www.justice.gov/usao/nj/press/press/files/pdffiles/Alessa,%20Mohamed%20and%20Almonte,%20Carlos%20Plea%20PR.pdf
www.justice.gov/usao/nj/press/press/files/pdffiles/Alessa,%20Mohamed%20Information.pdf
www.justice.gov/usao/nj/press/press/files/pdffiles/Almonte,%20Carlos%20Information.pdf
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/03/new-jersey-men-plead-guilty-trying-join-al-qaeda-group/
“Two New Jersey Men Plead Guilty to Trying to Join Al Qaeda Group”
Published March 03, 2011
SNIPPET: “Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos Eduardo Almonte entered into a packaged plea deal in a Newark federal courtroom Thursday.
They admitted to conspiring to kill, maim and kidnap persons outside the United States by trying to join al-Shabab, a designated terrorist organization.
The 21-year-old Alessa, of North Bergen, was born in the United States and is the son of Palestinian immigrants. Almonte, 24, of Elmwood Park, is a naturalized citizen who was born in the Dominican Republic. Both are Muslim.”