Man linked to Miami terror plot pleads guilty in weapons case

[DoYouEverWonder]

Oct 25, 2006

MIAMI (AP) -- A man linked to plotters who allegedly hoped to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal weapons charge stemming from a confrontation at the group's warehouse headquarters.

Sultan Khanbey, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke to 14 months in prison with credit for the time he has served since his arrest in May. Cooke agreed to recommend that Khanbey serve his sentence at a prison in the Chicago area, where he is from.

Khanbey, a leader of Chicago's Moorish Science Temple religious sect who was born Charles Stewart, admitted that he fired a handgun during an argument at the warehouse where a group led by Narseal Batiste allegedly pledged allegiance to al-Qaida and made plans for terror attacks.

Prosecutors say Batiste and six others arrested this summer never got beyond the plotting stage and that a man they thought was an al-Qaida operative was actually an FBI informant.

Khanbey, who has past convictions for attempted murder and rape, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He fired the gun during an argument that followed a "trial" held by Khanbey to expel Batiste from the Moorish organization amid suspicions it had been infiltrated by the FBI.

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Why is someone with past convictions for attempted murder and rape and who seems to have a problem with guns, even allowed back on the street again?

[Zybelline]

1. already past convictions for murder and rape ?

this creep is buying guns, organizing, plotting, but article says wa already convicted not just for rape but for murder ???
can someone confirm this ?

he converted in jail, too, like born again convert convicts close to bush or ex reagan guys ?

[razors edge]

2. Funny that

most, if not all terrorist cell leaders in the US turn out to be FBI.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. You noticed

If we didn't have folks like the FBI going around pretending to be al CIAda, there probably wouldn't be any al CIAda presence in the US at all.

[razors edge]

4. Yep

It's a sad fact of life that a man comes out of prison and has nothing, lives in a warehouse or worse, and decides he needs a gun to protect himself. He knows the law, and decides it better to break it than be defenceless. I am not advocating for him doing so, but as anyone who tries to think what would I do in that situation....

If he had been a rich or famous individual, and actaully been convicted for the crimes he was, he could simply hire someone to carry for him and shoot anyone that threatened him. That's legal enough right?

There used to be laws against entrapment, but I guess that shit is long over. Seems like our intelligence has taken on the Mossad motto, "By way of deception, We will do war."

[Igel]

5. "Sultan Khanbey"?

Okay, better than King Emperorsheikh or Premier Presidentchairman, but really. Three titles of rulers in one name is overkill.