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| Five guilty in Chicago bomb plot | 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 FBI offices across the United States. | |
| Prosecutors say the men conspired to provide material support to al-Qaeda, but defence lawyers argued the whole thing was an FBI set up. | |
| 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 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. | 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 27 July. | |
| 'Kill the devils' | |
| The men, most of whom have Haitian backgrounds, were caught on tape by an FBI informant discussing plans to cause an anti-government insurrection. | |
| Two previous trials ended with hung juries unable to reach a verdict | |
| The ringleader, Narseal Batiste, 35, is caught on audio and video tape saying that they should start a "full ground war" that would "kill all the devils". | |
| Defence lawyers argued that the group had not been serious about the attacks, and that they went along with the plot in order to con the FBI agent out of $50,000 (£32,700). | |
| Batiste, convicted on four terrorism-related conspiracy counts, faces up to 70 years in prison. | |
| His right-hand man, 29-year-old Patrick Abraham, was convicted on three counts and faces 50 years behind bars. | |
| Three others, Burson Augustin, Rotschild Augustine and Stanley Grant Phanor - aged 24, 25 and 33 respectively - face 30 years on two counts. | |
| Naudimar Herrera, 25, was cleared of all four charges. |