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5 found guilty in Miami of trying to join in terror plot with Al Qaida
South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | May 12, 2009 | Vanessa Blum

Posted on 05/12/2009 1:49:23 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

MIAMI - A federal jury convicted five men Tuesday of trying to join forces with al-Qaida in a plot to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices.

A sixth man was acquitted.

The verdict allows government prosecutors to claim overall victory in a case that dragged on for years and cost millions of dollars, resulting in two hung juries and the acquittal of a seventh man originally charged in the case.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: alqaida; islam; miami; searstower

1 posted on 05/12/2009 1:49:23 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

The verdict ALLOWS government prosecutors to claim victory.....” That’s not what this is about , liberal “journalist.” What is about is taking ungrtateful foreign vermin off the streets before they could attempt to kill Americans in their thousands. That the vermin were stupid and incompetent does not make them any less guilty.


2 posted on 05/12/2009 2:36:02 PM PDT by Godwin1
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