Five Men Convicted In Plot To Blow Up The Sears Tower

Florida Chicago A federal jury has convicted five men of plotting with al-Qaida to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in hopes of igniting an anti-government insurrection. A sixth man was acquitted.
by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, May 12, 2009 - 12:15 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, May 12, 2009 - 12:22 pm CST
MIAMI (AP) - A federal jury in Miami has convicted five men of
plotting with al-Qaida to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI
offices in hopes of igniting an anti-government insurrection. A
sixth man was acquitted.
Tuesday's verdicts came after six days of deliberations in the
third trial of the "Liberty City Six." The first two trials ended
in mistrials when jurors could not agree on the men's guilt or
innocence. A seventh man was acquitted in the first trial.
The men were arrested in June 2006 on charges of plotting
terrorism with an undercover FBI informant they thought was from
al-Qaida. Defense attorneys said terrorist talk recorded on dozens
of FBI tapes was not serious and the men wanted only money.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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bamafan Says:
Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:57 am

I could swear that Obama said there were no terrorist threats. What happened to that. Maybe he doesn’t watch the news.

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