In just one more “bite the hand that feeds you” example of how Islamists in the U.S.A. plan to pay us back for our appeasement and charity, here is a report from the
New Jersey Star-Ledger. Much more insight can be found over at Michelle Malkin where she does an excellent job of putting together the puzzle pieces:
Federal investigators last night arrested six Islamic radicals who were planning a heavily armed attack against soldiers at Fort Dix as part of a jihad against America, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
In a statement released this morning that confirmed an earlier report on nj.com, The Star-Ledger’s Web site, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said the men planned to “kill as many soldiers as possible.”
The alleged plot included conducting surveillance of the Army base and purchasing multiple firearms, including hand guns, shotguns and semi-automatic weapons, according to the federal complaint released this morning.
The bust came after several of the suspects were lured by a secret informant to a meeting with an arms-seller, according to the complaint.
Some of the would-be attackers have been living illegally in the United States, while others are legal immigrants, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Four are ethnic Albanians, one was born in Turkey, and a sixth was born in Jordan, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.Officials identified the men as Dritan Duka, Eljvir Duka, Shain Duka, Serdar Tatar, Mohamad Shnewer and Agron Abdullahu.
The six had been under FBI surveillance for 16 months and prepared for their alleged plot by shooting paintball guns and real weapons in Gouldsboro, Pa., 30 miles southeast of Scranton, officials said. They also allegedly watched jihadist videos in which Osama bin Laden urged them toward martyrdom.
“They were prepared to die,” said a law enforcement source who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the arrests. “We became increasingly convinced this was for real and these guys were ready to roll.”
The men had scouted out Fort Monmouth, Dover Air Force Base, Lakehurst Naval Air Station and the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard before settling on Fort Dix, a base that is used to mobilize troops to Iraq, according to the complaint. One of them, Tatar, had regular access to secure areas of the facility through his job as a deliveryman and knew “it like the palm of his hand,” according to the complaint.
The men - several of whom are relatives - had videotaped their practice sessions in Pennsylvania, according to the complaint. That videotape, in which they railed against America, led to their arrests.
The men made the mistake of bringing it to a retail store, seeking to get a copy burned to a DVD, according to the complaint. A store employee who later watched the tape called the FBI who began immediately investigating.
As they allegedly prepared for the attack, the men watched videos depicting armed assaults of U.S. military personnel at an undisclosed location, according to the complaint, which cited a federal witness who infiltrated the group.
The witness noted that Shnewer “seemed to enjoy watching the videos and smiled during the viewing.” Files in his computer contained what appear to be the last will and testament of two hijackers involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, officials said.
The men are expected to make their initial appearance this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Camden. U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie is planning a 2:30 p.m. news conference.
Officials at Fort Dix, meanwhile, are increasing security. The facility, which has been closed to the public since 2001, is one of the three main Army posts responsible for preparing reserve and National Guard troops for deployment. Nearly 100,000 troops have been mobilized through Fort Dix in the past five years.
“This is definitely a reminder that we are at war,” said Carolee Nisbet, a Fort Dix spokeswoman. “We’re trying to encourage everyone to be more aware of their surroundings.”
Yes, we are at war, and with what? It isn’t “terrorism”. The men arrested are not going around praying to “terrorism”, are they? These men aren’t willing to die for “terrorism” either.
And it appears we have an alert citizen or “John Doe” to thank for tipping off the FBI to this latest plot.
Stay alert, people. Islam is here.
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Saint Louis Machine Gun Ring Expands
stltoday.com/stltoday/news/storie...D1D862572CF000E919F?OpenDocument
Seven more accused of gun scheme
By Robert Patrick
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
05/02/2007
ST. LOUIS — Seven more people have been charged in a case involving the buying, selling or hiding of automatic weapons, an anti-personnel mine and other explosives.
The charges, unsealed in a federal indictment Tuesday, say it was a crime for profit but do not specify who the ultimate customers would have been. One of the newly accused men told a Post-Dispatch reporter in an interview three months ago that it had been part of a plan to sell weapons to local street gangs.
The first person implicated in the case, Mousa M. Abuelawi, 22, was originally arrested Dec. 29 and charged with three counts of illegal possession or distribution of a machine gun, and conspiracy to violate machine-gun statutes. He has since moved to Creve Coeur from St. Charles.
The superseding indictment in U.S. District Court in St. Louis names Abuelawi and seven others on charges including machine-gun violations, conspiracy, lying to the FBI and other firearms charges. Advertisement
The other defendants are Thaer Abde Sumad, 23, of Florissant; Mohamed Judeh, 20, of Maryland Heights; Abdikarin Warsame, 28, Charley M. Hunt Jr., 45, Darnell T. Thornton, 25, and Hussein Ali Nure, 29, all of Jennings; and Otha L. Baker, 20, who had no address listed in court documents.
The charges carry a penalty of five to 10 years in prison.
The indictment says that on Nov. 21, Abuelawi bought an M-16 rifle and a Claymore mine from a government informer, then sent pictures of the M-16 to others with his cell phone, looking for a buyer.
Abuelawi and the informer then met at the gas station in the 5700 block of West Florissant Avenue where Abuelawi worked, the indictment says. Judeh discussed the gun with Abuelawi, and Sumad kept it inside the gas station before police recovered it, the indictment says.
Sumad, one of Abuelawi’s co-workers, also kept the Claymore in the gas station before Abuelawi told him to give it to Warsame, the indictment says.
Warsame then sold the Claymore to Thornton for $500 and got $50 in return, the indictment says. Thornton allegedly sold it at a gas station in the 5000 block of Goodfellow Boulevard for $850 to others not named in the indictment.
Sumad and Judeh have been charged with lying to the FBI about the M-16.
Sumad was also charged with conspiracy, transfer and possession of machine guns, and receipt and possession of unregistered firearms.
In the original documents charging Abuelawi, Sumad is quoted in a meeting with Abuelawi and a government informer as saying that “he wants to buy as many explosives as possible because, ‘we’re going to war.’”
In an interview with a reporter in February, Sumad said he didn’t remember the comment and suggested it might have been a joke.
Sumad said then that the purchases were intended to supply St. Louis street gangs in a turf war to “make a few extra bucks,” but that he didn’t handle the weapons and was not involved in the negotiations.
Abuelawi also bought a Heckler & Koch MP5 fully automatic submachine gun and an M-16 from the informer on Dec. 27 at a gas station in the 6000 block of West Florissant Avenue, again sending out photos to prospective buyers, the indictment says.
He sold the MP5 to Baker and others, the indictment says. Baker left the station and tried to use the MP5, then returned it to Abuelawi the same day, the indictment says.
Abuelawi and Warsame then brought the two guns to the 9700 block of Medford Drive in St. Louis County where Warsame, Hunt and Nure agreed to store them.
Hunt and Nure are convicted felons and are barred from possessing any guns, the indictment says.
Abuelawi also discussed buying grenades from the informer, court documents show.
The guns and explosives had all been rendered inoperable by the FBI before being delivered by informers, and all were recovered, court documents show.
Attorneys for Abuelawi and Judeh did not return a message seeking comment.
Thornton’s attorney, Joel Schwartz, said, “It wouldn’t be prudent to comment yet.”
No attorneys were listed in court records for the other defendants.
rpatrick@post-dispatch.com | 314-621-5154
Well, see, look at that — dated May 2nd, and yet I’d never even heard this story. I hope readers are paying attention. These latest incidents are not only showing what we DO know about, but you should fully expect that for every one of these Muslims caught trafficking automatic weapons, explosives and/or planning terrorist attacks here in the U.S., there are no doubt more out there that have not had their plans curtailed, that are nearing an attack phase and definitely do mean to “go to war” against us. This is exactly the reason that I want Islam out of this country and stringent border and immigration controls. No more excuses.
Thanks for posting that link/article, Plague.
Foehammer, I also sent it to jihadwatch on 5/2 but it didn’t get posted.
I will continue to watch and will send them to you.
……..and to think that I thought we were “losing” the War on Terror. . . . . . . stevereenie