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The FBI used secret surveillance techniques to foil a plot by Muslim terrorists to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix, N.J. The terrorists are also reported to have consisted of at least 3 illegal immigrants.

FORT DIX, N.J. - Six Islamic militants from Yugoslavia and the Middle East were arrested on charges of plotting to attack the Fort Dix Army post and “kill as many soldiers as possible,” authorities said Tuesday.

In conversations secretly recorded by an FBI informant over the past year, the men talked about killing in the name of Allah and attacking U.S. warships that might dock in Philadelphia, according an FBI criminal complaint.

“This was a serious plot put together by people who were intent on harming Americans,” U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie said Tuesday. “We’re very gratified federal law enforcement was able to catch these people before they acted and took innocent life.”

One suspect reportedly spoke of using rocket-propelled grenades to kill at least 100 soldiers at a time, according to court documents.

“If you want to do anything here, there is Fort Dix and I don’t want to exaggerate, and I assure you that you can hit an American base very easily,” suspect Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer said in one conversation secretly recorded by a government informant, according to the criminal complaint.

“It doesn’t matter to me whether I get locked up, arrested or get taken away,” a suspect identified as Serdar Tatar said in another recorded conversation. “Or I die, it doesn’t matter. I’m doing it in the name of Allah.” - Yahoo News

The FBI was tipped off by an alert video store employee who was asked to copy a DVD that showed the terrorists undergoing Jihad training in the woods. All of this has the elements of international terrorist methods although the White House says there is no evidence that the plot was linked to an international terrorist cell.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said Tuesday there is “no direct evidence” that the men had ties to international terrorism.

The FBI was tipped off in January 2006 when a shopkeeper alerted agents about a “disturbing” video he had been asked to copy onto a DVD, according to court documents. The video showed 10 men in their early 20s “shooting assault weapons at a firing range … while calling for jihad and shouting in Arabic ‘Allah Akbar’ (God is great),” the complaint said.

Six of the 10 men on the tape were identified as those arrested in the plot. They were arrested Monday trying to buy automatic weapons from an FBI informant, officials said.

Christie said one of the suspects worked at Super Mario’s Pizza in nearby Cookstown and delivered pizzas to the base.

“What concerns us is, obviously, they began conducting surveillance and weapons training in the woods and were discussing killing large numbers of soldiers,” said Justice Department spokesman Dean Boyd. - Src. Fox News

Perhaps the most troubling is that at least three of the men were here illegally. This is yet another incident of potential terrorism linked to the inability of our leaders in Congress to do the simplest of things in securing the border. Instead these morons hold the border hostage for the corrupt purpose of using it as an election issue in 2008.

Four of the men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one in Jordan and one in Turkey, officials said. All had lived in the United States for years. Three were in the country illegally; two had green cards allowing them to stay permanently; the other is a U.S. citizen.

Besides Shnewer, Tatar and Eljvir Duka, the other men were identified in court papers as Dritan Duka and Shain Duka. Checks with Immigration and Customs Enforcement show that the Dukas were illegally in the U.S., according to FBI complaints unsealed with their arrests.

Five of the men lived in Cherry Hill, a Philadelphia suburb about 20 miles from Fort Dix.

“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. The men also allegedly conducted surveillance at other area military institutions, including Fort Monmouth, a U.S. Army installation, the official said.

By March 2006, the group had been infiltrated by an informant who developed a relationship with Shnewer, according to court documents. The informant secretly recorded meetings in August in which Shnewer said he and the others were part of a group planning to attack a U.S. military base, the complaints said.

If any terror attack happens on the grounds of the United States you need look no further than Congress. Their unwillingness to secure the border and shore up immigration loopholes has allowed these people to have free reign in our country. Every single one of the bums that have been involved in stalling immigration reform should be kicked out; no exceptions.

Michelle Malkin links to the court document detailing the complaint.

See Also: Update: Six plot to kill U.S. soldiers

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