Posted on 06/23/2006 9:45:18 AM PDT by LouAvul
Calling them "homegrown terrorists," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday that seven men had been charged with conspiring to work with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and five federal buildings.
“They were persons who for whatever reason came to view their home country as the enemy,” Gonzales said at a news conference at the Justice Department.
The suspects, ranging in age from 22 to 32, are five U.S. citizens, a legal immigrant from Haiti and a Haitian national who was in this country illegally.
Gonzales cited court documents that said the ringleader boasted of wanting to "kill all the devils we can" in a mission "just as good or greater than 9/11."
The seven individuals indicted by a federal grand jury were taken into custody Thursday when authorities swarmed a Miami warehouse that had been used by a Black Muslim group.
According to the court documents, a man identified as Narseal Batiste was the recruiter who wanted to organize "soldiers" to build an Islamic army to wage holy war.
The others were identified as Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild Augustine.
Gonzales said that “the convergence of globalization and technology has created a new brand of terrorism. Today terrorist threats come from smaller more loosely defined cells not affiliated with al-Qaida but who are inspired by a violent jihadist message, and left unchecked these homegrown terrorists may prove to be as dangerous as groups like al-Qaida.”
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Lemmie guess - they were all young, male, educated and MUSLIM
Then add treason charges to the list of criminal indictments. Convict them; sentence them to death, and execute them.
Don't forget "African-American".
I'm shocked. Just shocked. It's been hours and hours since this broke yet the libs haven't ranted this is proof securing the borders won't help.
Lemmie guess - they were all young, male, educated and MUSLIM
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Young yes...rest I don't know.
But you don't have to be MUSLIM to be a terrorist...e.g. Nichols & McVeigh.
Wonder if their mosque(s) was(were) Saudi funded?
Homegrown by listening to Calypso Louie Farakan and his ilk.
Yes, they are all Muslims; one illegal from Haiti.
No surprise as far as their background. Radical Islam hidden in factory buildings and Mosques breeds hatred for the US...time to discard the PC and get CS (common sense).
Oops...sorry, they may have been Black Muslims -- says they were in a warehouse being used by a Black Muslim group.
Must learn to read. :(
"Then add treason charges to the list of criminal indictments. Convict them; sentence them to death, and execute them."
DITTO......I can think of no better reason. If we don't try these guys with treason, then who?
Did we shackle them like our US Soldiers....just wondering?
And dont forget one of them was here ILLEGALLY
"Lemmie guess - they were all young, male, educated and MUSLIM"
and Democrats for sure!
As a side note, I don't see how people find it attractive to work or live in a building that is more than 40 stories high. At least, not since 9/11. Perhaps they just think "que sera, sera."
No pictures to downplay the Afro-american aspect. Of the 500 in jail, how many fit this description? And when can we nail that hate-mongering Farakan?
NoI Muslim is my 99% supposition. Sort of the crazy cousins of the Muslim world, which is saying something.
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