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Federal court finds 5 guilty of Fort Dix conspiracy

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Five men were found guilty Monday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey of plotting to kill US soldiers at Fort Dix. The five men, Serdar Tatar, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, Dritan Duka, Eljvir Duka, and Shain Duka, were acquitted of attempted murder, but were convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and weapons offenses. The defense had argued that there was no plot, but the government paid informants to get the accused to discuss one. Prosecutors maintained that although the men had no ties to any terrorist organization, they were inspired by al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden and were planning an attack. The men face a sentence of up to life in prison. The five suspects were arrested in May 2007 for allegedly plotting to sneak onto the New Jersey military base and kill soldiers. They pleaded not guilty in January. Their trial began in October. In March, an accomplice, Agron Abdullahu, was sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to provide firearms and ammunitions to the other five men.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).