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From The Guardian today
"Three Kansas men convicted over terror plot targeting Muslims
The three men were indicted in October 2016 for plans to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali refugees in Kansas.
...Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen were convicted of one count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of conspiracy against civil rights. Wright was convicted of a charge of lying to the FBI. Sentencing is set for 27 June....
Prosecutors have said that a fellow militia member, Dan Day, tipped off federal authorities after becoming alarmed by the escalating talk of violence and later agreed to wear a wire as a paid informant. The governments case featured months of profanity-laced recordings in which militia members discussed plans and referred to the Somalis as cockroaches...
According to prosecutors, Stein was recorded discussing the type of fuel and fertilizer bomb that Timothy McVeigh used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people. Stein was arrested when he delivered 300lbs (135kg) of fertilizer to undercover FBI agents to make explosives."
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irisblue
(32,974 posts)Awful men. Killing kids?
malaise
(268,998 posts)Get thee to the greatest page
Lock up these terrorists!
irisblue
(32,974 posts)What kind of hearts & souls do these guys have? How did they become damaged so badly?
malaise
(268,998 posts)and yes they are damaged beyond repair.
edbermac
(15,939 posts)One day Donnie could be your cellmate!