Posted on 05/08/2007 4:58:57 AM PDT by all4one
Terror Arrests in Fort Dix Plot FORT DIX, N.J.
May 8, 2007 - Six ethnic Albanians have been arrested in a plot to storm the Fort Dix installation in Burlington County.
Five of the suspects were arrested in Cherry Hill. They will be arraigned later today in federal court. Officials say it will happen in either in Camden or Newark.
Investigators say the suspects planned to use automatic weapons to storm the base and kill solders. The men were lured into a secret meeting to purchase AK-47s from an arms dealer, who was secretly cooperating with the FBI.
Officials say the suspects worked on a number of targets, including the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Fort Monmouth in Eatontown, and several Coast Guard stations.
Federal agents made the arrests when the suspects zeroed in on Fort Dix.
Officials say some of the suspects were caught on tape.
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Terror Suspects Arrested In N.J. After FBI Foils Fort Dix Attack
POSTED: 6:41 am EDT May 8, 2007
UPDATED: 7:31 am EDT May 8, 2007
A tip helped authorities arrest six New Jersey men Monday night in connection to an apparent terror cell, according to NBC 10’s sister station WNBC in New York.
Five of them were arrested in Cherry Hill, according to reports.
Investigators said the men planned to use AK-47s to storm Fort Dix and open fire on soldiers and civilians stationed at the New Jersey base, noting that other military locations were scouted by the terrorist cell.
Three of the unnamed suspects are brothers who are all believed to be Islamic radicals, according to sources. Some of the six arrested men were also born in Albania and the former Yugoslavia, but they have spent a significant amount of time in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to authorities.
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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 weapons 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. The terror suspects traveled over the last several months from New Jersey to the Poconos where they practiced firing automatic weapons, investigators said.
Investigators said the group discussed targeting numerous locations like Dover Air base, Fort Monmouth and several Coast Guard stations 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....
These Muzzies (radical militant terrorists) are a serious global threat.
The suspects were described as “Islamic radicals” by Greg Reinert, a spokesman for the United States Attorney’s Office. A law enforcement source told FOX News that all of the suspects are recent converts and were not born Muslims.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270601,00.html
Here we go - Bosnian Muslim was St. Lake City shooter:
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/yes-the-salt-laker-shooter-was-a-bosnian-muslim
Oh that one! Yes, that was St. Lake.
There was a mall incident in NY State or Pennsylvania too.
yes, bump
For the cubicle bound - are you serious? Did CNN say it was not terror related???
Oh, I’m sure. But NO One should be able to do such things and not be considered to be aiding and abetting.
Terror training camps in the Poconos, none in Iraq!
Thanks for the ping; I think you might be interested in my post at #198
dare i speculate on how many were named “muhammad?”
Wasn't that kid who shot up the mall in Salt Lake City an ethnic Albanian? And a Muslim?
Of course that was not a terrorist act. I repeat; that was not a terrorist attack. /s
No ties to any international terror groups, according to CBS News. It was homegrown.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/08/terror/main2773084.shtml
“Some of the would-be attackers have been illegally in the United States, while others are illegal immigrants, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”
And the difference would be........(sarcasm not directed at you, but at the world).
Hey youse.
I’m hoping someone captures the presser or at least fmails me the link.
We are all happy and safe just ask the liberal Dems that live in Utopia and are smarter than we are.
Get outta here. You’re serious?
Gotta run out for a gross of duct tape.
Hi HC
here we all are again...
:)
Oh, that's right. He was Bosnian Muslim not Albanian Muslim.
So there's no possible dots to connect. My bad for thinking that any shoot 'em ups in America are anything but random acts. /s
“There are no reliable statistics on religion in this country, which still fiercely separates religion from politics. It is generally thought that the majority of Albanians are Muslim,..”
http://www.northjersey.com/main.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz
Fort Dix speeds up relocation of Kosovo refugees
refugees and guardsman
The pace of resettlement has picked up, with 100 refugees slated to leave per day
June 6, 1999
Web posted at: 7:56 p.m. EDT (2356 GMT)
From Reporter Deborah Feyerick
FORT DIX, New Jersey (CNN) — The sounds of Islamic calls to prayer echo across Fort Dix, temporary host to thousands of ethnic Albanians who fled war-ravaged Kosovo. But the U.S. Army base will soon play final taps for the refugee resettlement program that should end this month.
“I feel like I’m in a paradise,” one Kosovar explained, as she described the base that has been a haven for about 4,000 refugees.
With nationwide settlement efforts in full swing, the military has no plans to bring other refugees to the makeshift village.
So far, 500 Kosovars have been relocated; about 100 are scheduled to leave daily. All the refugees should know by mid-June where they will be going, officials said.
“This was always intended to be a temporary facility,” said Michael Kharfen, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
After arriving at Fort Dix from camps in Macedonia, the refugees received medical checkups, security clearances and U.S. government documents.
Kosovars could become U.S. citizens
doctor & patient
The Kosovo refugees received medical checkups, security clearances and U.S. documents at Fort Dix
“We have a lot of work to here to move refugees out to various communities,” said Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala.
“The last time anything like this (resettlement program) happened was the big exodus of Vietnamese refugees,” said Kay Bellor of the International Resettlement Community. “The extraordinary thing is we did it. The U.S. has not done something like this in many years, and we did it.”
The United States has pledged to take in 20,000 Kosovo refugees through the summer. The others will go directly to sponsoring agencies or to live with relatives.
Voicing skepticism about the peace deal in Belgrade, some of the Fort Dix refugees worry about what lies ahead. Eventually, however, they must decide whether to stay in the United States or return to Yugoslavia. The United States will make either option possible.
Officially given refugee status, they can receive green cards to work in the United States, and apply for citizenship in one year.
“They’ll be able to stay in the U.S. and become citizens if they want to. If they wish to go home, we will pay their way home,” Shalala said.
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