Guilty pleas expected in SoCal terrorism case, prosecutors say Friday, December 14, 2007 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/12/14/state/n063355 S99.DTL <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/12/14/state/n06335 5S99.DTL&type=printable> &type=printable (12-14) 07:09 PST Los Angeles (AP) -- Two men accused of plotting attacks on military sites and other targets in Southern California in 2005 were expected to plead guilty to terrorism conspiracy charges Friday morning, prosecutors said. Kevin James and Levar Haley Washington were set to enter the pleas in federal court in Santa Ana, the U.S. attorney's office said in a statement. Both were indicted two years ago on federal charges including conspiring to wage war against the U.S. government through terrorism. Authorities claim James, Washington and two others were a cell of a California prison gang of radical Muslims that was planning attacks on military facilities, synagogues and other sites in the Los Angeles area. The attacks were to be carried out with firearms and other weapons, authorities said. Police uncovered the plot in July 2005 while investigating a string of gas station robberies that authorities say were committed to finance the attacks. Also indicted in the case were Gregory Vernon Patterson and Hammad Riaz Samana. All but Samana, a Pakistani national, are American born and Muslim converts. The plot was orchestrated by Washington, Patterson and Samana at the behest of James, a California State Prison, Sacramento, inmate who founded the radical group Jamiyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh, or JIS, authorities said. Washington converted to Islam while imprisoned with James, then looked to recruit other members of the group, authorities said. All four were are charged with conspiracy to levy war against the U.S. government through terrorism and conspiracy to posses and discharge firearms in a violent crime. Washington, Patterson and Samana each face a count of conspiracy to kill members of the U.S. government uniformed services and a count of conspiracy to kill foreign officials. Washington and Patterson alone are charged with a robbery count and using a firearm in a violent crime. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/12/14/state/n063355S99.DTL Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. 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