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Yet he denies terrorism charges. At any rate, forget about the "inconvenience" of metal detectors in the airport; thanks to these jihadists, now playing paintball and hanging out around donut stores may soon be deemed suspicious activities. Fort Dix Jihad Update.
"Trial starts for Muslims accused of plotting 'jihad-inspired' attack on US base," by Tom Leonard for the Telegraph, October 20:
Five Muslim men amassed an arsenal of machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades for an al-Qaeda-inspired attack on a US army base, a court heard yesterday.The suspects may have trained by playing paintball but the alleged plot to attack Fort Dix in New Jersey has been presented by the US government as one of the most serious examples of home-grown terrorism since the September 11 attacks.
The five men, all born outside the US but resident in the country, were charged in May 2007 with planning but not executing the attack on the base, which trains troops for deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
At the start of their trial yesterday, prosecutors said the defendants were inspired by "jihad".
"Their motive was to defend Islam. Their inspiration was al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Their intent was to kill members of the United States armed services," said William Fitzpatrick, prosecuting.
The government alleges that in 2006 and 2007 the men turned paintball games into terrorist training sessions and met at places like Dunkin' Donuts to discuss killing soldiers on the army installation in New Jersey.
The jury was told it would see jihadist videos that the defendants watched and would learn many details of the alleged plot, including claims that one of the men went on reconnaissance missions at Fort Dix and other military installations.
The men, all aged in their 20s, have denied terrorism charges. They include three Albanian-born brothers, illegal immigrants who ran a roofing business in New Jersey.
The others are a Jordanian-born taxi driver and a Turkish-born convenience store assistant.
Their lawyers are expected to question the role of two paid government informants who made hundreds of hours of secret recordings in the case.
Addressing such potential claims, Mr Fitzpatrick said the FBI had to find people who would have credibility with aspiring terrorists.
One of the informants was interested in citizenship and the other was interested in money, he said.
The court heard that conversations recorded by the FBI included one in which Mohamad Shnewer, the Jordanian-born defendant, referred to being tailed by a car.
Quoting Shnewer in the recording, Mr Fitzpatrick said: "They are the ones, we are going to put bullets in their heads, God willing."
A sixth man who admitted supplying firearms to the group was jailed for 20 months in March.
Posted by Raymond at October 20, 2008 7:56 PM
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It sounds like some sort of "Dumb and Dumber" Islamic JIhad plot. Making plans at Dunkin Donuts? It would be funny except that they probably would have actually tried to go through with it.
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at October 20, 2008 9:06 PM
So what were they going to do with all these weapons, these islamlfacists? Gun collectors? Inspired by jihad and what else? Their desire to spill more American blood on our own turf, their desire to cause as much damage as possible to Fort Dix and the surrounding area perhaps?? This is another example of why we do not need any more muslim immigrants into this country! I am sure Obuma will put a stop to the trial and harrassment of these poor islamofacists if he gets elected. It is exactly these types of muslims that make it impossible for me to trust any of them and the evidence keeps on mounting up against them. So again, where are the moderates muslims out there?? Hello.... oh there aren't any that are willing to speak up against their own fellow muslims who engage in these horrible acts. Another reason to say NO to Obuma, NO to Cair and no to islam, in this country!
Posted by: PatriotUSA at October 20, 2008 9:12 PM
Fox 5 News called them foreigners and left out that key link to Islam and Jihadis.
Posted by: savsiv at October 20, 2008 11:08 PM
Fox newswas majority bought out last year by saudi arabians notice the less focua on islamofacists.
Posted by: spcbat at October 20, 2008 11:19 PM
The arms supplier gets "20 months"? surely that is a misprint and it should have read "20 years" ??
The rest should get 20 years minimum and then kick them back to Islamia. No citizenship, no visas, ever.
Posted by: Jimmy Bones at October 20, 2008 11:30 PM
Maybe that's why Rachael Ray wore a Palestinian kaffiyeh in an advertisement. Jihad runs on Dunkin'
at October 21, 2008 12:46 AM
Jihadists come cheap.
9/11 cost them little more than 150.000.00 dollars. One of them even sent back change to his family.
Frugal killers indeed.
Posted by: sheik yer'mami at October 21, 2008 4:28 AM
Another case of young disaffected Muslims being fired up with jihad probably aided and abetted by their local imam or caliph. It is about time that the role mosques play in inciting jihad is recognised. Mosques where radicals have been known to frequent should be investigated and closed down. This happened to a London mosque until our friend Abu Hanza was imprisoned and a more benign administration took over the mosque.
Posted by: Tommo at October 21, 2008 5:47 AM
A sixth man who admitted supplying firearms to the group was jailed for 20 months in March.
20 months? i'd would give him death. but i guess i'm not willing to see these get out of jail, and go right back to jihadi training.
Posted by: theygottago at October 21, 2008 8:31 AM
"The five men, all born outside the US"
Sometimes it is hard to say where they are born...
Posted by: LazarOfSerbia at October 21, 2008 10:12 AM
Spcbat, where do you get the idea that Fox News has a majority ownership by Saudis? (Fox News is owned by News Corp, for which I can only find that Al-Waleed bin Talal, through his Kingdom Holding Company, owns about 6-7%.
I'm wondering about that, in general, but also specifically in regards to Glenn Beck moving his show from CNN to Fox. If true, that makes me wonder if maybe it accounts for his backing off of (& hardly even mentioning anymore) the world's problems with Islam.
Posted by: Vee at October 21, 2008 12:13 PM
"an arsenal of machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades".
I do understand that many Americans own semi-automatic weapons similar to the M16, AK47, etc, and are legally able to do so, but how could these guys have legally obtained "rocket-propelled grenades"? Does that mean RPG7-type weapons ?
The point of my question is that if they could not obtain such weapons legally, then they broke the law by having them in their possession, and so should be doing time if only for that, regardless of what they intended to do with them ? I mean, claiming they were only for squirrel hunting would not be an acceptable plea?
at October 21, 2008 3:01 PM
Forget 20 years! They will be released and join the jihad against US overthere! Death is the common sense penalty.
Posted by: leatherneck7476 at October 21, 2008 3:44 PM
20 Months? Just long enough for a recruitment drive?
Posted by: flowerknife_us at October 21, 2008 4:58 PM
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