A group of six radical Islamist^[1] men, allegedly plotting to stage an attack on the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey, United States, were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 7, 2007. They were subsequently charged with planning an attack against U.S. soldiers. The alleged aim of the six men was said to be to "kill as many soldiers as possible".^[2] Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... The phrase Islamic fundamentalism is primarily used in the West to describe Islamist groups. ... Map of Fort Dix in Burlington County Fort Dix is a United States Army installation located in parts of New Hanover Township, Pemberton Township, and Springfield Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (128th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... The United States Army is one of the armed forces of the United States and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

Group members

• Dritan Duka (age 28), Shain Duka (26) and Eljvir Duka (23), ethnic Albanian brothers from the town of Debar, Macedonia.^[3] As children, the Duka brothers illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 1984. They were arrested numerous times, but sanctuary city policies prevented their immigration status from being checked. [1]
• Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer (22), Dritan Duka's brother-in-law, a Palestinian cab driver from Jordan, who became a naturalized citizen.
• Serdar Tartar, born in Turkey, worked at his father's pizzeria.^[4]
• Agron Abdullahu, said to have provided weaponry instruction to the group; and worked at a ShopRite supermarket in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey.^[5][6][7]

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Preparation

Pennsylvania State Game Land 127

The six men traveled to the Poconos, where they allegedly practiced firing "semi-automatic weapons"^[8] at a shooting range in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania^[5] The shooting range, at Pennsylvania State Game Land 127,^[9] is operated by the state of Pennsylvania.^[10] A group of ten men [2]had recorded video footage of themselves shooting weapons and shouting the takbir, Allahu Akbar ("God is the greatest").^[11] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 667 pixel, file size: 801 KB, MIME type: image/png) A lighter version of this image. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 667 pixel, file size: 801 KB, MIME type: image/png) A lighter version of this image. ... The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) located in northeastern Pennsylvania. ... Walther P99, a semiautomatic pistol from the late 1990s A semi-automatic firearm is a gun that requires only a trigger pull for each round that is fired, unlike a single-action revolver, a pump-action firearm, a bolt-action firearm, or a lever-action firearm, which require the shooter... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Pennsylvania State Game Lands are lands managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for hunting, trapping, and fishing. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

On January 31, 2006, the men took the video to the Circuit City in Mount Laurel, NJ, in order to convert it to DVD. An employee of the store alerted authorities, and a full-scale investigation was initiated.^[5][12] An informant from the FBI infiltrated the group in order to gather information.^[13] The group's planning was caught on video and audio tape by federal authorities. They also trained in Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey.^[8] One of the suspects was allegedly able to draw a detailed map of Fort Dix from memory.^[14] January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Circuit City (NYSE: CC) is a Fortune 200 company, and the third largest consumer electronics retailer in the United States with over $11 billion USD in sales[1], behind Best Buy and Wal-Mart. ... Mount Laurel Township highlighted in Burlington County. ... Nj can stand for: nj (letter), the 20th letter of the Albanian alphabet Nj, Њ or Nje letter, the 17th letter of the Cyrillic alphabet in Serbian language The two-letter abbreviation for the state of New Jersey, United States Napierville Junction Railway (AAR reporting mark NJ) The pen name of... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or, incorrectly, Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Cherry Hill Township is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. ...

The men continued to hold normal jobs. The Duka brothers (Eljvir, Dritan, and Shain) operated a roofing business known as Qadr. Inc., Colonial Roofing and National Roofing. Agron Abdullahu, Serdar Tatar (a Turkish legal immigrant), and Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer (a U.S. citizen from Jordan) held a variety of jobs, including that of a taxi driver and clerk for 7-Eleven.^[5] Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... 7-Eleven is an international franchisor, licensor, and operator of a chain of convenience stores in eighteen countries including: Canada, United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico in the Americas; Norway, Sweden and Denmark in Europe; mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan in East Asia; Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia...

Five of the men arrested, according to news reports, intended to attack the Fort Dix military base and kill as many servicemen as they could.^[2] The sixth man arrested, Abdullahu, has been charged with aiding and abetting in the possession of firearms by the Duka brothers.^[7] The group revealed to the FBI informant (a conversation which was recorded) that the five other men intended to "hit a heavy concentration of soldiers [...] You hit four, five or six Humvees and light the whole place [up] and retreat completely without any losses".^[5] Map of Fort Dix in Burlington County Fort Dix is a United States Army installation located in parts of New Hanover Township, Pemberton Township, and Springfield Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey. ... Abettor (from to abet, O. Fr. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... This article refers to the Military HMMWV, not the civilian Hummer sold by General Motors The M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) is a military motor vehicle created by AM General. ...

The men attempted to purchase weapons from an FBI informant, including AK-47s, M16s, M60s, rocket propelled grenades, rockets, semi-automatic Sig Sauer 9 mm handguns, Smith & Wesson 9 mm, C-4 plastic explosive, and nitroglycerin. The informant told them that the weapons would come from an underground military dealer from Baltimore, Maryland who had recently returned from Egypt.^[8] Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g. ... M16 (more formally United States Rifle, Caliber 5. ... The M60 (formally the United States Machine Gun, Caliber 7. ... An RPG-7 captured by the US Army A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. ... US Smarties (by Ce De Candy) US Smarties (by Ce De Candy) In the United States, Smarties are a type of artificially fruit-flavored candy produced by Ce De Candy. ... Springfield Armory M1911A1 . ... SIGARMS is the American incarnation of Swiss manufacturing firm Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG), a company most famous for its firearms, as SIG Arms AG. SIGARMS was set up in 1985 in order to manufacture and import SIGs firearms into the USA, although as of 2000 it has been a... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... Smith & Wesson NASDAQ: SWHC are the largest manufacturers of handguns in the United States. ... Preparing C-4 explosive C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of military plastic explosive. ... A C-4 plastic explosive. ... Nitroglycerin (NG), also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, and glyceryl trinitrate, is a chemical compound. ... Look up Underground in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ...

Chronology of events

• January 31, 2006 - An individual brings a tape to a Circuit City in New Jersey for duplication and transfer to DVD. The video features 10 young men conducting militia style assault training shooting their weapons at a firing range shouting Allah Akbar. The Circuit City associate, upon viewing the contents of the video, contacted the Mt. Laurel Police who in turn contacted the FBI.
• August 11, 2006 - Shnewer travels to Fort Dix and Fort Monmouth to conduct surveillance.
• August 13, 2006 - Shnewer travels to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware to conduct surveillance.
• August 13, 2006 - Shnewer travels to the U.S. Coast Guard building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to conduct surveillance.
• August 16, 2006 - Shnewer travels to Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst to conduct surveillance.
• November 28, 2006 - Serdar Tartar, who had delivered pizza to Fort Dix before, obtains a map of the Fort Dix military installation through his employer's pizza delivery restaurant, which services the military base.^[15]
• February 2, 2007 - Dritan Duka, Eljvir Duka and Sulayman Shain Duka conduct weapons training in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania.^[8]
• February 4, 2007 - Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, Dritan Duka, Eljvir Duka and Sulayman Shain Duka review terrorist training materials.
• February 26, 2007 - Dritan Duka and Eljvir Duka conduct weapons training in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.^[8]
• March 15, 2007 - Dritan Duka and Sulayman Shain Duka conduct weapons training in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
• April 16, 2007 - Dritan Duka contacts an arms dealer (an FBI informant) for weaponry.
• May 7, 2007 - The FBI arrests six members of the group.^[8]

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Retrieved hard drive

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References

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External links

• U.S. dept of Justice Official release about the case