police people were involved in the arrest?
Answer:At least a dozen

Question: Which building were the suspects planning to attack?
Answer:a synagogue

Question: What are the charges against them?
Answer:terrorism and hate-crime-related charges

Question: What New York borough do they reside in?
Answer:Queens

Question: Were they born here?
Answer:no

Question: Who is Melissa Jackson?
Answer:a judge

Question: Where did the arrest take place?
Answer:Manhattan

Question: If the suspects are convicted how long will they spend in jail?
Answer:life

Question: How old are they?
Answer:Ferhani is 26

Question: Who is Steven Fusfelda?
Answer:A defense attorney

Question: Were Farhani and Mamdouh together when they were arrested?
Answer:no

Question: How do the police know what Ferhani said?
Answer:his conversations were recorded

Question: What is his religion?
Answer:
Muslim