Plot To Attack Fort Dix Foiled, Authorities Say

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Plot to Attack Fort Dix Foiled, Authorities Say

 

Mel Evans

 

Fort Dix is a training base for U.S. soldiers, particularly reservists. In 1999, it housed some 4,000 ethnic Albanian refugees during NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia AP

 

Criminal Complaint

 

Below is the criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey in connection with the alleged Fort Dix terrorism plot. Attachment A to the complaint is virtually the same for all defendants, according to the Department of Justice.

Read the Complaint

 

 

Authorities have arrested six men from the former Yugoslavia and the Middle East who were allegedly recorded planning an attack on the Fort Dix, N.J., Army base aimed at killing U.S. soldiers, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

 

The six, who also spoke of attacking U.S. warships, were arrested trying to buy automatic weapons from undercover FBI agents, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey.

 

"This was a serious plot put together by people who were intent on harming Americans," U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said.

 

Four of the men were born in the former Yugoslavia and two others were from Jordan and Turkey. Five of the accused lived in Cherry Hill, 10 miles east of Philadelphia and 20 miles from Fort Dix, federal officials said.

 

Now whenever turks start bragging about asala, instead of fruitlessly trying to explain them the details, just throw this into their face. (as if other things were not enough)

Edited May 8, 2007 by hytga