Tapes detail plot suspects' quest for guns, ideal target

[jpak]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015420634_terrorplot25m.html

They sat in a third-floor SeaTac apartment wondering if they had enough bullets.

Already they had purchased assault rifles and had talked about how to handle grenades. But the apartment's tenant, their leader, 33-year-old Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, feared they still lacked the firepower for a real massacre.

"We're all going to look like fools if all we have is two clips apiece and we run out," Abdul-Latif told his two colleagues Tuesday afternoon.

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But Abdul-Latif's secret plans to send a bloody message appear to have been sabotaged by another secret: One of the alleged co-conspirators secretly recorded their conversations for the FBI — and got paid for it.

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[ileus]

1. they said "clips" what morans...

'M16 assault rifles would be easier to get. He could get three for $1,200.'


Sign me up for 500 M16's at 400 bucks each..........I wish I knew his source.

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"It's a confined space, not a lot of people carrying weapons, and we'd have an advantage," Abdul-Latif said.


Well they at least figured out what a gun free zone is good for.

[PavePusher]

2. I bet they were planning on going to the nearest gun show for the...

"assault rifles" and grenades, amIrite?

[shadowrider]

3. The guy that sells outside at my local gun show

offers a "Buy 3 assault rifles and 2 boxes of grenades and get a SAM missle launcher free" deal..

Do I really need the sarcasm thingy?

[PavePusher]

4. SAM's?!?! A few months ago it was RPG's!

I guess the free market effect has 'em in a bidding war...

[petronius]

6. I think it's seasonal - kind of like produce

I've always noticed that the SAMs and the cherries tend to come in around the same time. RPGs arrive when the apples are hitting their peak...

[DonP]

5. They should just go to the nearest BATFE C-Store

That way they could get all their hard core full auto hardware and explosives, courtesy of Eric holder's team. Probably good financing rates too.

[Taitertots]

7. You just proved that terrorists target gun free zones

And you just proved that terrorists ALREADY can't get military grade weapons and grenades.