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| US charges two Myanmar citizens over plot to attack UN ambassador |
| 2021-08-09 |
| [Al Jazeera] US prosecutors say they have charged two Myanmar citizens over a plot to attack the country’s United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tun, an outspoken supporter of the democracy movement who has refused orders by the military government to quit. In an alleged conspiracy foiled by US Sherlocks, the pair spoke of hiring assailants to force Kyaw Moe Tun to resign or, if he refused, to kill him, officials said on Friday. The pair "plotted to seriously injure or kill Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations in a planned attack on a foreign official that was to take place on American soil", said Audrey Strauss, the US attorney for the southern district of New York. Jacqueline Maguire, the acting assistant director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, said law enforcement acted "quickly and diligently" after learning last month of the potential liquidation that was planned in Westchester County, a suburban area north of New York City. "Our laws apply to everyone in our country, and these men will now face the consequences of allegedly breaking those laws," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 It's not the plot itself, it's the plotting with out a license that is the crime. Damn Regulatory State! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-09 23:23 |
| #1 Why is that a bad thing? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-09 23:12 |