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North Texas men indicted over bizarre scheme to sail to Haitian island, kill all the men and enslave the women and children (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

According to prosecutors, the men, both of whom live in the Dallas area, began masterminding their bizarre plan in August 2024.

Their alleged goal was to take over Gonave — a tropical island of about 100,000 people located roughly 30 miles from Port-au-Prince — in order to carry out “rape fantasies.”

The plot involved buying a sailboat, weapons and ammunition and recruiting homeless people in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area “to serve as a mercenary force.”

“Mastermind” is definitely a bit of a stretch. One sailboat and a gaggle of homeless men against 100,000 people? ROFL.

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I suppose that plan makes it pretty clear they thought white supremacy was not only a thing, but something tangible. Like, somehow it would all work out despite the overwhelming disadvantage because they are "inherently better", so it'll be easy.

Even asgardians invading midgard would hesitate at that number difference.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Their mistake other than the child pornography was that they didn't just label this as the script for The Expendable5.