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Date: July 9, 2007 10:19:17 AM PDT
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Subject: Statements to F.B.I. Key in Liberty City Seven Terror Case
Against Florida Group Accused of Plotting Chicago Attack
http://alexconstantine.blogspot.com/2007/07/statements-to-fbi-
key-in-liberty-city.html
*Statements to F.B.I. Key in Liberty City Seven Terror Case Against
Florida Group Accused of Plotting Chicago Attack*
Associated Press
Friday, July 6, 2007
Full story:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/06/america/NA-GEN-US-
Terror-Investigation.php
Excerpts: Statements given to the F.B.I. by six of the seven
Florida men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower
and other buildings show that some did not believe they were
joining up with al-Qaida and others were motivated by money rather
than Islamic radicalism.
Some were clearly bewildered by what had happened to them. ... The
F.B.I. statements by six group members are key pieces of evidence
in a case scheduled to go to trial this fall. The group, known as
the "Liberty City Seven" after the poor Miami neighborhood in which
they lived, has been in custody since their arrests over a year ago
on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists
and conspiring to wage war against the United States. ...
Authorities have said their purported plot never moved beyond the
preliminary stages and the group never possessed explosives or
other weapons to carry it out, but insist the men were serious
about their intentions. The seven men have pleaded not guilty to
charges that carry combined maximum sentences of some 70 years in
federal prison.
Defense attorneys are asking a federal judge to throw out their
statements to the F.B.I., mainly over claims they were not truly
voluntary or that some defendants asked for lawyers but were
interrogated without one present. ... The alleged ringleader, 33-
year-old Narseal Batiste, told the F.B.I. that he only played along
with joining al-Qaida so he could extort as much as $50,000
(€36,775) from Mohammed.
Much of the evidence consists of F.B.I. audio and video
surveillance, including the al-Qaida allegiance or "bayat" ceremony
staged by Mohammed on March 10, 2006, at a warehouse the group used
as a headquarters. "I thought it was a joke and I didn't take it
serious," said Rotschild Augustine, 23, in a written statement to
the F.B.I.. ... Prosecutors scoff at such claims, noting in court
papers that members of the group later discussed a plot to conduct
coordinated attacks against F.B.I. buildings in five cities and use
land Batiste's family owned in Louisiana as a training camp. ...
Defendant Burson Augustin, 22, told the F.B.I. that the group was
part of the Moorish Science Temple religious sect, which blends
elements of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Augustin said some
group members "shared the vision of taking over the United States"
and did not recognize the authority of the U.S. government.
Members of the group would often go paint ball shooting as a form
of military training in woods south of Miami...
Like Batiste, Augustin said he only pledged loyalty to al-Qaida to
get money and that he agreed to take photos of the F.B.I. building
in Miami to go "above and beyond" the request from Mohammed.
But there was also sometimes discussion of overthrowing the U.S.
government, defendant Patrick Abraham told the F.B.I. Abraham, 27,
also said he suggested that Mohammed be investigated by the
group ... "Abraham attended several meetings with Batiste and
Brother Mohammed where Batiste discussed a plan to take down the
Sears Tower in Chicago and wage war with the U.S. government," the
F.B.I. summary of Abraham's interview said.
[Posted by Alex Constantine at Sunday, July 08, 2007]
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