Illinois Cousins Plead Guilty in Plot to Kill U.S. Soldiers

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Let me guess - this is just racial/religious profiling? The fact that the terrorists are meeting and coordinating at Muslim convention is just a coincidence? They were probably trying to get to a Christian convention, but took a wrong turn?

Islam is Peace? Islam is Submission! Submitting to Allah and committing Jihad is the backbone of Islam. Will anyone try to prove me wrong? A nice couple of Koranic quotes with the Sunna and Hadiths to back them up?

Who can help?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480103,00.html

Two cousins from the Chicago area accused of training to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq pleaded guilty to terrorism charges Thursday, federal prosecutors said.

The two were part of a plot organized by three men living in Toledo who were convicted last year of recruiting terrorists and raising money to fund their plans to wage a holy war against U.S. troops, prosecutors said.

The two cousins received training in firearms and counter-surveillance so they could join the insurgency, prosecutors said.

Khaleel Ahmed, 28, of Chicago and Zubair Ahmed, 28, of suburban North Chicago both pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

Each faces a maximum of 15 years in prison. Messages seeking comment were left with attorneys for both men.

The two men were arrested in February, months after the three men in Ohio were accused of plotting attacks.

Prosecutors said Marwan El-Hindi of Toledo recruited the cousins in 2004 to join his cell in Toledo. They all met at a Muslim convention in Cleveland with a former U.S. military man who worked undercover and helped foil the plot, prosecutors said.

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