FBI makes arrests in terror probe in Miami
MIAMI - FBI agents investigating terrorism-related activities were conducting a number of raids and made several arrests Thursday, federal officials said.


U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta said in a statement that more details about the ongoing operation would be released Friday. Local media reported that agents were raiding a warehouse in Miami's Liberty City section.

"There is no imminent threat to Miami or any other area because of these operations," said Richard Kolko, spokesman for FBI headquarters in Washington. He declined further comment.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was scheduled to hold a news conference on Friday to discuss the raid. A simultaneous news conference was to be held in Miami.

Cedric Thomas, an owner of Thomas Produce Market, told The Miami Herald the area around his store was teeming with federal agents.

"There is a ton of guys in uniforms moving around, blocking the streets," Thomas said.

Several terrorism investigations have had south Florida links. Several of the Sept. 11 hijackers lived and trained in the area, including ringleader Mohamed Atta, and several plots by Cuban-Americans against Fidel Castro's government have been based in Miami.

Jose Padilla, a former resident once accused of plotting to detonate a radioactive bomb in the U.S., is charged in Miami with being part of a North American terror cell.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060623/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_investigation

She talked to one of the men about a month ago: "They seemed brainwashed. They said they had given their lives to Allah."

Wanna post a link?

Wanna post a link?

It came from your link, Genius. :)

It came from your link, Genius. :)


oOo..THey updated the article.:thumbs:

These oft-repeated incidents involving individuals who had given their life to Allah sure makes one believe that they're involved in a peaceful relationship with the rest of the world.

Their religon is called the Seas of David and it's a combination of Christianity and Islam.

Their religon is called the Seas of David and it's a combination of Christianity and Islam.
Looks like they were al-Qaida wannabe's. No explosives and trying to join up with al-Qaida.

From little seeds grow big trees.


Federal prosecutors said the men — who operated out of a warehouse in Miami's blighted Liberty City section — took an oath to al-Qaida and plotted to create an "Islamic Army" bent on violence against the United States. Five of those arrested are U.S. citizens.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales stressed that there was no immediate threat in either Chicago or Miami because the group did not have explosives or other materials it was seeking.

"This group was more aspirational than operational," FBI Deputy Director John Pistole said.

From little seeds grow big trees.

They're not little seeds reb, they're little nuts.

They're not little seeds reb, they're little nuts.
:D :D :D