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Home Front: WoT
FBI arrests seven in terrorism plot
2006-06-23
More on yesterday's story...
MIAMI (Reuters) - The FBI arrested seven people in the past two days suspected of planning attacks on FBI offices and a federal building in Miami and the Sears Tower in Chicago, a law enforcement source said on Thursday.
Sears Tower seems to be on the bad guyz' preferred list, for some reason...
The source, elaborating on a statement on the operation from Florida authorities, said the suspects had thought they were dealing with the international al Qaeda group but had been infiltrated by a U.S. government informant. "In the past couple of days, the U.S. government has taken into custody seven people who were conspiring to conduct jihad (holy war) in the United States," the law enforcement source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "They thought they were dealing with al Qaeda," the source said, adding the suspects had been trying to buy weapons and other things needed to carry out attacks.
Buncha dumbassed jihadi wannabes, apparently...
The source said the government had an informant with whom the suspected conspirators had discussed their plans. "There was no immediate threat because we were in on the discussions." the source said.
They'll plead entrapment, of course...
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, confirming arrests had taken place but giving no details, also said there was no threat to people in Miami.
No more threat than normal from the turbans who seem to find the area so congenial...
CNN reported searches and arrests in the Miami district of Liberty City. It said no weapons or bomb-making materials were found. FBI Director Robert Mueller, in an interview with CNN, said he could not discuss details because it was a continuing operation. "Whenever we undertake an operation like this, we would not do it without the approval of a judge. We got search warrants and arrest warrants and the like, and so yes it's a concern," Mueller said.
Yasss... I'm about concerned to death about the perps' right...
The U.S. Attorney's Office statement said news conferences would be held in Washington and Miami on Friday to provide further details.
Posted by:Fred

#19  Suppose a group of Americans who lived in Saudi Arabia got together clandestinely and routinely and planned the blowing up of Mecca. Further suppose that they got caught before they were able to implement their plans. However, there was clear evidence of their intent and they had gathered the means to carry out their plan. What do you think would happen to these Americans???
Posted by: JohnQC   2006-06-23 19:38  

#18  Oh brother ....&*#^#^&#^@#!
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-23 15:50  

#17  From Besoeker's link (such nice-looking young men, indeed -- and with such open, friendly expressions)

The seven individuals — ranging in age from 22 to 32 — were indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami. Six were taken into custody in Miami on Thursday when authorities swarmed a warehouse in the Liberty City area, removing a metal door with a blowtorch. A seventh was arrested in Atlanta.

Five are U.S. citizens, one is a legal immigrant from Haiti and the other is a Haitian national who was in this country illegally.

All had taken an oath to al-Qaida and sought help from someone they believed was a member of the terrorist organization, the indictment alleged.

In answer to the judge’s questions, [ringleader Narseal] Batiste said he was “self-employed” and earned about $30,000 a year, but he provided no details. He also said he has four children.

Gonzales outlined the contents of an indictment handed up Thursday, which identified Batiste as having recruited and trained others beginning in November 2005 “for a mission to wage war against the United States government,” including a plot to destroy the Sears Tower.

To obtain money and support for their mission, the conspirators sought help from al-Qaida, pledged an oath to the terrorist organization and supported an al-Qaida plot to destroy FBI buildings, the four-count indictment charged.

Batiste met several times in December 2005 with a person purporting to be an al-Qaida member and asked for boots, uniforms, machine guns, radios, vehicles and $50,000 in cash to help him build an “‘Islamic Army’ to wage jihad’,” the indictment said. It said that Batiste said he would use his “soldiers” to destroy the Sears Tower.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said “the individual they thought was a member of al-Qaida was present at their meetings and in actuality he was working with the South Florida Joint Terrorism Task Force.”

Acosta said the group came to law enforcementÂ’s attention when Batiste approached an individual about waging jihad inside the United States. This unidentified individual went to authorities with that information and later posed as an al-Qaida member, Acosta said.

n addition to Batiste, the defendants were identified as Patrick Abraham, or “Brother Pat”; Burson Augustin, or “Brother B”; Stanley Grant Phanor, or “Brother Sunni”; Naudimar Herrera, or “Brother Naudy”; Lyglenson Lemorin, also known as “Brother Levi” or “Brother Levi-El”; and Rotschild Augustine, or “Brother Rot.” Lemorin was arrested in Atlanta.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-06-23 15:44  

#16  I'm sure they were all employed taxpayers, educators possibly, firemen, lawyers, doctors, computer programers, who knows. What a societal impact their incarceration will be. I hope it doesn't last more that two or three hundred years each.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-23 15:38  

#15  They seemed to have a rather nice building in Miami. I wonder where they are getting there money--probably not from selling hair care products. Better follow the money on this one.
Posted by: JohnQC   2006-06-23 15:31  

#14  http://www.msn.com

Such a nice looking group of young men. I wonder where they might have gone wrong?
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-23 15:27  

#13  Clintonistas.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-06-23 14:21  

#12  chuck

Apparently these guys were neither Nation of Islam, nor orthodox Sunni Muslims. Apparently they followed something they had cobbled together themselves from elements of Christianity and Islam.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-06-23 13:43  

#11  #9 I heard on the radio that these guys are more wannabe that actual terrorists. They walk, talk, and act like Jihadis

....whahahahahaa, and the mental image THAT brings to mind, lol.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-23 13:32  

#10  Wonder if these guys are a product of Prislam?

Islam in the Big House
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-06-23 11:53  

#9  I heard on the radio that these guys are more wannabe that actual terrorists. They walk, talk, and act like Jihadis but they donÂ’t have the training or know how actually carry out an attack as of yet. Reminds me a lot of the Portland group of the staff writers at the NYT; they want to harm the U.S. they just havenÂ’t thought of a really good way to do it yet. Send them to Club Gitmo!
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-06-23 11:36  

#8  Maybe just because it's the world's ugliest building. No matter though- we just need to vaccinate against this disease. Whether that involves .45ACP is more up to them than us...
Posted by: jay-dubya   2006-06-23 11:27  

#7   Sears Tower seems to be on the bad guyz' preferred list, for some reason...

Probably because it's the world's third tallest building, but who knows with these nutters?
Posted by: tipper   2006-06-23 11:04  

#6  One of the issues with "Black Muslims" in the United States is the failure to recognize that there are, in fact, two distinct groups. The one group are believers in the international variety of Islam. The other, and far more dangerous person for person, are those who follow the teachings of the ntion of Islam and its offshoots. Elijah Mohammed and Malcolm X created a dangerous cult dedicated to race war and we should recognize the differences.

If these guys are big "B" Black Muslims, the plot was far more serious. The DC snipers are big "B" Muslims.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2006-06-23 08:32  

#5  I'm coming around to the point of view that treats I-slam like the disease it is.

Test for the disease at your borders.
Isolate those infected by setting up colonies in the say middle east.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2006-06-23 08:17  

#4  More like Religion of Piss.

Religion of Puss sounds like a good thing.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2006-06-23 05:22  

#3  More followers of the Pedophile for Profit. No doubt their intentions were "peaceful" murders as called for in the Religion of Puss".

Home grow terrorist are going to continue to be a problem until we ban islam from our prisons. Crap ban it all together.
Posted by: porKoranimals   2006-06-23 04:01  

#2  The gators are going hungry down in Florida
Posted by: Captain America   2006-06-23 00:30  

#1  From Yahoo news: The official told The Associated Press the alleged plotters were mainly Americans with no apparent ties to al-Qaida or other foreign terrorist organizations...

Residents living near the warehouse said the men taken into custody described themselves as Muslims and had tried to recruit young people to join their apparently militaristic group.

The residents said FBI agents spent several hours in the neighborhood showing photos of the suspects and seeking information. They said the men, who appeared to be in their teens or 20s, had lived in the area about a year.

The men slept in the warehouse, said Tashawn Rose, 29. "They would come out late at night and exercise. It seemed like a military boot camp that they were working on there. They would come out and stand guard."

She talked to one of the men about a month ago: "They seemed brainwashed. They said they had given their lives to Allah."

Rose said the men tried to recruit her younger brother and nephew for a karate class. "It was weird," she said.

Benjamin Williams, 17, said the group had young children with them sometimes. Sometimes, he added, the men "would cover their faces. Sometimes they would wear things on their heads, like turbans."

Xavier Smith, who attends the nearby United Christian Outreach, said the men would often come by the church and ask for water.

"They were very private," said Smith, 33. "The spoke with like an accent, sort of a Jamaican accent."
Posted by: ed   2006-06-23 00:26  

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