Posted on 05/09/2007 4:09:08 AM PDT by kellynla
Federal authorities have arrested six men identified as "radical Islamists" and accused them of plotting to "kill as many American soldiers as possible" in an attack on the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey.
The six men were arrested on Monday night in Cherry Hill, N.J., while trying to buy three AK-47 automatic machine guns and four semi-automatic M-16s in a sale set up by undercover FBI agents. Four of the men are Albanian nationals born in the former Yugoslavia, one is from Jordan, and one is from Turkey. All six have been in the U.S. for years -- three are here illegally, two have work permits and one is a U.S. citizen.
In what was described by authorities as a "long and persistent plot," five of the men are accused in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J., with conspiracy to murder U.S. military personnel. A sixth man is charged with aiding and abetting the illegal possession of weapons to be used in the attack.
U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie in Newark said some members of the group conducted surveillance at Fort Dix and at Fort Monmouth, also in New Jersey, at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and at the U.S. Coast Guard facility in Philadelphia. He said the men had a detailed map of Fort Dix, where they planned to "use assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades" to kill U.S. soldiers.
Mr. Christie said the men did small-arms training at a shooting range in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania and distributed training videos among themselves that included depictions of U.S. soldiers being killed. He said the group laughed when watching a video of a U.S. Marine whose arm was blown off in an explosion.
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Ping the military
Hope, work and pray for real change 2008 in Washington, then.
the reference should read “The Washington Times”
So where do we deport Teddy, Nancy and Harry?
Jerry Seper writes for the Washington Times.
We here at Fre Republic know we are at war, but the DUmmies just think its a few radical muslims stretching their arms.
The DUmmies are more dangerous to us than the Muslims.
CNN radio news (The most busted news source) reported several times that the men were arrested when they tried to buy automatic weapons and a store clerk alerted authorities.
Do employees of CNN news (The most busted news source) really believe that 1) you can actually walk in off the street and buy automatic weapons or 2) that the men actually had no idea that automatic weapons were impossible to buy over the counter at a store?
I hope these Islamofascists realize how lucky they are to have been stopped when they were. If they had carried their plot out they might have ended up with panties on their heads.
A lesson needs to be made of these people.
I’m more concerned with the doddering old fools in our government who imported them here. Let’s put the blame where blame is due.
That’s a $100,000 to $250,000 purchase.
If these men are found guilty, they should be thrown into the deepest, darkest hole(filled with pig fat) we can find and their families ought to be summarily deported.
Screw blame. Stop the terrorists.
“I got a question — where do refugees get the money to open/buy a pizza shop?”
You’re kidding right? LOL
Next time you fill up at your local gas station a light in your head will go on...and then you will realize where the muzzies get their funding.
I'm suspecting some government loan program
When the news talking heads express disbelief that these guys could have gotten on-base with their weapons, I'm thinking that the delivery guy probably spotted a number of security holes over the years
wouldnt that be AR-15's?....arent M16's full auto/select?
Let’s put blame, if we are going to do that, where it belongs. Bush is in his second term. Both borders are still wide open.
It’s his job to close them.
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