Two white supremacists had been charged with threatening to kill Democrat Barack Obama during a ''killing spree'' of about 100 African-Americans, officials said yesterday.
The men planned to kill 102 people, including the decapitation of 14, before assassinating Senator Obama, who is bidding to be the country's first black president, court documents revealed.
Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tennessee, and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of Helena, Arkansas, are being held in custody. The pair were arrested on Wednesday in Tennessee on possession of firearms, making threats against a candidate running for president and conspiring to rob a gun store.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Brian Weaks said Cowart and Schlesselman met on the internet a month ago and had ''very strong beliefs and views regarding 'white power' and 'skinhead' views''.
''Schlesselman stated that they planned to drive their vehicles as fast as they could toward Obama, shooting at him from the windows.''
Senator Obama is already under Secret Service protection, having received the security early on in the campaign.
The Obama campaign declined to comment. AFP/AP
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