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.
These people are freakin' delusional.
The Serbs were right
Europe needs another Charles Martel
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FYI...all I am back in the states away from the box.
hey...I’m back too from Afrika......and here we are with this Ping......interesting bit of news. What is your best guess? A set up? Another Virginia tech operation to effect gun control, and of course the last sentence.....
“The description of the suspects as “Islamic militants” renewed fears in New Jersey’s Muslim community. Hundreds of Muslim men from New Jersey were rounded up and detained by authorities in the months following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but none was connected to that plot.
“If these people did something, then they deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law,” said Sohail Mohammed, a lawyer who represented scores of detainees after the 2001 attacks. “But when the government says ‘Islamic militants,’ it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous.
“Don’t equate actions with religion,” he said.
SAY WHAT???????
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070508/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plot
The biggest supporters of the Balkan campaign are not cheerleaders in the Iraq war. In fact, many of the "neo-cons" pointed out correctly that we did not have a strategic interest in the Balkan conflict, that the KLA and many of the "ethnic Albanian moslems" were guilty of atrocities themselves, and the so-called ethnic cleansing that was supposedly being committed was grossly overstated. Of course when clinton's claims that tens of thousands of Albanians were being slaughtered and left in mass graves turned out to be completely unfounded, there were loud choruses of "clinton lied and people died", remember? Oh wait, the republicans didn't resort to that kind of demogoguery did they.
I had to crack up at this part of it . . . "Conservatives voting against deployment will find themselves in league with Pat Buchanan and Henry Kissinger. This alone should give conservatives with any memory of past foreign policy debates pause."
If you really want an eye-opener, do some research on a group called the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC) -- I believe they may now be called the American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus -- and check out some of the preposterous positions this group has taken over the years. They've basically come down on the side of radical Muslim separatists in Chechnya against the Russian government.
Then take a look at their membership list and notice all of the familiar names on it.
Then tell me honestly if you still think this disastrous conflict in Iraq was ever intended to be part of some "war on terror" at all.
Ditto to all of your points.
Associated Press/ 2003
“Eight MORE arrested at Fort Dix in social security card scam
Eight more workers at Fort Dix were arrested Wednesday for using fake Social Security numbers in their applications to get clearance to work on base. — The workers were either private contractors or worked for contractors who had dealings with the military. They used the numbers to get contractor badges that granted them access to all areas of the base.”
No firearms are illegal...
There’s also a Dukas Pizza in Blackwood NJ on a restaurant review website that lists Dritan Duka as “Your Host”.
But aliens are...
My gut instinct was a little more basic. I know it is easier said than done, but the family of suicide jahadist should be executed.
A radio caller from St. Louis was telling of another incident where some Muslims were trying to by M16s, APDs, and 50 cals. when asked what they planned to do with these weapons, they said they needed them because they were going to WAR.
The local papers called it a GUN SCHEME. It's good We have outlets like FR and FOX or We would never know they were IslamoTerrorists.
Great. Not only do we have terrorists within our borders, but they're stupid terrorists.
They sure were.
What worries me are the ones who are not so stupid.
They are still running around loose.
These are the people we *helped* under the last couple of administrations. Not very grateful are they?
Probably semi-automatic, but even in strict gun control New Jersey, they probably wouldn't have any trouble getting full auto AK or AR type rifles or carbines.
Only the soldiers, airmen and coasties would have been unarmed (Mostly!), if they had succeeded in getting onto the bases/post with weapons. And it would indeed be trivial to do so, you'd have to be incredibly unlucky to be stopped by the rent-a-cops on the gates.
I would think something more like a blockade or "quarantine" would be more appropriate.
Oops I forget the FReepers would have to be disarmed it they obeyed the law, the Albanians would of course not obey the law. Might not be such a great idea after all.
Too bad really. The Albanians make pretty good faux "Italians", and the couple of pizza places run by such that I've been to had pretty good pizza.
Nothing like the mainstream news making money and educating terrorist what NOT to do next time in one swift move. Hope they all go bankrupt before they betray us into another 9-11.
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