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Arrestaties bij grote anti-terreuractie Miami

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Gian

Bron: RTL
Arrestaties bij grote anti-terreuractie Miami
In Miami zijn bij een grote actie zeven terreurverdachten opgepakt, meldt CNN. Veiligheidsdiensten doorzochten diverse gebouwen in de stad.

Sears
Het zou gaan om vijf Amerikanen en twee buitenlanders, onder wie een Haïtiaan. Een aantal verdachten zou lid zijn van een radicale Afro-Amerikaanse moslimgroep. Justitie bevestigt de actie, maar komt later met details.

Achterstandswijk
De verdachten zouden aanslagen hebben willen plegen op overheidsgebouwen. Ook zouden ze de wolkenkrabber Sears Tower in Chicago als doelwit hebben gehad. CNN meldde dat de operatie is uitgevoerd in het district Liberty City, een achterstandswijk in Miami.

Undercover
De aanhoudingen zouden zijn gebeurd na een jaar durende undercover operatie. De verdachten zouden via de informant, die zich voordeed als een lid van het terreurnetwerk al-Qaeda, wapens en explosieven hebben willen kopen om daarmee aanslagen te plegen.



Bron: Dagblad van het Noorden

Arrestaties bij antiterreuractie in Miami
MIAMI -  De Amerikaanse federale recherche FBI en agenten van andere veiligheidsdiensten hebben donderdag (lokale tijd) een antiterreuractie in de stad Miami uitgevoerd. Meerdere locaties zijn doorzocht en er zijn arrestaties verricht. Dat heeft het Openbaar Ministerie in Miami, Florida bevestigd.

Volgens de nieuwszender CNN hebben bronnen bij justitie in Miami gezegd dat zeven personen zijn opgepakt, zes in Miami en één een dag eerder in de stad Atlanta in Georgia. Het zou gaan om vijf Amerikanen en twee buitenlanders, onder wie een Haïtiaan. Een aantal verdachten zou lid zijn geweest van een radicale Afro-Amerikaanse moslimgroepering.
CNN meldde dat de operatie is uitgevoerd in het district Liberty City, een achterstandswijk in Miami. De verdachten zouden aanslagen hebben willen plegen op gebouwen van de FBI en de federale overheid in Miami. Ook zouden ze de Sears Tower in Chicago, een van de hoogste gebouwen ter wereld, als doelwit hebben gehad.

Informant

De aanhoudingen zouden zijn gedaan na een maanden durende undercover operatie. De verdachten zouden via de informant, die zich voordeed als een lid van het terreurnetwerk al-Qaeda, wapens en explosieven hebben willen kopen om daarmee aanslagen te plegen. Een van de doorzochte locaties is een opslagplaats in Liberty City, meldde CNN.
De Amerikaanse minister van Justitie Alberto Gonzales geeft vrijdag een persconferentie waarin hij meer details over de operatie bekendmaakt.





Bron: Miami Herald

Terrorism raid targets a warehouse in Miami

FBI agents arrested seven men in what is being described as a conspiracy to attack targets in the U.S., including the Sears Tower. Authorities said the suspects posed no immediate threat to South Florida.

Terror suspects detained by agents in Liberty City
Seven men, some of whom lived in a Liberty City warehouse, have been arrested as suspected homegrown al Qaeda sympathizers who discussed blowing up Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI headquarters in Miami-Dade, multiple sources said on Thursday.
They posed no immediate danger to the community, federal officials said Thursday. Details will be revealed this morning at news conferences in Washington and Miami.A law enforcement source said the group had photographs of the Sears Tower, the FBI's Miami field office and Miami police headquarters.Agents must now figure out if the men were actually capable of mounting attacks. Several sources described them as homegrown wannabes with no known connection to foreign terrorists. No explosives or guns were found, sources said.
Officials didn't release the names of the men Thursday. Law enforcement sources said some of the men's discussions have been heard on wiretaps.Five of those arrested are U.S. citizens, one is a resident alien and one is an illegal immigrant, a law enforcement source told The Miami Herald on condition of anonymity.Citing an investigation that began months before Thursday's raid, the source said the group talked about an attack on the Sears Tower and the FBI headquarters in North Miami Beach -- but that they had no ``overt explosives or other things.''The group thought that they ''were doing [the attacks] in conjunction with al Qaeda'' but were really dealing with undercover law enforcement, the official said.It was ''pretty much talk, we were on top of them,'' the source said.
Another law enforcement source said the group had no actual ties to al Qaeda.
Local officials said residents shouldn't be concerned about attending today's downtown victory parade for the Miami Heat.
''We want everyone to feel comfortable that their safety is not at risk while attending the parade and festivities,'' said Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker.
Family identified one of the men arrested as Stanley Phanor, 31, who called the warehouse the group's place of worship.
According to Stanley's sister, the group, which formed about a year ago, called itself the Seas of David. The 40 to 50 members consider themselves ''soldiers of God'' and are against the war in Iraq. Like soldiers, they incorporate discipline into their daily lives: exercise, no drinking, no drugs and no meat.
Last year, Marlene Phanor said, her brother and other members of the group drove to Chicago.
Added Phanor's mother, also named Marlene Phanor: ``If my son were a terrorist, the earth would open up and swallow me now.''
Another man was identified by his godmother as Nasir Baptiste, 32, according to Herald news partner WFOR-CBS4. The godmother, Ariane Webster, insisted Baptiste wasn't involved in any terror activity. She said he is a construction worker and martial arts expert.
FBI agents also took Baptiste's wife to their office for questioning Thursday.
Miami police and the FBI declined to comment. The names of the two men could not be independently verified.

DRESSED IN FATIGUES
Neighbors near the warehouse described the men as dressing in fatigues and talking about giving their lives to God.
''They said it was a karate school,'' Benjamin Williams, 17, said of the warehouse. ``They used to be out around 11 at night, practicing like they were in the military or something . . . push-ups, jumping jacks and jumping over chairs.''
Another neighbor said: ``They would be gone all day and come back at night to the warehouse to sleep. They sold shampoo and hair grease on the street.''
News of the raid immediately reverberated around the nation. FBI Director Robert Mueller appeared on CNN but offered few details.
''But whenever we undertake an operation like this, we would not do it without the approval of a judge. We've got search warrants and arrest warrants and the like,'' Mueller told host Larry King.

MOVING IN WITH FORCE
Federal agents, assisted by Miami police's SWAT team, swarmed in Thursday afternoon, cordoning off several blocks around the building at 6260 NW 15th Ave., in the Liberty Square housing project, known by locals as Pork-n-Beans.
Cedric Thomas, a co-owner of Thomas Produce Market, said the area around his store was teeming with federal agents.
''There is a ton of guys in uniforms moving around, blocking the streets,'' said Thomas, whose store, a Liberty City institution, is at 1376 NW 62nd St., near the area cordoned off by police.
The agents found the entrance to the warehouse sealed up by a roll-down hurricane protection metal door, one neighbor said. They cut through the metal door with a torch, he said.
A company called Greenlands Realty Inc., run by George Mobassaleh, owns the building.
Mobassaleh told his attorney he didn't want to speak to the media about the raid.
''He did tell me that as far as he knows, these were just tenants,'' attorney Louis Terminello said.
Phanor was arrested earlier this week for driving without a license. He has an outstanding probation violation for carrying a concealed firearm.
The son of Haitian parents, he was born in Miami, attended Edison Senior High and finished high school in Tallahassee.
Phanor and all his friends worked for a construction company. They called each other ''brother,'' Marlene Phanor said. She identified the company as Azteca-Acme Organizations, Inc.
A message left at the company wasn't returned late Thursday.
Phanor and his friends had been living in the warehouse for about eight months, and they often fed homeless people and helped them find jobs, his sister said.

''All of them worked so hard,'' she said.



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