FBI arrests 7 in domestic terrorism probe - Raids being conducted in Miami area

CNN ^ | 6/22/06

[kcvl]

>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- FBI agents were raiding sites in Miami, Florida, on Thursday in connection with a domestic terrorism investigation, law enforcement sources said.

The FBI said one search warrant was being executed in the Liberty City area of Miami. Officials said no weapons or bomb-making materials had been found in the searches so far.

"We are conducting a number of arrests and searches, and we'll have more about that when the operation is completed, probably tomorrow morning," FBI Director Robert Mueller told CNN's Larry King in an interview to be broadcast Thursday.

Excerpt.

[livius]

was infilitrated by a government informant who allegedly led them to believe he was an Islamic radical. The suspects are described as African Americans and at least one man of Caribbean descent.

I think they mean they're not Arabs; they're obviously Muslims, probably Black Muslims hatched in the nearest jails.

[kcvl]

They Are Not Believed To Be Islamic

Why? Because they weren't wearing prayer beads?!

[Txsleuth]

PING

[annie laurie]

Video here as well:

http://www.nbc6.net/news/9413480/detail.html

[TheLion]

Terrorism-related investigation conducted by FBI in Liberty City

News partner NBC 6 and Sun-Sentinel.com
Posted June 22 2006, 7:29 PM EDT

LIBERTY CITY -- Federal agents are conducting a terrorism-related investigation in Liberty City, news partner NBC 6 reported.

Agents were at the Scott housing projects in the area of 15th Avenue and Northwest 62nd Street.

Several streets were cordoned off during the search.

A Miami Police Department SWAT team assisted federal agents in the search. Armed agents could be seen in the area.

Several warrants were served at the housing complex, NBC 6's Patricia Andreu reported.

The Office of the U.S. Attorney issued the following statement on Thursday afternoon:

Earlier today, the FBI, in conjunction with federal, state and local authorities, executed arrests as part of an ongoing investigation into a terrorist-related matter. The individuals arrested posed no immediate threat to our community. A press conference will be held in Washington, D.C., and in Miami on Friday to provide additional details.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0622terrorismmiami,0,2204576.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

[MadLibDisease]

He said it tongue in cheek

[mseltzer]

"They Are Not Believed To Be Islamic"

That sentence itself is more than enough to cause CAIR to throw a fit. What a slur on Islam to single them out as not being involved in a terror plot.

[SE Mom]

Exactly- Ali makes a good point above.."Nation of Islam"??

Press conferences tomorrow in DC and Miami..

[Enchante]

"The suspects are described as African Americans and at least one man of Caribbean descent."

Well if this proves true (who knows at this point) we can look forward to (1) leftist yelps of 'racism' because the FBI is picking on innocent lovable poor African-Americans; and (2) PC-backlash of lefties screaming "SEE? Not all terrorists are Muslim!"

Of course, (1) and (2) don't go together very well, so we will see a tag-team play in the MSM in which some leftists emphasize only (1) while others opt to focus upon (2).

I would really like to know if there should turn out to be any "Nation of Islam" connection - even if the perps aren't official 'members' there could well prove to be propaganda links, etc...... or it could just be pure racist hatred of 'whitey' (maybe they didn't bother to think about how many fellow African-Americans work in the Sear Tower?).

[mewzilla]

I have a Nerf-type Bad Call Brick that I heave at the TV whenever the DBM becomes too much for my blood pressure to bear :)

[cripplecreek]

Malvo is Caribbean and Mohammad is African American. Both are islamderthals.

[mewzilla]

The Al Ansar mosque in Liberty City is NOI and Sunni, IIRC.

[mware]

Planning to hit the Sears Tower!!!!

[bnelson44]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2109053

The suspects are described as African Americans and at least one man of Caribbean descent.

... was infilitrated by a government informant who allegedly led them to believe he was an Islamic radical.

...................

So what kind of militant group is this???

[kcvl]

they're obviously Muslims, probably Black Muslims hatched in the nearest jails

Exactly! Thanks to Louis Farrakhan & the Black Panthers. They have tapes which are given to the prisoners as 'religious material'.

[Txsleuth]

Thanks SE MOM...

John Gibson was talking about this on his radio show..but didn't have much information...but, they had surrounded the area where they were...

They will be arraigned tomorrow...

Alberto Gonzalez will have a presser tomorrow morning at 10:30 AM. EDT.

[sageb1]

Did I hear them say Tahiti?

[blam]

Fox News: 5 are American citizens...two foreigners and one of those was from Haiti.

[Terpfen]

Yes, yes it was. But the joke had to do with the city name, not the city location.

[sageb1]

Haiti, thanks Blam.