Would-be terrorists who wanted to throw gays off Sears Tower arrested in Chicago

[DonViejo]

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Source: LGBTQ Nation/Associated Press

In this undated photo provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Joseph D. Jones, left, and Edward Schimenti pose in front of an Islamic State group flag. Jones and Schimenti were arrested by FBI agents on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 on terrorist charges for allegedly conspiring to support the Islamic State militant group. (FBI via AP)

By MICHAEL TARM, AP Legal Affairs Writer · Thursday, April 13, 2017

Two suburban Chicago men who posed for photos holding a black Islamic State group flag at a Lake Michigan beach park were arrested Wednesday on federal terrorist charges, and an undercover operative said one of the men suggested homosexuals should be thrown off the city’s tallest building.

An FBI sting begun in 2015 compiled evidence that Joseph D. Jones and Edward Schimenti sought to provide material support to Islamic State, including by providing cellphones to one person working for the FBI and posing as an IS supporter believing the phones would be used to detonate car bombs in Syria, the 65-page complaint says.

Jones, a part-time chef who also has been attending college, and Schimenti, who worked at a cancer treatment center, drove the FBI operative to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport last week on what they thought would be the first leg of a journey to Syria. The complaint says Schimenti told him to “drench that land … with blood.”

The 35-year-old men looked tired standing in street clothes with their hands folded behind their backs during a brief initial hearing Wednesday in federal court in Chicago. When Magistrate Judge David Weisman asked if they understood the charges, both answered calmly that they did.

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[snooper2]

1. stupid fucking fundies

I wish you could literally slap the stupid out of people

[George II]

2. It looks like both are American born. Damn those dangerous immigrants though, eh?

[DK504]

3. They don't look crazy at all.

[Rustyeye77]

7. They look absolutely friendly to me.

They are welcome in my house at any time.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. I hate Illinois ISIS.

[grantcart]

12. Me too Jake.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. .

[Scarsdale]

5. Sears Tower

is now The Willis Building, isn't it? Do these two still think it is named Sears Tower? When we asked for directions a few years ago, we were told TWICE by Chicagoans "It is the Willis Building now"

[regnaD kciN]

8. Probably the author of the article...

...thought it would be more recognizable to people nationwide as the "Sears Tower."

[whistler162]

15. What you talkin' about.....

[Rustyeye77]

6. Does anyone with half a brain believe this?

I can't believe this bigoted crap.

I'll believe it when some flies off the Sears tower.

[Rustyeye77]

9. Of course this is photoshpped

Link to tweet

/photo/1

[Codeine]

10. Sure. Islamic fundies are just cuddly teddy bears.

No need to play Cartoon Liberal to prove your bona fides, dude.

[EL34x4]

17. Never in a million years will I understand...

...the one-way solidarity that elements of the progressive Left have with Islamic Fundamentalism.

[xor]

11. I'm not sure I'm buying it...

and by "it", I don't mean this story. Ya dig?

[LanternWaste]

16. What specifically leads you to believe this story is false? Simply bias...?

What specifically leads you to believe this story is false? Simply your own bias, or do you have a rational reason, regardless of whether your half-brain is working as well as the other half as implied?

[Skittles]

14. is that finger thing a sign of fascism now?

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