Posted on 05/08/2007 4:58:57 AM PDT by all4one
Only if they are convicted of felonies...
Yeah, it's a real kick in the head that America's most prominent news organisations do everything they can to put terrorists in the most innocent light possible while shoveling as much dirt as they can beg, borrow or make up on our troops in our faces on a daily basis.
My sense of equanimity towards the press is being stretched to just about the limits of civil tolerance.
Fox News says at least three were illegal aliens.
A caller to the local radio station here says they were using Sunset Hill Range in Pennsylvania.
Good job!
Now let’s give ‘em a speedy trial before we hang ‘em.
Oh thanks I am going to check that out!
Hmmm... what would ethnic Albanians have against the US? I'm perplexed. They must be right-wing extremists.
You are very kind. Morons don't know what they are doing. You can't really accuse a moron of treason. Still, a major news organisation might consider it a matter of responsibility when choosing morons as employees.
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070508/NEWS/70508008
Terror plot training in the Poconos?
May 08, 2007
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — Six men from the former Yugoslavia were arrested on charges they plotted to attack the Fort Dix Army base and “kill as many soldiers as possible,” federal authorities said Tuesday.
The suspects were described as “Islamic radicals,” said U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Greg Reinert.
They were scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Camden later Tuesday to face charges of conspiracy to kill U.S. servicemen, said Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey. Five of them lived in Cherry Hill, he said.
“They were planning an attack on Fort Dix in which they would kill as many soldiers as possible,” Drewniak said.
A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because documents in the case remain sealed, said the attack was stopped in the planning stages.
Authorities believe the men trained in the Poconos in northeastern Pennsylvania for the attack and also conducted surveillance at other area military institutions, including Fort Monmouth, the official said. The official said that the men had lived in the United States for some time.
The six were arrested trying to buy automatic weapons in a sale set-up by law enforcement authorities, the official said.
State Police Capt. Al Della Fave said Tuesday that the investigation had been in the works for about a year. The arrests were first reported by WNBC-TV in New York.
Jerri Williams, spokeswoman for the FBI in Philadelphia, said U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie and J.P. Weis, special agent in charge of the FBI in Philadelphia, would release further information later Thursday.
Five of suspects lived in Cherry Hill, about 10 miles east of Philadelphia and 20 miles southwest of Fort Dix, Drewniak said.
Fort Dix is used to train soldiers, particularly reservists. In 1999, it sheltered more than 4,000 ethnic Albanian refugees during the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia.
After that war, refugees were allowed to return to the U.N.-run province of Kosovo in Serbia or to seek permanent residency in the United States. The U.N. Security Council is considering whether to approve a plan to grant Kosovo independence from Serbia under the supervision of the European Union and the United States.
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Associated Press Writer Matt Apuzzo in Washington contributed to this story.
Don’t forget the Bush adminstration is planning to bring in tens of thousands of Iraqis. How much do you want to bet that some of them are Republican Guard members nursing a grudge?
They are reported to be ethnic albanians, not arabs. Racial profiling wouldn't have helped at all here.
my....my....my....
As per that caller, Sunset is suppose to have pictures of the terrorists shooting.
I don’t know how he knows that; but what a great marketing piece for Sunset Hill. Gun range assists in terror sting!
Stick that to the gun grabbers!
I'm amazed at your intolerance. You must have ice in your veins you right-wing hater! /s BEFG ;^)
“Ft. Dix is pretty close to McGuire AFB.”
They’re adjacent installations.
How about we do some profiling and profile them right out of this country!
I'm surprised CNN didn't describe the terrorists as "six honeymooning men."
LOL Try to get on a base called Earle in NJ and see how fast the MP’s grab you up. Or try to get on the land that is used for the bombing practices and see how fast the helicopters come down on you and then the MP’s come get you... Have you personally been on a base in NJ by chance? Look every single state has it problems so just stop with the NJ lol stuff. This is serious. It could be your state next...Then will it be so funny???
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