WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday it has broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee killing spree.

In court records unsealed Monday, agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target an unnamed but predominantly African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads.

Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville ATF field office, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.

The men also sought to go on a national killing spree, with Obama as its final target, Cavanaugh told The Associated Press.

It is not clear whether there have been any arrests or charges in the case.

Comments:

WHY do people continue to think it is ok & acceptable to spread their hatred & fear to others???

comment by panthurdreams on Oct 28, 2008 4:52 PM ()

Dale,it is coming to an end and anything can happen or say.
We have a bunch of idiots out there

reply by fredo on Oct 29, 2008 1:44 PM ()

This is so sad. I hope and pray these plots will come to nothing. Too many nut cases.

comment by elderjane on Oct 28, 2008 7:01 AM ()

This is a media thing,what else.
According to the latest that no attempt was made on him.
The media at times sucks.

reply by fredo on Oct 28, 2008 8:30 AM ()

comment by honeybugg on Oct 27, 2008 3:55 PM ()

yes,and the body guard will have to be on top of this.
Surely,they will be more nutso as we near the election.
So,they need to protect him there.
Never can be too careful

reply by fredo on Oct 27, 2008 4:22 PM ()

Sadly, it is probably not the only assassination/killing spree plan in the works out there. There are idiots still living in the forties and fifties out there.

comment by busymichmom on Oct 27, 2008 2:25 PM ()

Yes,though I am not surprised about this.We have some very
bad people out there.Hope that the body guard is working with him.
He has to be careful

reply by fredo on Oct 27, 2008 2:37 PM ()

OMG!!!!!!

comment by greeneyedgemini on Oct 27, 2008 2:18 PM ()

Yes,this is terrible.Glad that they were able fo stop this madness.

reply by fredo on Oct 27, 2008 2:38 PM ()

Ridiculous!

comment by kristilyn3 on Oct 27, 2008 2:12 PM ()

He has to be very careful.A lot of hated people out there.

reply by fredo on Oct 27, 2008 2:39 PM ()