|
|||||||
| Main Street Gambling forums, online sportsbooks, players talk, sports talk, offshore betting, poker, off-topic, etc! |
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
06-23-2006, 08:42 AM
|
|||
|
|||
7 accused of al-Qaida plot aimed at Sears Tower, Miami FBI office
7 accused of al-Qaida plot aimed at Sears Tower, Miami FBI office
By MARK SHERMAN MIAMI -- A group of young men seized in a Liberty City warehouse have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiring with al-Qaida to ``levy war against the United States'' by committing acts of violence including blowing up Chicago's Sears Tower. The seven individuals indicted by a federal grand jury were taken into custody Thursday when authorities swarmed the warehouse in the Liberty City area, removing a metal door with a blow torch. The indictment also alleges plans to blow a federal building in Miami in conjunction with the al-Qaida terrorist network. LocalLinks Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other top-level Bush administration officials scheduled a news conference for later Friday and a similar briefing was in Miami. The seven were expected to appear in court later Friday. According to the indictment handed up Thursday, a young man identified as Narseal Batiste, beginning in November 2005, recruited and trained the others ``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. In February 2006, it said, Batiste told the ``al-Qaida representative'' that he and his five soldiers wanted to attend al-Qaida training and planned a ``full ground war'' against the United States in order to ``kill all the devils we can.'' His mission would ``be just as good or greater than 9/11,'' the indictment accused Batiste of boasting. The seven defendants were charged with conspiring to ``maliciously damage and destroy by means of an explosive'' the FBI building in North Miami Beach and the Sears Tower in Chicago. They were are also charged with conspiring ``to levy war against the government of the United States, and to oppose by force the authority thereof.'' 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 group. Rose said they tried to recruit her younger brother and nephew for a karate class. She said she talked to one of the men about a month ago. ``They seemed brainwashed,'' she said. ``They said they had given their lives to Allah.'' Residents said FBI agents spent several hours in the neighborhood showing photos of the suspects and seeking information. They said the men had lived in the area for about a year. Benjamin Williams, 17, said the group sometimes had young children with them. At times, he added, the men ``would cover their faces. Sometimes they would wear things on their heads, like turbans.'' Managers of the Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building, said in a statement they speak regularly with the FBI and local law enforcement about terror threats and that Thursday ``was no exception.'' Security at the 110-floor Sears Tower, a Chicago landmark, was ramped up after the Sept. 11 attacks, and the 103rd-floor skydeck was closed for about a month and a half. ``Law enforcement continues to tell us that they have never found evidence of a credible terrorism threat against Sears Tower that has gone beyond criminal discussions,'' the statement said. The indictment described the alleged scheme this way: At a meeting on March 16 at a warehouse in the Miami area, the seven defendants discussed a plot to bomb FBI buildings in five cities, it said, adding that each swore an oath of loyalty to al-Qaida there with the purported al-Qaida representative. The person they believed to be an al-Qaida representative gave Batiste a digital video camera, which Batiste said he would use to record pictures of the North Miami Beach FBI building, the indictment said. At a March 26 meeting, it went on, Batiste and Burson Augustin provided the ``al-Qaida representative'' with photographs of the FBI building, as well as video footage of other Miami government buildings, and discussed the plot to bomb the FBI building. But on May 24, the indictment said, Batiste told the ``al-Qaida representative'' that he was experiencing delays ``because of various problems within his organization.'' Batiste said he wanted to continue his mission and his relationship with al-Qaida nonetheless, the document said.
__________________
Bracket Busters is open. It's free to enter! 
|
|
#2
06-23-2006, 08:44 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
we should just blow Miami off of Florida and get rid of all of these problems. So much crime and filth there Jack, lets do something
__________________
R.I.P Rambler Buddy (7/20/1947- 4/20/2006)
|
|
#3
06-23-2006, 08:45 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
kinda amazing how they are catching these guys before they do anything.
|
|
#4
06-23-2006, 08:45 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
Bracket Busters is open. It's free to enter!
|
|
#5
06-23-2006, 08:47 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
R.I.P Rambler Buddy (7/20/1947- 4/20/2006)
|
|
#6
06-23-2006, 08:48 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Parade? What parade? Is the circus in town?
__________________
Pura Vida!
|
|
#7
06-23-2006, 08:49 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
Bracket Busters is open. It's free to enter!
|
|
#8
06-23-2006, 08:50 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
Pura Vida!
|
|
#9
06-23-2006, 08:52 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
Bracket Busters is open. It's free to enter!
|
|
#10
06-23-2006, 08:54 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
2011 CFB OVERALL 10-10 -$900 2011 NFL OVERALL 0-0 Updated: 9/10/11
|
|
#11
06-23-2006, 08:56 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
R.I.P Rambler Buddy (7/20/1947- 4/20/2006)
|
|
#12
06-23-2006, 11:45 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
isn't this thread best suited for the political mall
__________________
"It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you've got to have is faith and discipline when you're not yet a winner." 2009 MLB 10-5-0 (+7.4 units) 2006 MLB 42-19-1 (+56.2 units)
|
|
#13
06-26-2006, 09:32 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
__________________
Bracket Busters is open. It's free to enter!
|
|
#14
06-26-2006, 09:46 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Jack please refrain from changing peoples quotes, some people may find this very offensvie.
|
|
#15
06-26-2006, 10:28 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Sorry Drew - It's that rebel inside of me.
__________________
Bracket Busters is open. It's free to enter!
|
|
| Bookmarks |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:56 AM.
