Federal authorities have arrested 4 members of a far-left terror cell who were building explosives to carry out bombings across the country https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-alleged-terror-plot-turtle-island-liberation-front-doj-fbi/4 members of far-left group charged for alleged terror plot in California, feds sayWashington — Federal law enforcement officials said Monday that four members of a far-left anti-government group have been arrested and face charges for allegedly planning a series of bomb attacks across Southern California on New Year's Eve.Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X that the Justice Department and FBI "prevented what would have been a massive and horrific terror plot in the Central District of California," which encompasses Los Angeles and Orange County. FBI Director Kash Patel said that the four people who face charges were members of a group known as the Turtle Island Liberation Front. Bondi described the Turtle Island Liberation Front as a "far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government, and anti-capitalist group."Bill Essayli, who leads the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, said at a press conference that the four individuals were arrested Friday in San Bernardino County, where they gathered to construct and detonate test explosive devices in the Mojave Desert. He said the suspects allegedly crafted a "detailed, coordinated plot" to bomb two U.S. companies on New Year's Eve, with the devices simultaneously exploding at midnight. Essayli did not name the companies but said they were "logistics centers.""This case is another reminder about the dangers that radicalized antifa-like groups pose to people, public safety and the rule of law," he said.The defendants are identified in court papers as Audrey Carroll, Zachary Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai.
Officials played a video that they said showed defendants gathering in the desert to test the bombs. The footage was taken by a surveillance plane, according to Essayli, and FBI agents arrested the defendants soon after. An affidavit from the FBI said that the co-conspirators unloaded bomb-making materials from cars and started to assemble the materials in a table under a tent while they were in the Mojave Desert. The FBI intervened before the four defendants could finish assembling a functional bomb, according to the court filings.All four of the defendants are from the Los Angeles-area and have been charged with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device. Additional charges could be filed in the coming weeks, according to Essayli. He described the suspects as "radical, anti-government members" of the Turtle Island Liberation Front.The Turtle Island Liberation Front describes itself on Facebook as a political organization that seeks "liberation of occupied Turtle Island and liberation of all colonized people across the world." Turtle Island is the name used by some Indigenous peoples for North America.The group has expressed pro-Palestinian messages on social media and has said it is fighting against "fascist colonizers." It has urged followers to bring Palestinian flags to protests. An Instagram account for the group's Los Angeles chapter says it advocates for "liberation through decolonization and tribal sovereignty." The group does not appear to be particularly well-known: its Instagram account had fewer than 900 followers as of Monday morning, and its Facebook page was followed by just 32 users.
Federal officials said one of the defendants, Carroll, 30, created a "detailed bombing plot" in November and provided it to a FBI source. She allegedly worked with Page, 32, to obtain and build the bombs, and to recruit participants for the plan. Essayli said Carroll's "bomb plot was explicit," and included instructions for building the devices and targets across Orange County and Los Angeles."These bombs were to blow up at the same time, on midnight this New Year's Eve," said Akil Davis, FBI assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office. "The plan stated that the IEDs would be complex pipe bombs. It included instructions on how to manufacture the bombs and contained guidance on how to avoid leaving evidence behind that can be traced back to them."Carroll and Page also allegedly discussed plans to target federal immigration agents and vehicles with pipe bombs after the bombings, according to Essayli.Davis said another individual working with the Turtle Island Liberation Front was arrested by the FBI in New Orleans over the weekend as well. The fifth person is not tied to the plot in California, but is a member of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, Davis said
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>>1465879>Federal authorities have arrested 4 members of a far-left terror cell who were building explosives to carry out bombings across the countryAGAIN!!??
>>1465879You can tell it's far-left because the guys who label everything they don't like as far-left said it was far-left.Also >>1465869
>>1465909>>1465913If one frames the right as pro-government and left as anti-government as many see it now then yes they would be leftists. If you see the left as the neo-liberal democrats they would be anarchists. Freeing turtle island is very clear. Take your pick depending how you view this.
>An Instagram account for the group's Los Angeles chapter says it advocates for "liberation through decolonization and tribal sovereignty."Totally sounds like a far-right chud organization to me. I bet you they've been planning this their entire lives and have been false flagging since elementary schooler pretending to be far left activists just so they can smear leftism with a false flag operation like this
>>1465879Yeah like that shooting they stopped at Halloween. Considering this FBI's track record, I imagine they'll be out within the next two months and it'll be revealed this was all bullshit.
>>1465916Assuming the organization wasn't just an FBI run psyop, the reference to the liberation of Turtle Island is a very specific term used by native American activists and pro-native American activists. It is a movement calling for the removal of all European and other non-native structures of government to return the land it it's indigenous inhabitants. I'll let you decide if you think that spounds like far-right chuds.
>>1465927>Assuming the organization wasn't just an FBI run psyopOh we don't need FBI run psyops anymore. We just make up "foiled terror attacks" now, arrest some leftists who have guns and quietly ignore when their lawyers point out they didn't do nor plan anything.
>>1465930>>1465927Nice conspiracy theory, terrorist
>>1465931I'm simply explaining that when someone uses the phrase liberate turtle island, they are making a very specific political statement and typically they don't support either "left" or "right" in the way many people do.If someone murders your family and steals your house, are you then a liberator or a terrorist if you then kill that person to get your house back?
>>1465932>I'm simply explaining that when someone uses the phrase liberate turtle islandHey it's your people's ideology, not mine, I don't know why you expect sentrists to understand all the nuances of your radical ideology and secret phrases
>>1465933Not actually my people, I just know what they mean so trying to educate you. But cling to your angry ignorance if it helps coddle you.
>>1465932They're too retarded to understand the ethics of a situation unless its framed in political terms. If TILF was described as conservative, then they'd bend over backwards to defend them.
>>1465934Okay explain to me this ideology that likes to blow things up that you're totally not familiar with
>>1465939>If TILF was described as conservative, then they'd bend over backwards to defend themExactly what you people are doing now that they are described as far left...Interesting
>>1465944To be fair, in the neutral version of the story posted before this one >>1465869 the only people calling them far left are Bondi and Kash Patel, not exactly trustworthy sources.
>>1465952Did their IG page not advocate for liberation through decolonization and tribal sovereignty
>>1465977They native americans, not antifa
>>1465884>Federal officials said one of the defendants, Carroll, 30, created a "detailed bombing plot" in November and provided it to a FBI source. She allegedly worked with Page, 32, to obtain and build the bombs, and to recruit participants for the plan.The feds entrapped these people. They did the same thing on Jan. 6. They did the same thing to Muslims for nearly 20 years. When a Dem is president, they'll do the same thing to the right.
>>1465981>They native americansThey're obviously commie leftists. Their Facebook page has stuff about "being a revolutionary" all over ithttps://f book.com/TurtleIslandLiberationFront/
>>1465915>If one frames the right as pro-government and left as anti-government as many see it nowSo if one do it wrong?You can spiel many bullshits by doing that?
>>1465927sounds like a leftist cell, they love to preach about historical guilt and compensation all the while sipping on a 10$ latte in their million dollar mansion.bunch of disgusting hypocrites.leftists are basically the nepobaby karen party now.
>>1466118This ain't Facebook gramps
