Global War on Terror Watch: FBI Makes Terrorist-Related Arrests in Miami

A Miami police officer stands watch at the Port of Miami, February 21, 2006. The FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies made arrests on Thursday as part of ongoing investigations into a ‘terrorist-related matter,’ U.S. prosecutors in Miami said.

ABC News: Federal Agents Raid Suspected Terror Cell in Miami

Officials Say Group Planned to Bomb the FBI Building in Miami and Sears Tower in Chicago

ABC News has learned that federal agents, including the FBI, are launching a series of raids tonight targeting a suspected terror cell based in Miami.

According to sources familiar with the investigation, the group allegedly planned to bomb the FBI building in Miami and the Sears Tower in Chicago.

The group has been under surveillance for some time and was infilitrated by a government informant who allegedly led them to believe he was an Islamic radical. The suspects are described as African Americans and at least one man of Caribbean descent.

Sources say the arrests reflect the government’s concern about so-called “homegrown terrorists.” It’s a threat FBI Director Robert Mueller discussed during a recent speech in New York.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the FBI are expected to hold a press conference about the arrests Friday morning.

It is a dangerous world.

CNN: FBI arrests 7 in domestic terrorism probe

FBI agents were raiding sites in Miami, Florida, on Thursday in connection with a domestic terrorism investigation, law enforcement sources said.

Officials said no weapons or bomb-making materials had been found in the searches so far.

The FBI told CNN that seven arrests were made in connection with “suspected domestic terrorist activity,” and that documents related to the investigation have been sealed.

The FBI said one search warrant was being executed in a warehouse near a housing project in Liberty City, a predominantly black and low-income area of Miami.

“We are conducting a number of arrests and searches, and we’ll have more about that when the operation is completed, probably tomorrow morning,” FBI Director Robert Mueller told CNN’s Larry King in an interview to be broadcast Thursday night.

Flap wonders if the NSA was involved…..more tomorrow……

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