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BBC NEWS | Americas | US fears home-grown terror threat

BBC NEWS | Americas | US fears home-grown terror threat: "The US Attorney-General, Alberto Gonzales has warned that home-grown terrorists could pose as much danger to the US as foreign al-Qaeda operatives.

Seven men have been charged with plotting to blow up the Sears Towers in Chicago, and attack FBI offices.

The men, five from the US and two from Haiti, hoped to wage a 'full ground war' against the US, according to the charges brought against them.

Officials said the men were foiled at an early stage and posed no danger.

Mr Gonzales said the group of 'home-grown terrorists' were inspired by 'a violent jihadist message'.

'They were persons who for whatever reason came to view their home country as the enemy,' he told reporters.

'Dangerous'

According to charges brought against the men, the group of men aged 22 to 32 had sworn allegiance to al-Qaeda, but had no contacts with it.

They have been charged with conspiring to blow up both the Sears Tower and the FBI building in North Miami Beach.


Left unchecked these home-grown terrorists may prove as dangerous as groups like al-Qaeda
Alberto Gonzales
US Attorney-General

Home-grown terror fears
A federal indictment says they were conspiring to 'levy war against the United States'.

They were arrested at a warehouse in Miami, during an undercover operation af"

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