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Home Front: WoT
More on Fort Dix Terrorists
2007-05-09
The federal government has charged five alleged Islamic radicals with plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey. A sixth was charged with aiding and abetting the illegal possession of firearms by three of the others.

The men were arrested Monday night and heard the charges against them Tuesday in federal court. They will be held without bond pending a hearing Friday, according to Michael Drewniak, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey.

The video "depicted 10 young men ...
So at least 5 (10 in video minus 6 arrested plus cameraman) are not currently accounted for.
... who appeared to be in their early 20s shooting assault weapons at a firing range in a militia-like style while calling for jihad and shouting in Arabic 'Allah Akbar,' according to an FBI affidavit filed with the criminal complaints.
What kind of legitimate shooting range allows this sort of behavior? One hopes it has been identified and carefully watched for the past year.
Sure would be nice to know who owns the range, eh?
Two paid informants infiltrated the group, one in March 2006 and the other in July. Both of them "consensually recorded" meetings and conversations,
How long before CAIR, MSM, Surrendercrats and fellow travelers spin this as a case of entrapment of another little group of stupid, hopelessly inept wannabees, all set up to give the Bushies something to talk about.
See the CAIR statement: they weren't that dumb.
One of the informants claimed to have connections with an arms dealer who could sell the alleged conspirators AK-47 automatic machine guns (sic) and other weapons, according to the affidavit. Both took part in firearms training with the group, the affidavit said.
This will be claimed as proof that strict national gun control laws are needed - what could have happened if these guys had been somewhere besides gun-free NJ? Ironically, military bases may be among the most 'gun-free' zones of their size in the country - only 'open carry' and only MPs, sentries and other obvious carriers to avoid.
"They watched the blowing off of the arm of a United States Marine, and the room burst out into laughter,"
Can we blow their heads off? I need a good laugh.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said the three brothers involved, all with the last name Duka, were born in the former Yugoslavia and are illegally residing in the United States. It identified them as Eljvir, 23, Shain, 26, and Dritan, 28, and said the three operate businesses known as Qadr Inc., Colonial Roofing and National Roofing.

The other three men charged are Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, 22, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, a U.S. citizen born in Jordan who is employed as a taxicab driver in Philadelphia; Serdar Tatar, 23, of Philadelphia, born in Turkey, whose last known employment was at a 7-Eleven; and Agron Abdullahu, 24, of Buena Vista Township, born in the former Yugoslavia and employed at a Shop-Rite Supermarket.

Abdullahu is charged only with aiding and abetting the Duka brothers' illegal possession of weapons, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, the attorney's office said.
Hope we can provide him a good roommate.
The complaint said the group conducted firearms training in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, in the Pocono Mountains. It also said Shnewer conducted surveillance at several U.S. military sites: Fort Dix and Fort Monmouth in New Jersey, Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, and the U.S. Coast Guard building in Philadelphia.

It said Tatar acquired a map of Fort Dix and distributed it to others.
Posted by:Glenmore

#13  How are these guys NOT stupid.

When it could possibly be labeled as arrogance?
Posted by: Pappy   2007-05-09 21:36  

#12  FoxNews:

Three brothers charged in the alleged Fort Dix terror plot have been living illegally in the U.S. for more than 23 years. A federal law enforcement source confirmed to FOX News that the three — Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23 — also accumulated 19 traffic citations, but because they operated in "sanctuary cites," where law enforcement does not routinely report illegal immigrants to homeland security, none of the tickets raised red flags.

The brothers entered the United States near Brownsville, Texas, in 1984, the source said, which would put their ages at 1 to 6 when they crossed the border. The source said there is no record of them entering by way of a regular border crossing, so they are investigating whether they were smuggled into the country.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-05-09 19:35  

#11  "This will be claimed as proof that strict national gun control laws are needed - what could have happened if these guys had been somewhere besides gun-free NJ?"

The exact same thing that happened in "gun-free NJ": they were attempting to buy automatic weapons-- i.e., weapons capable of continuous automatic fire, and you cannot buy those anywhere in the United States unless you have a Federal machine gun permit.

In other words, the guns they were trying to buy are already illegal, EVERYWHERE in the US.

Posted by: Dave D.   2007-05-09 17:37  

#10  This will be claimed as proof that strict national gun control laws are needed

It's easy for gun dealers to screen out this portion of the population. Have them eat a ham sandwich and a beer in front of you while you discuss the latest playboy centerfold pinned up on the wall behind the counter. If they pass, then give them their gun.
Posted by: gorb   2007-05-09 16:27  

#9  The Salt Lake City mall shooter was also a Kosovar jihad wannabe.
Thanks, Clinton, you fuckin shit eater.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-05-09 15:28  

#8  Lest anyone forget: Fort Dix was the temporary home for Kosovar refugees back in 1999.

Who sez that the Kosovo intervention didn't pay any dividends in terms of good will among Muslims?

Hat tip: Rush
Posted by: eLarson   2007-05-09 15:20  

#7  wait a sec. they handed in a tape of their jihadi practice to a shop, to make it into a DVD for them?

How are these guys NOT stupid.

If they ARE connected to AQ, evidently they didnt get the tradecraft manual that Dan Darling posted a while back.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2007-05-09 14:40  

#6  Two comments:
...in a militia-like style What style would that be? Hip shooting?

three brothers involved, all with the last name Duka. Duka, Duka, Duka, Mohamad Jihad!
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-05-09 14:23  

#5  Three of them were here illegally. More reason to clamp down on borders and keep tract of who's here.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-05-09 12:32  

#4  How long before CAIR, MSM, Surrendercrats and fellow travelers spin this as a case of entrapment of another little group of stupid, hopelessly inept wannabees, all set up to give the Bushies something to talk about.

That was Michael Isikoff (Newsweek) yesterday being interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Also, apparently because there was no known link to "official" jihadist groups such as al Qaeda, it's not really important and the government has overreacted before and...blah, blah, blah...
Posted by: JDB   2007-05-09 10:52  

#3  The only down side of this is that the tip that set the FBI on them has been made public. This has taught others of this intention that sharing videos with patriotic Americans will cause mission failure. These are jerks, but they learn from our actions and make adjustments.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-05-09 10:40  

#2  And the obligatory...

The arrests renewed worries among New Jersey's Muslim community. Hundreds of Muslim men from New Jersey were rounded up and detained in the months after the 2001 terror attacks, but none were connected to that plot.

"If these people did something, then they deserve to be punished to the fullest extent of the law," said Sohail Mohammed, a lawyer who represented scores of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks. "But when the government says `Islamic militants,' it sends a message to the public that Islam and militancy are synonymous."

"Don't equate actions with religion," he said.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-05-09 10:39  

#1  I was reading all this yesterday and was wondering if the surveilance on them was good enough to let them try to pull it off, setup an ambush on them, and wipe them out. Might've sent a nice message to all the wannabes out there.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-05-09 08:54  

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