sciencegirl
10-27-2008, 05:00 PM
A plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Tennessee has been broken up by the US government.
In court records unsealed tonight, agents from the American Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said they had also disrupted what are thought to be related plans to rob a gun store and target an unnamed but predominantly African-American high school in a murder spree.
The agency said the alleged attack also threatened to shoot or decapitate 102 black people in the state of Tennessee.
The plot was apparently being planned by two neo-Nazi skinheads who have been detained by US police.
ATF sources declined to comment on how far the plot had advanced or if the threat was credible.
The Obama campaign had no comment on the report.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1027/breaking42.htm
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Breaking News8:47pm UK, Monday October 27, 2008
A US government agency said it has disrupted a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
The agency said the alleged attack also threatened to either shoot or decapitate 102 black people in the state of Tennessee.
Agents said they broke up plans by two "neo-Nazi skinheads" to rob a gun store and threaten a predominantly African-American high school, unsealed court records have revealed.
The records did not specify which school was alleged to be threatened.
US correspondent Ian Woods in Washington, said the youth's alleged threat following the release of court records "does not make it a credible threat" to Mr Obama's life.
He said: "The youths are said to have threatened to shoot 88 blacks and decapitate 14 in Tennessee, before going out in a 'blaze of glory'."
"It is not necessarily a credible threat to the senator's life. But eight days before an election, clearly something like this will be taken very seriously."
The US government disrupted an unrelated alleged plot during the Democratic Party Convention in Denver, Colorado, in September.
More follows...
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Barack-Obama-Assassination-Plot-Blocked-By-US-Government-Agency-In-Tennessee/Article/200810415130015?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header _0&lid=ARTICLE_15130015_Barack_Obama_Assassination_Pl ot_Blocked_By_US_Government_Agency_In_Tennessee
In court records unsealed tonight, agents from the American Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said they had also disrupted what are thought to be related plans to rob a gun store and target an unnamed but predominantly African-American high school in a murder spree.
The agency said the alleged attack also threatened to shoot or decapitate 102 black people in the state of Tennessee.
The plot was apparently being planned by two neo-Nazi skinheads who have been detained by US police.
ATF sources declined to comment on how far the plot had advanced or if the threat was credible.
The Obama campaign had no comment on the report.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1027/breaking42.htm
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Breaking News8:47pm UK, Monday October 27, 2008
A US government agency said it has disrupted a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
The agency said the alleged attack also threatened to either shoot or decapitate 102 black people in the state of Tennessee.
Agents said they broke up plans by two "neo-Nazi skinheads" to rob a gun store and threaten a predominantly African-American high school, unsealed court records have revealed.
The records did not specify which school was alleged to be threatened.
US correspondent Ian Woods in Washington, said the youth's alleged threat following the release of court records "does not make it a credible threat" to Mr Obama's life.
He said: "The youths are said to have threatened to shoot 88 blacks and decapitate 14 in Tennessee, before going out in a 'blaze of glory'."
"It is not necessarily a credible threat to the senator's life. But eight days before an election, clearly something like this will be taken very seriously."
The US government disrupted an unrelated alleged plot during the Democratic Party Convention in Denver, Colorado, in September.
More follows...
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Barack-Obama-Assassination-Plot-Blocked-By-US-Government-Agency-In-Tennessee/Article/200810415130015?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header _0&lid=ARTICLE_15130015_Barack_Obama_Assassination_Pl ot_Blocked_By_US_Government_Agency_In_Tennessee