Fort Dix Plot Called "New" Form Of Terror

Federal Officials Say 6 Foreign-Born Suspects Were Their Own Terror Cell

(CBS/AP)  One drove a cab, three were roofers. Another worked at a 7-Eleven and a sixth at a supermarket. Their alleged plot to attack Fort Dix was foiled by another blue-collar worker: a video store clerk.

Six foreign-born Muslims were accused Tuesday of planning to assault the Army base and slaughter scores of U.S. soldiers with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.

The unidentified clerk is being credited with tipping off authorities in January 2006 after one of the suspects asked him to transfer a video to DVD that showed 10 men shooting weapons at a firing range and calling for jihad, prosecutors said.

"If we didn't get that tip," said U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, "I couldn't be sure what would happen." FBI agent J.P. Weis called the clerk the "unsung hero" of the case.

Authorities said there was no direct evidence connecting the men to any international terror organizations such as al Qaeda. But several of them said they were ready to kill and die "in the name of Allah," prosecutors said in court papers.

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Weis said the U.S. is seeing a "brand-new form of terrorism," involving smaller, more loosely defined groups that may not be connected to al Qaeda but are inspired by its ideology.

"These homegrown terrorists can prove to be as dangerous as any known group, if not more so. They operate under the radar," Weis said.

In the wake of 9/11, more than 400,000 names have come under one form of government surveillance or another, from watch lists to wiretaps, reports CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian.

Four of the arrested men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Jordan and one came from Turkey, authorities said. Three were in the United States illegally; two had green cards allowing them to stay in this country permanently; and the sixth is a U.S. citizen.

The six — Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, 22; Dritan Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; Eljvir Duka, 23; Serdar Tatar, 23; and Agron Abdullahu, 24 — were ordered held without bail for a hearing Friday.

Five were charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. military personnel; the sixth, Abdullahu, was charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigrants in obtaining weapons.

[inventagod2]

Funny how 30-plus pages of comments disappeared overnight, C-BS
Your true colors are showing, and the Bu$h ratings are in the single-digits.
We will never forget the attempted whitewash...

[frankinaz]

The last thing this country needs to do is to make things easier for potential terrorists: But that's exactly what happens when illegal immigrants sneak into this country, without any kind of background checks, and are allowed to stay here-illegally. They have no problem finding jobs, either, although there are laws against hiring these people as well. Although the Fort Dix terrorist plot was foiled, as long as people with terrorist intentions are allowed to trespass into this country and illegally remain here,another 9/11 or similar disaster is not a matter of if, but when.

[frankinaz]

The last thing this country needs to do is to make things easier for potential terrorists: But that's exactly what happens when illegal immigrants sneak into this country, without any kind of background checks, and are allowed to stay here-illegally. They have no problem finding jobs, either, although there are laws against hiring these people as well. Although the Fort Dix terrorist plot was foiled, as long as people with terrorist intentions are allowed to trespass into this country and illegally remain here,another 9/11 or similar disaster is not a matter of if, but when.

[tasmhs]

This is as clear an example as one can find about our insane immigration policies. These jihadists came here illegally, stayed for 25 years, and then when called upon to kill in the name of Allah, they were ready to carry out their plan. Wake up America!!!! We are at war with Islamic Fundamentalism!!! It is a global War on Terror, one that will take decades to win. Is anyone naive enough to think this is the only sleeper cell ready to act, or plotting attacks within our borders? Don't kid yourself.

[inventagod2]

20 pages of comments unkind to Bu$h, wiped clean by C-B.S. editors overnight?

Shame on you...

[toldyouso21]

Our government has told so many lies in this so called war on terror--who knows if this plot was real or just another made up piece of Bush propaganda to prove the terror scare and all the wasted money is worth it? Face it, the boy has cried wolf and flashed color codes and claimed foiled plots and litanized Bin Laden's name too many times--now--most just think that either it is true and we are relieved--or it is just another Bush lie--and we are relieved--that he and his cronies stopped at the lie and did not resort to bogus, framed attacks on America to make their case.

[inventagod2]

You have all been NeoConned!
This fear piece was written to control the mindless...

The Iraq oil invasion was planned before Bu$hCo cic 9/11. Big Bucks was the reason.

"British defense contractor BAE Systems Plc (BA.L) moved to expand its share of the lucrative U.S. military market on Monday with a $4.1 billion deal to buy body armor and Army truck maker Armor Holdings Inc. (NYSE:AH - news).
The deal is the second multibillion-dollar U.S. purchase in two years for BAE, which is now the No. 8 supplier in the world's biggest military market. Two years ago, BAE bought United Defense Industries, maker of Bradley fighting vehicles, for $4.2 billion."

It ain't ending soon, either...
Resistance is futile.

[hillaryin08]

Were These Terrorists Among the Albanians Clinton Brought to Fort Dix?

My God, folks, could it be that the Clinton administration set up the communications network for this? Brought them to our shores, set up the communications network? Just asking. The story doesn't say this. These stories are almost eight years old, folks, but may I read this to you again? Just this one passage: "Mrs. Clinton also announced the establishment of an Internet-based information resource to help the Kosovo refugees find loved ones. The computer system will be based at Fort Dix, New Jersey, military base now serving as a processing center for Kosovars coming to the United States." That is Fort Dix, New Jersey.

[hillaryin08]

Were These Terrorists Among the Albanians Clinton Brought to Fort Dix?

[giovanni1964-2009]

I tend to disagree with you Sohail Mohammed. You stated:
Sohail Mohammed, "But when the government says `Islamic militants,' it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous." Sorry, Mohammad, but until Americans see otherwise, Islam and militancy are synonymous. I have yet to see any Islamic leader speak out against those tarnishing the Islam religion. I don't believe the majority muslims are radical militaints. However, it's hard not to believe that if a muslim had to prove their devotion to Allah by killing westerners, they would have to problem killing westerners to prove their devotion. Islamic leaders need to do a better job promoting the good things about Islam to offset the negitive publicty it gets every day in the news.

[giovanni1964-2009]

I tend to disagree with you Sohail Mohammed. You stated:
Sohail Mohammed, "But when the government says `Islamic militants,' it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous." Sorry, Mohammad, but until Americans see otherwise, Islam and militancy are synonymous. I have yet to see any Islamic leader speak out against those tarnishing the Islam religion. I don't believe the majority muslims are radical militaints. However, it's hard not to believe that if a muslim had to prove their devotion to Allah by killing westerners, they would have to problem killing westerners to prove their devotion. Islamic leaders need to do a better job promoting the good things about Islam to offset the negitive publicty it gets every day in the news.

[giovanni1964-2009]

I tend to disagree with you Sohail Mohammed. You stated:
Sohail Mohammed, "But when the government says `Islamic militants,' it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous." Sorry, Mohammad, but until Americans see otherwise, Islam and militancy are synonymous. I have yet to see any Islamic leader speak out against those tarnishing the Islam religion. I don't believe the majority muslims are radical militaints. However, it's hard not to believe that if a muslim had to prove their devotion to Allah by killing westerners, they would have to problem killing westerners to prove their devotion. Islamic leaders need to do a better job promoting the good things about Islam to offset the negitive publicty it gets every day in the news.

[fucpelosi98]

So, bozo nazis.

How do you like the consequences of Cliton's ILLEGAL war against the Serbs?

Those whom Cliton and his pet pig Madeleine chose to support reward our country by trying to kill our soldiers. Nice.

And yet, the 'ho Pelosi demands that we pull out - not from defending the pimps and rapists of the KLA in Kosovo, but from the people of Iraq. Nice.

Nice to know that those who supported an ILLEGAL war of bombing innocents can sieg heil their way into supporting the reids and pelosis who betray our troops.

Just like the Clitons do.

Remember - 4 of the six roaches came from Albania. One of them a sniper in the "freedom fighter" KLA - true translation - Islamonazi Pimps, Thugs, and Terrorists.

Just the kind of guys Nancy is attracted to.

[fucpelosi98]

So, bozo nazis.

How do you like the consequences of Cliton's ILLEGAL war against the Serbs?

Those whom Cliton and his pet pig Madeleine chose to support reward our country by trying to kill our soldiers. Nice.

And yet, the 'ho Pelosi demands that we pull out - not from defending the pimps and rapists of the KLA in Kosovo, but from the people of Iraq. Nice.

Nice to know that those who supported an ILLEGAL war of bombing innocents can sieg heil their way into supporting the reids and pelosis who betray our troops.

Just like the Clitons do.

Remember - 4 of the six roaches came from Albania. One of them a sniper in the "freedom fighter" KLA - true translation - Islamonazi Pimps, Thugs, and Terrorists.

Just the kind of guys Nancy is attracted to.

[superpa1898]

Seems that the neo-nazis like waaayfedup and icepeni are up to their usual defense of free expression. Always for the bozo nazis - but not for those who oppose them.

The Muslim lovers and those who scream obscenities over Mark Foley but give a pass to Barney Frank and McGreevey got bent out of shape. Too bad. I'm back, and you'll just have to deal with it.

So, Bozo Nazis and Bush bashers, how do you like the consequences of another failed ILLEGAL war - this one waged by your heroes - the Clitons and their little pig Maddy Notbright. Did they go after Bin Laden? Nope. Did they bomb terror sites? Nope. Did they support freedom fighters? Well, if you call an Islamic terrorist organization full of pimps (the ones Nancy likes) and thugs freedom fighters, I guess you could say they did.

We waged a brutal, ILLEGAL war in Kosovo so that KLA members could come to this country to murder U.S. Army personnel. Kind of puts a new twist on the Democratic traitors assertions that they support the troops. FOUR of the six Islamoroaches came from Albania - one served as a sniper in that pimp and thug army. But hey, it was ok to send B-52s to bomb innocent Serbs, just as it is ok to station U.S. personnel in a land where those whom we supported are willing to kill us.

Don't forget to kiss Pelosi's anal cavity, and the Clitons too. Seems appeasing terrorists is better than killing them, according to the Democratic Party.

[radiob-2009]

The unidentified clerk is being credited with tipping off authorities in January 2006 after one of the suspects asked him to transfer a video to DVD that showed 10 men shooting weapons at a firing range and calling for jihad, prosecutors said.



And where are the other four and why are the authorities not pursuing them?

[leochar18]

"Islamic Militants" refers to the fact that they are seeking to kill in the name of their religion as their God's soldiers- therefore, Islamic Militants is the perfect term to refer to them. Who are you worried about offending? Terrorists....give me a break!

[Josh Grate]

Oh, just what we need, more terrorists, cept' this time, they're in America! They should sentence those guys to death to frighten anybody else who may want to join in the terrorism.

[Josh Grate]

Oh, just what we need, more terrorists, cept' this time, they're in America! They should sentence those guys to death to frighten anybody else who may want to join in the terrorism.

[Josh Grate]

Oh, just what we need, more terrorists, cept' this time, they're in America! They should sentence those guys to death to frighten anybody else who may want to join in the terrorism.