Neo Nazis Plot To Kill Obama Thwarted By ATF

According to the ATF, federal agents have broken up a plot to kill the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The sources say that the plan was kill 102 blacks in Tennessee, then go on a shooting spree that would culminate in the killing of the U.S. presidential candidate, Senator Barack OBama of Illinois.

It appears that two perpetrators were members or followers of a neo-Nazi skinhead group. There evil plan called for a "Columbine-like" attack. The plan was to rob a gun store and then attack a a school that was predominately Afro-American.

The number of people they planned to killed wasn't jut an arbitrary number. According to Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community. 88 + 14 is 102. They were going to shoot 88 black children and decapitate 14 others.

But their plan didn't stop there, once they had finished killing the 102, they were going to go on a killing spree "road trip", as they made their way to the ultimate, target - U.S. presidential candidate, Barack Obama. Once they had accomplished their mission, they were poised to take their own lives. The two realized that killing Obama would be almost impossible, but they would attempt to carry out the almost task anyway.

There was no immediate response from the Obama or any of his political advisers.

The two men, one from Tennessee and the other from Arkansas, are being held without bond. Daniel Cowart 20 of Bells, Tenn and Paul Schlessman 18, of West Helena, Arkansas, were arrested by AFT agents with a rifle, sawed off shotgun and three pistols.

The duo, told the ATF they planned to break into a gun store to get more guns and ammunition.

Joe Byrd, a lawyer representing Cowart, was unavailable for comment. The two men are charged with possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer, and threatening a candidate for president.

The investigation continues and additional charges are possible.

There is no word on what gave the ATF the heads up in this matter. But it could be that friends tipped off authorities.