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| Federal Agents Raid Halal Goat Meat Plant in Rural Illinois | |
| 2009-10-20 | |
Spokesman Ross Rice confirms agents were at 6260 Kinsman Road, in Kinsman, Illinois. The business is called First World Management. Rice said nobody was taken into custody. Attorney George Jackson III and plant operator Dr. Syed Hamid spoke briefly while on their way to a meeting with the federal prosecutor Monday. Jackson said federal agents confiscated the company's computers, effectively shutting down the business. FBI officials told CBS 2 the meat plant was shut down and abandoned. A spokeswoman would not comment on whether the plant was processing goat meat illegally. According to sources, the plant provides goat, beef and lamb meat which is prepared in the Halal way in accordance with Muslim custom. When asked if the raid had something to do with undocumented aliens, the person wouldn't say. A neighbor suggested that undocumented immigrants live in a trailer behind the facility and work there. They could simply have brought in underemployed, legal Somalis from Minnesota; there are enough who would be happy to be Sharia-compliant. No need for illegals. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said the agency assisted in the raid, but had no further comment. According to sources, many of the FBI and ICE agents were armed. Several USDA criminal investigators were on site at the plant on Monday, but they would not comment on the situation. Neighbors who saw the raid on Sunday told CBS 2 it was a huge operation, involving more than 100 agents, police officers and even what one believed to be National Guard troops. Sources say during the raid, the driveway was filled with more than 50 government vehicles. There was a helicopter flying overhead and a command center set up. On top of it were government sharpshooters with rifles at the ready. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 Feds are being very tight-lipped on what they found "Honest, officer, I was just helping the goat over the fence!" |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-10-20 23:09 |
| #8 'Also raided was a residence in the 6000 block of North Campbell Avenue in Chicago (reportedtly home of plant's unnamed owner)' FBI, Joint Terrorism Task Force Raid Chicago Apartment May 26, 2009 http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/05/26/fbi-joint-terrorism-task-force-raid-chicago-apartment/ Very little is being reported on a recent raid that resulted in 2 arrests, in Chicago. A source in federal law enforcement told Fox Chicago that the case is similar to one that unfolded in New York. Glenda Johnson saw so many police and plain clothed federal agents on her block that she thought someone had been shot. “The police was so crowded, you couldn’t even walk past. They was in trucks, they was in cars, they was in regular cars. It looked like someone had killed someone,” said Johnson. That swarm of badges consisted of the FBI, Chicago Police and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. In their sights were two buildings on the 6300 block of North Artesian. People who live in a six flat there say the feds were very interested in its basement, specifically, two storage lockers. A spokesperson for the FBI confirms a search warrant was executed at the building as part of an ongoing investigation. Glenda Johnson says an FBI agent made the search sound extremely urgent. “They was looking for someone who lives in this building. So I was like ‘what’s the cause?’ They said ‘we don’t want to say yet, but it’s a life and death situation.’ I was like ‘wow,’” said Johnson. --- From what i know Artesian and Campbell ave's are parallel in Chicago |
| Posted by: linker 2009-10-20 22:09 |
| #7 Probably just shooting scenes for Clooney's new movie. |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-10-20 21:25 |
| #6 CBS news 2 out of Chicago vid via youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-fiKHp7yTQ sorry bout the previous double post |
| Posted by: linker 2009-10-20 21:20 |
| #5 INS didn't conduct the raid the FBI did - i think that more or less rules out illegals...? |
| Posted by: linker 2009-10-20 20:48 |
| #4 INS didn't conduct the raid the FBI did - i think that more or less rules out illegals...? |
| Posted by: linker 2009-10-20 20:48 |
| #3 Remember the NYC plot that the cops busted open prematurely? Most of the conspirators got away ... and with them the makings for a whole lot of Mother of Satan explosive. There were references to 'warehouses' at unknown locations. Now, that was NYC and this is Chicago. But worth keeping track of ... |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-10-20 20:43 |
| #2 Goat suckahs, ya say, Commodore? Better bring out the Ma Deuce. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-10-20 19:33 |
| #1 Therewas a helicopter flying overhead and a command center set up. On top of it were government sharpshooters with rifles at the ready. they don't do that for illegals. Chupacabras, maybe |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-10-20 19:11 |