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.”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/2650/jersey-jihadists-plead-guilty-to-al-shabaab
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“Jersey Jihadists Plead Guilty to al-Shabaab Conspiracy”
by IPT News • Mar 3, 2011 at 6:18 pm
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/two_would-be_terrorists_from_n.html
“Two would-be terrorists from North Jersey sentenced to two decades in prison”
By Jason Grant/The Star-Ledger
on April 15, 2013 at 6:43 PM, updated April 15, 2013 at 9:45 PM
SNIPPET: “NEWARK — A federal judge today sentenced Mohamed Alessa and Carlos Almonte, admitted would-be terrorists from North Jersey, to 22 years and 20 years in prison, respectively, while explaining that Alessa got a longer sentence because of his apparent deeper involvement in radical terrorist beliefs.
In a lengthy afternoon session before the sentences were handed down, prosecutors portrayed both men as ardent believers who needed to be put away for 30 years in prison to keep society safe.”
SNIPPET: “Alessa, of North Bergen, has dual U.S.-Jordanian citizenship, was born in the United States and is the son of Palestinian parents.
Almonte, of Elmwood Park, is a naturalized citizen who was born in the Dominican Republic. He was raised a Roman Catholic and converted to Islam.”
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