Homegrown Terrorism: The Latest News
Two Arrested in New York City Synagogue Attack Plot Sting
This is the 13th plot thwarted against the city since the Sept. 11, law enforcement officials said.
The men were arrested last night in Midtown Manhattan as part of a police operation that had begun prior to Osama bin Laden's death and was not a result of any retaliatory plan, sources said.
While the suspects allegedly talked about attacking synagogues in Manhattan no specific synagogue had been targeted, law enforcement sources said.
They will be charged under the New York state's anti-terror laws and will appear in court today. Federal prosecutors are aware of the case but declined to charge them under federal terrorism laws.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Jihadi Admits plotting to Bomb Federal Courthouse in Illinois
Apparently the mainstream media is listening to Ground Zero Mosque radical Rauf and maintaining the blackout on jihad in America and 'round the world.Terrorist admits plotting to bomb federal courthouse Jim Kouri
A homegrown terrorist, Michael C. Finton, aka “Talib Islam,” pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to bomb the federal courthouse in Springfield, Ill., in September 2009 and was immediately sentenced to serve 28 years in prison, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Terrorism Committee.
At a hearing Monday in East St. Louis, Illinois, Finton, 31, a U.S. citizen and resident of Decatur, Ill., appeared before U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon and entered a plea of guilty to one count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction (an explosive bomb) against property owned by the United States. Judge Herndon sentenced Finton to 336 months in prison in accordance with the terms of his plea agreement with the government.Read More here at Pamela Gellers Atlas Shrugs
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