Two Muslim members of a prison gang in California pleaded guilty Friday to charges of planning to run an “American intifada,” targeting synagogues, U.S. military bases, Los Angeles Airport, Israeli embassies and consulates, and U.S. government sites. The two face sentences of between 20 years in prison on the conspiracy charges, while one could be sentenced to life for a previous crime.

The two were members of a prison gang called Jam'iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh, established specifically to target “enemies of Islam.” According to the FBI, the plot was in advanced stages when the two ringleaders were arrested in 2005. "These home-grown terrorists had raised the money, recruited the people, chosen the targets, obtained the weapons and set the date," said FBI Director Robert Mueller. “All they had left to do was to strike."