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irisblue

(32,974 posts)
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 03:55 PM Apr 2018

Men who planned to bomb Mosque & apartment complex found guilty

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 government’s 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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Men who planned to bomb Mosque & apartment complex found guilty (Original Post) irisblue Apr 2018 OP
http://www.kansas.com/latest-news/article209246369.html irisblue Apr 2018 #1
Needs to be seen malaise Apr 2018 #2
Planning on killing babies & little kids irisblue Apr 2018 #3
Plain fugging evil malaise Apr 2018 #4
Cheer up boys! edbermac Apr 2018 #5

irisblue

(32,974 posts)
3. Planning on killing babies & little kids
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 05:21 PM
Apr 2018

What kind of hearts & souls do these guys have? How did they become damaged so badly?

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