The Star-Ledger is reporting:
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 website, 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.
As you can imagine, there’s a good deal of whatter about just why this particular target was chosen, since Dix, which it has a number of mid-level activities, is not exactly in the first row of targets.
The obvious answer is that being a lower level target, it is also a SOFTER target and thereby more likely to suffer casualties…. and given it’s proximity to NYC, is a target which will generate headlines, which is always the target of any terrorist attack.
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