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05-08-2007, 07:55 AM
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Fort Dix Terror PlotSuspects Due in Court Today
FORT DIX, N.J. - May 8, 2007 - Six ethnic Albanians have been arrested in a plot to storm the Fort Dix installation in Burlington County.
Five of the suspects were arrested in Cherry Hill.
They will be arraigned later today in federal court. Officials say it will happen in Camden.
ABC News is reporting that Fort Dix was selected because one of the suspects, a delivery driver for a local pizza joint, had unfettered access to the base.
Investigators say the suspects planned to use automatic weapons to storm the base and kill solders. The men were lured into a secret meeting to purchase AK-47s from an arms dealer, who was secretly cooperating with the FBI.
Officials say the suspects worked on a number of targets, including the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Fort Monmouth in Eatontown, and several Coast Guard stations.
Federal agents made the arrests when the suspects zeroed in on Fort Dix.
Officials say some of the suspects were caught on tape.
Fort Dix is made up of 31,065 acres of land, with training areas bordered by the Lebanon State Forest, Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Center and selected Wildlife Management Areas.
(Copyright 2007 by 6abc and Action News. All rights reserved.)
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05-08-2007, 04:10 PM
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Country: | New Jersey. Just like the indian war days, storming the fort.
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05-08-2007, 05:12 PM
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Officials say the suspects worked on a number of targets, including the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Fort Monmouth in Eatontown, and several Coast Guard stations.
| Scary sh!t right there... Theyre everywhere.... I see the civilian work force of military bases becoming a serious issue now...
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05-08-2007, 05:44 PM
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Country:  | Thats pretty scary stuff
But technically isnt any attack on a military compund is not considered terrorism?
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05-08-2007, 06:25 PM
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05-08-2007, 07:22 PM
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Country: | They're going after a military target. Or at least, that was the plan for the 6 stooges. Said they were practicing in the Pocs with automatic weapons. I hear the Army does that AT Fort Dix.
Not to minimize it, but if they are going to attack any target in the US (and these knuckleheads have to attack something, that's the whole reason they exist), isn't an Army base the best place. Army beefs up security and studies their plans for base defense, that sort of thing.
Not like going after the Lincoln Tunnel or the NYSE, that would cause major economic damage. And the toll takers or stock brokers are not trained to handle automatic weapons fire. | |
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05-08-2007, 07:34 PM
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Not to minimize it, but if they are going to attack any target in the US (and these knuckleheads have to attack something, that's the whole reason they exist), isn't an Army base the best place.
| Timshatz, don't know if you're aware of it but next weekend is the airshow at McGuire with the Thunderbirds. They might have got lucky.
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Originally Posted by Njaco  Timshatz, don't know if you're aware of it but next weekend is the airshow at McGuire with the Thunderbirds. They might have got lucky. | Gotcha. Timing aspect of it. Cut loose a bunch of these assholes from the back of a pizza delivery van during the Airshow and you have a major league massacre on your hands. Crowds are pretty thick over there.
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05-09-2007, 08:20 AM
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Country: | Haven't been to the McGuire shows but Millville gets thick with humanity. Just assumin'.
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Country: | Most airshows I've been to are packed. Most people dig seeing airplanes whizz about. Pretty cool stuff. There is a little one close to where I live at a place called New Garden. Neat little airshow, occasionally have a Mustang or Corsair flying around. Also a F4F. And this one act called "The Flying Farmer" which is just about the nuttiest thing I've ever seen in an airplane.
Here's a link to it: Air Show -- Colonial Flying Corps Annual Benefit -- New Garden Airport
Big airshows are cool but I prefer the smaller ones. Less scripted.
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05-09-2007, 10:58 AM
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Country: | Smaller is better. That "flying Farmer" wouldn't happen to have been someone who grabbed a Cub and stats winging it around the airfield while the pilots on the ground yelling at him? Saw that one time and it amazed me. With the stunts they pulled, Piper should be listed as the first VTOL!
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Country: | I really should take the time and READ posts and check links before responding. That Flying Farmer IS the guy I saw! Freaking outrageous!
How far away are you from this airshow? I've never heard of it and it might be close.
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