A federal indictment says they were conspiring to "levy war against the United States".
They were arrested at a warehouse in Miami, during an undercover operation after their group was infiltrated by an agent posing as an al-Qaeda member
Mr Gonzales said the lack of direct link to al-Qaeda did not make the group any less dangerous.
"Today terrorist threats come from a smaller, more loosely defined cells not affiliated to al-Qaeda," he said.
"Left unchecked these home-grown terrorists may prove as dangerous as groups like al-Qaeda."
'Wannabes'
Five of those charged appeared at a Miami federal court on Friday.
They wore ankle chains and were chained together at the wrists, the Associated Press reported.
Alleged ringleader Narseal Batiste apparently asked an undercover agent he thought was from al-Qaeda for help to build an "army to wage jihad", the indictment said.
Photos of the accused men were released on Friday
He is said to have told the agent he and his "soldiers" wanted al-Qaeda training and planning for a "full ground war" against the US in order to "kill all the devils we can".
His mission would "be just as good or greater than 9/11", Mr Batiste said, according to the indictment.
No weapons were found in the Miami warehouse, and the seven had not posed any immediate danger, the FBI said.
Deputy FBI leader John Pistole said the plot had been "aspirational" rather than "operational".
Neighbours in Miami's poor Liberty City area said the men apparently slept in the warehouse where they were arrested.
"They would come out late at night and exercise. It seemed like a military boot camp they were working on there. They would come out and stand guard," said Tashawn Rose.
However a man claiming links to the arrested men told the news channel CNN that they were a peaceful religious group, who studied Allah.
It is not too hard to find people everywhere who are in one kind of frenzy or another to destroy and cause chaos. As easy as people seem to kill their families, as easy they seem to attempt to kill their homeland. Seems as if generations of monsters have been created. A very interesting article.
B&R
Reviewed by Crystal Silver Angel (Reader)
Reviewed on June 24, 2006
(((((( Peter )))))
Thank you so deeply for your cause to the greater peace on earth..All the prophets saw this awhile back…WE must stand up as a nation to ward the lies of Satan’s armies. WE must continue like you said with mediation and resolution. It is a long war but those that truly seek found goodness will gather the harvest and harvesters among the chosen. I have an old saying, I will not faint, I will not fear, for my name is written on your very hand. That is TRUTH… No demon of hell is going to destroy and keep destroying.. There is only so much the Father allows before He calls His angels…He is sounding the trumpets. I can see them clairvoyant as day.. This is a place all the interceding warriors flock to the ones who spread knowledge of social justice. We fly, we flock to the other chosen ones to bring forth knowledge of tolerance and intercede powerfully. As always, you forever continue to help all of our intercession lives emerge into peace and humility through grace. We have a calling that is found through humbleness and love for the greater cause of God’s children.. We must never hate them back, even if they have darkness spreading within.. Tolerance, peace, intercession, reconciliation, mediation.. We must continue to lead others into the calling along with us by our fruits we bear, ever knowing He is the vine and we are the branches. Anything that doesn’t produce fruit the Father prunes..Yes, yes.. Thank you for your contribution to the healing of our nation.This is so nobel of you as always.. I will intercede specifically for this cause and bind out what is not producing fruit…Yes, you are one of the chosen working side by side the intercession warriors.. Thank you Peter…
"They were persons who for whatever reason came to view their home country as the enemy"
I sometimes think that we have now created our own worst nightmare.
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on June 24, 2006
I've been expecting it since 9-11. The Bush administration has thwarted a number of these plans. Who says his methods are not effective? Only the Michael Moore's of this world.
A raw in your face story of teenage love, lust, murder, and revenge set in the Bronx in the early seventies, where the cold business world of organize crime melds with the brutality of street gang warlords that ignites a winner takes all battle for u
A jaded cold case investigator finds himself trying to solve a thirty year old mystery when the skeletal remains of two missing teenagers are found in a national park.
Prime-Time Crime Time (600 pages) is a collection of 35 fictional crime/detective stories and the work is author Jay Dubya's 43rd published hardcover/paperback book.
Left unchecked these home-grown terrorists may prove as dangerous as groups like al-Qaeda 
B&R
Thank you so deeply for your cause to the greater peace on earth..All the prophets saw this awhile back…WE must stand up as a nation to ward the lies of Satan’s armies. WE must continue like you said with mediation and resolution. It is a long war but those that truly seek found goodness will gather the harvest and harvesters among the chosen. I have an old saying, I will not faint, I will not fear, for my name is written on your very hand. That is TRUTH… No demon of hell is going to destroy and keep destroying.. There is only so much the Father allows before He calls His angels…He is sounding the trumpets. I can see them clairvoyant as day.. This is a place all the interceding warriors flock to the ones who spread knowledge of social justice. We fly, we flock to the other chosen ones to bring forth knowledge of tolerance and intercede powerfully. As always, you forever continue to help all of our intercession lives emerge into peace and humility through grace. We have a calling that is found through humbleness and love for the greater cause of God’s children.. We must never hate them back, even if they have darkness spreading within.. Tolerance, peace, intercession, reconciliation, mediation.. We must continue to lead others into the calling along with us by our fruits we bear, ever knowing He is the vine and we are the branches. Anything that doesn’t produce fruit the Father prunes..Yes, yes.. Thank you for your contribution to the healing of our nation.This is so nobel of you as always.. I will intercede specifically for this cause and bind out what is not producing fruit…Yes, you are one of the chosen working side by side the intercession warriors.. Thank you Peter…
Peace & Love, Dove
I sometimes think that we have now created our own worst nightmare.