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| Five guilty in Chicago bomb plot | |
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| Five men have been convicted in Miami of plotting to blow up the Sears tower in Chicago and carry out attacks on several other US targets. | Five men have been convicted in Miami of plotting to blow up the Sears tower in Chicago and carry out attacks on several other US targets. |
| Prosecutors say the men conspired to provide material support to al-Qaeda, with the aim of blowing up the tower and several federal government offices. | Prosecutors say the men conspired to provide material support to al-Qaeda, with the aim of blowing up the tower and several federal government offices. |
| A sixth man was acquitted of all charges. It was the third trial for the men, who were arrested in 2006. | A sixth man was acquitted of all charges. It was the third trial for the men, who were arrested in 2006. |
| Previous juries were unable to agree on whether their plot was genuine. | Previous juries were unable to agree on whether their plot was genuine. |
| In the earlier trials, a seventh man was also acquitted of all of the charges he faced. | In the earlier trials, a seventh man was also acquitted of all of the charges he faced. |
| The latest verdicts were handed down after six days of deliberations. | |
| The men - who were known as the Liberty City 7 after the poor area of Miami they operated in - now face 30 to 70 years in prison. | |
| Sentencing has been set for 26 July for the five men, most of whom are Haitian or have Haitian ancestry. |