7 arrested in Sears Tower plot

American plotters arrested in Miami

Seven people were arrested Thursday in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago’s Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., a federal law enforcement official said.As part of the raids related to the arrests, FBI agents swarmed a warehouse in Miami’s Liberty City area, using a blowtorch to take off a metal door.

The official told The Associated Press the alleged plotters were mainly Americans with no apparent ties to al-Qaeda or other foreign terrorist organizations. He spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt news conferences planned for Friday in Washington and Miami.

The “no apparent ties to al-Qaeda” is a bit misleading. The suspects were scooped up in an FBI sting operation; they thought they were working with al Qaeda. Allah has more.

FBI arrests 7 in terrorism-related search - MSNBC.com

The men — part of a radical Black Muslim group — were planning terror acts in Miami and Chicago, officials say. The planned targets were the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami.

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Comments

  1. John the Marine wrote:

    Considering all the facts are not out on this yet, I have a question:

    Q: Did provisions of the Patriot Act and or NSA “wire taps” allow us to catch this plot’s would be perpetrators?

    If so, I wonder what it means respecting National debate on both.