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 10s 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....
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. Attorneys 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. Attorneys 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.
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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