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.
Oh, they’re here alright. Be vigilant, very vigilant.
Im sure the democratic candidates are pissed they didnt follow through with it so they would blame bush.
You ain't seen nothin' yet. With the President's joyful allowing for 25,000 Iraqi "refugees" into our country and 10,000 Saudi "students", and wide open borders for his "guest workers", we can expect much more of this horse s--t.
How long will it be until we hear some DemocRat complaining about how the FBI used illegal wiretaps, or illegal surveillance techniques, or some other reason why mean old Amerika violated these poor fellow’s Civil Rights??
Wait for it...
...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.
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I am grateful that this group was not so smart. But how many cells are there in the US — besides the Congressional Democrats — that are more savvy?
Bet they all voted Democrat...
You kind of wonder what the really dedicated and really skilled AQ with lots of bucks are doing at the moment?
Albanian Muslim terrorists: Destroy the Serb homeland, come to America, repeat.
Do we ever learn????
Doesn't this suggest a strategy for dealing with these lying scumbags who are here "enjoying" the rewards of a free society?
Wouldn't it be nice to announce clearly and often that the family of these murderers will be deported immediately after they are caught?
Just retuen them to the hell holes from which they came and let "allah" and their fellow killers take care of them.
Please note that the plot was not discovered due to a phone call from these sterling muslim families; or other muslim friends.
The ever emntioned "not all muslims are terrorists BS..."
Albanians muslims? Friends of bill? Looks like that unauthorized unilateral military action in Kosovo to protect the muzzies and the KLA isn't very highly appreciated by the folks bill wanted to help.
Yes. The tri-state area is going to be hit very hard I believe.
I wouldn’t be surprised if intelligence has been done on just about every target imaginable by Iran and their allies.
Good thing this story is going to stay in the local news...Wouldn’t want word of this to get beyond that and Free Republic...
It might cause a resurgence in concern across the country if word got out beyond these sources...
Or not...It appears all the news about Paris Hilton going to jail is almost too much for the pop culture folks to bear...I don’t think they can take anymore pressure...Much less comprehend this “real” threat...
/sarcasm
That place had better be closed down because of the lack of business.
Local FReepers should encourage a boycott.
Doesn't this suggest a strategy for dealing with these lying scumbags who are here "enjoying" the rewards of a free society?
Wouldn't it be nice to announce clearly and often that the family of these murderers will be deported immediately after they are caught?
Just retuen them to the hell holes from which they came and let "allah" and their fellow killers take care of them.
Please note that the plot was not discovered due to a phone call from these sterling muslim families.
The ever emntioned "not all muslims are terrorists BS..."
Most of the time, you hear about the Albanian pizza mafia of New York and environs financing terrorism and corrupt Serbophobic politicians. But now they are directly carrying out terrorist acts!!!!
Especially if you live in greater NYC, BOYCOTT muslim pizza!!!! Greek pizza--if you can get it anymore--is much better, anyway.
“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....”
“....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.”
Once again the media is more obsessed with getting the scoop/hype than presenting reliable facts.
The story is sensational enough without thier agenda injected for drama.
Luckily, the people willing to spontaneously do this stuff are generally idiots.
Even the 9/11 murderers had that moron Zacarias Moussaoui involved in their crew - and that was a group that was carefully handpicked and trained over years by people who knew what they were doing.
This story contains two messages:
(1) Vigilant citizens defeat terrorists and save lives;
(2) American Muslims simply cannot be trusted. Dozens of these bastards' family and friends had to have had a pretty good clue about what they were up to. But no one said anything.
No problem here. They are just Temporary Guest Workers doing jobs Americans aren’t doing.
We need a lot of Islamic jihad immigrants and refugees or we won’t get our pizzas delivered. It’s all in the memo from the Wall St Journal and the Bush White House. Open borders are good for your health and they make you richer.
“Greek pizza—if you can get it anymore—is much better, anyway.”
But of course!
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