Posted on 05/08/2007 6:39:43 AM PDT by Gritty
NEW YORK -- Six men from New Jersey have been arrested in an alleged terror plot against soldiers at Fort Dix, according investigators.
Investigators said the men planned to use automatic rifles to enter Fort Dix and kill as many soldiers as they could at the N.J. base. Fort Dix was just one of several military and security locations allegedly scouted by this group, authorities said.
Investigators told Newschannel 4's Jonathan Dienst that these arrests are the result of a tip to the FBI and use of an informant to track the suspects. Authorities were alerted in January 2006 after the terror suspects traveled to the Pocono’s for a training exercise where they practiced firing automatic weapons, investigators said.
Sources have told Newschannel 4's Brian Thompson that the suspects tried to have a their training video tape converted to DVD at a store in Cherry Hill, N.J., but the store owner alerted authorities.
Authorities then inserted a cooperating witness into the alleged terror cell to be a go between in their attempt to purchase M16 and AK-47 semi-automatic rifles. Arrests were made Monday night after the informant delivered dummy weapons paid for by the alleged terror cell suspects.
Investigators said the group discussed targeting numerous locations like Dover Air base, Fort Monmouth, a Coast Guard building in Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Federal building before deciding on Fort Dix as their intended target. Fort Dix is run in part by the Army and is a reserve-training center, but active units take part in training, including some which focuses on counter-terrorism.
Sources tell Newschannel 4's Brian Thompson that the family of one of the suspects owns a pizzeria near Fort Dix and claimed to know the base "like the back of his hand." The same suspect told the alleged terror group it would be easy to penetrate to "get the most soldiers killed."
Investigators said the group of suspects have been discussing and planning for much of the last year. They allegedly pooled their savings to pay for the operation targeted at soldiers stationed here at home.
The six suspects arrested Monday night will face terror conspiracy charges. Three of the men are brothers, all believed to be Islamic radicals. Authorities have told Newschannel 4 that some of the men were born in Albania and the former Yugoslavia. Investigators said most of the suspects have spent several years here in the U.S.
Some of the group's alleged planning was caught on videotape, investigators said. On the videotape there is significant discussion of Martyrdom.
"Who is going to take care of my wife and kids," one suspect asks. Another responds, "Allah will take care of your wife and kids." The alleged terror cell is described by investigators as disciples of Osama Bin Laden. Among the evidence seized was the downloaded will and testament of two Sept. 11 hijackers.
Spokesmen for U.S. Attorney Chris Christie and the FBI in New Jersey and Philadelphia could not be reached for a comment.
The suspects will be arraigned this afternoon in front of a Federal Magistrate at 1 PM.
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thought you might be interested in this highlighted part of the article at post #14
Outstanding performance gentlemen, now go hunt down some more.
There are no terrorist in the US. It is all a plot to scare us. (sarcasm)
BUT Chuck Rangel (D-ipsh!t) mocked the idea that the terrorists would strike on American soil if we left Iraq and surrendered.
Our FBI surveillance did nothing. They always need a tip to make the case.
Let's be real...
New York City is going to get hit very hard...if not [IMHO] straight up nuked. I am nobody's alarmist but we gotta be serious about this junk.
Cuz Muslims are....meanwhile, we're steady debating red vs. blue.
Wake up folks.
Wonder which legislator will stand up and push for letting THESE felons vote.
Oh relax, Fox News has got it.
A ping to the guys on the wrong side of this conflict.
Do we know yet how they got here? student visas?
Clinton probably relocated them here.
About 10,000 Albanian refugees were housed at Fort Dix during the Clinton Kosovo Adventure. It would not be surprising if a few hung around...
The quesiton is how did they get in?
Albanian Muslims...aren’t they the ones that the Clintonistas allowed to infest our shores?
They a re bringing their bloody ideology here...with the help of the State dept.
I didn't leave it out. It was not in the article when I posted it at 09:39.
It was added in a story update on the website at 10:48.
But it is an important piece of information, probably getting out the blockbuster information before it had to be addressed at the official afternoon briefing.
But the democrats and Ron Paul say we should not be fighting the WOT.
I suspect it was left out intentionally by a PC MSM that likes to omit anything that might be negative pertaining to “undocumented workers” as Chertoff calls them. They couldn’t once it was known that the the Duka brothers have been charged separately with being illegal aliens in possession of firearms.
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