NJ Terror Plot

Breaking news! Six men were arrested last night for a terror plot to kill soldiers at Ft. Dix, New Jersey.

From NBC10.com:

Investigators said the men planned to use AK-47s to storm Fort Dix and open fire on soldiers and civilians stationed at the New Jersey base, noting that other military locations were scouted by the terrorist cell.

Three of the unnamed suspects are brothers who are all believed to be Islamic radicals, according to sources. Some of the six arrested men were also born in Albania and the former Yugoslavia, but have spent a significant amount of time living and training in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to authorities.

All six men were expected to face terror conspiracy charges Tuesday in federal court in Camden, N.J.

Living and training in New Jersey and Pennsylvania!


[Update 05/08/07, 0845 EDT]

CBS reports that officials believe the plot was "homegrown" with no ties to al-Qaeda or any other international terrorist organization. Documents in the case are currently sealed. Also, I need to add this salient point made by Rusty Shackleford.

[F]ocusing on whether or not a particular terrorist cell is being directed by Ayman al-Zawahiri unintentionally misleads the public into thinking our only global enemy is "al Qaeda". It's not. It's the global jihad network.

You can take that to the bank.

Interestingly, the suspects were hoisted on their own petard, so to speak. The Star-Ledger of Newark reported that:

[T]he men had videotaped their training sessions in the Poconos. The video eventually led to their arrests as the men brought the tape to a retail store seeking to have it burned to a DVD, the newspaper reported, citing its source.

A store employee watched the tape and informed the FBI, the newspaper reported.

A news conference has been scheduled for 2:30 PM at the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden.


[Update 05/08/07, 1245 EDT]

The six men under arrest are identified as Dritan Duka, Eljvir Duka, Shain Duka, Serdar Tatar, Agron Abdullahu and Mohamad Shnewer. According to reports, one is from Jordan, one is from Turkey and the rest are ethnic Albanians. Three have been identified as illegal aliens.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.