Five Men Arrested For Plotting to Bomb Bridge in Cleveland

They were unknowingly working with an FBI informant for months.

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A group of five self-proclaimed "anarchists" were arrested today after plotting to bomb a Ohio bridge that links two wealthy Cleveland suburbs because they were "angry with corporate America and the government." They had been unknowingly working with an FBI informant for months who supplied them with fake bombs as part of a sting operation, a tactic that federal investigators have been using recently to catch alleged terrorists.

According to AP:

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The men were charged with conspiracy and trying to bomb property used in interstate commerce, and have been ordered to be jailed without bond. The charges carry a penalty of more than 20 years in prison.

[via AP]

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