St. Louis CofCC Blog

This is defined as a “victory” in the Federal government’s effort to combat terrorism.

Miami Herald:

Narseal Batiste and six followers intended to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower and bomb FBI buildings to ignite a chaotic guerrilla war that would overthrow the U.S. government and pave the way for an Islamic regime, federal prosecutors said Tuesday as trial opened for the seven men.

FBI audio and video recordings show that the so-called “Liberty City Seven” hoped to use street gangs as soldiers who would stage attacks, ranging from large-scale bombings of major buildings to poisoning salt shakers in restaurants, Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Gregorie said in an opening statement.

On one of the 15,000 FBI recordings, Batiste is even overheard saying he would make sure no one survived destruction of the 110-story Sears Tower because his soldiers would be ready to shoot down anyone who escaped.

“These defendants wanted to wage jihad against the United States, and they tell us so in unequivocal detail,” Gregorie told jurors. “They say ‘the war has to be fought here. And it can’t be just a bombing. It’s got to be chaos.’”

Batiste attorney Ana M. Jhones countered that the purported plot was driven mainly by two paid FBI informants, including one known as Mohammed who posed as a representative of al-Qaida. She said Batiste’s group was coerced into going along with the violent plan by “this great con man,” who was paid about $80,000 by the FBI.

So, this Afro-Haitian street drug gang, which couldn’t topple a wet mop to save their lives, and one whose members better belong in state prison or in Haiti, had intentions of doing all these dastardly deeds, and they mouthed off about doing so to an FBI informant. I have intentions of becoming a multi-billionaire and being elected President of the United States, and I might get myself drunk and say these things to someone who is an FBI informant. Get the picture?

Meanwhile, both southern and northern borders remain virtually wide open.