U.S.: 'Homegrown terrorists' eyed Sears Tower

msnbc ^ | 6/23/6

[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.”

[GovernmentShrinker]

"Homegrown" but no mention of how many of them were born here. Two weren't, and we're left to wonder about the rest, whose names don't like typical black American low-life names.

[Coldwater Creek]

5 homegrown!!!!!!! We should be very afraid of people that will turn on their own country.

These people should get the firing squad.

[MadLibDisease]

"But you don't have to be MUSLIM to be a terrorist...e.g. Nichols & McVeigh."

99.9% of the time in recent history the terrorists HAVE been muslimes

[wolfcreek]

Lemmie guess - they were all young, male, educated and MUSLIM

Big fans of the NYT and Howard Dean to name a few.

[RobRoy]

“They were persons who for whatever reason came to view their home country as the enemy,”

Um, let me take a guess at that reason. Was it ISLAM?!

[Wurlitzer]

"Yes, I know the American way is to assimilate other immigrants into the American society but these folks do not want assimilation, they want death to Christians and Jews and domination which is clearly stated in their religious principles. Common sense is needed by Americans now facing this real and increasing threat. Deportation, conversion or death is the only way we are going to effectively deal with the cult followers of Mohamed, the child molester and false prophet. "

100% correct vetvetdoug

We need to define what can be excluded from the term religion. I suggest a few simple litmus tests that any group seeking 1st amendment protection must pass. If your belief fails any of the litmus tests below you belong to a hate group and must be expelled from the country.

#1: If your belief commands you to kill or enslave those who are not of your religion then you fail the litmus test. .

#2: If your belief commands you to kill anyone who leaves your organization then you fail the litmus test.

#3: If your belief demands you kill or enslave anyone who writes, draws, speaks negatively about your belief you fail the litmus test.

[VU4G10]

LOOK SWEDISH TO ME.

[magslinger]

If you give 100-1 odds and bet every time you'll still come out way, awy ahead.

You had to tell everyone, that used to be one of my best money makers.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I still haven't seen any info saying where they were born, only that they're "U.S. citizens". I'm not at all sure they were "grown" here.