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Two New Jersey Muslims indicted on terror charges

By Kate Evans-Taylor

“If this can happen on a quiet little block in Jersey, it makes you wonder how many other terrorists are out there in the burbs.”- Terror suspect Carlos Eduardo ALMONTE 7 June 2010: Two New Jersey Muslims were arrested at New York’s Kennedy Airport as they were about to board flights on their way to Somalia to seek terrorism training from al-Qaeda terrorists. Mohamed Mahmood ALESSA, 20, and Carlos Eduardo ALMONTE, 24, were arrested early Saturday before they could board separate flights to Somalia via Egypt. According to the federal indictment, the two men intended to wage jihad ? commit terrorist acts in Somalia against U.S. soldiers and other non-Muslim targets. According to federal authorities, the two men planned to join the Islamic terrorist group al Shabaab in Somalia...continue to full post

Full post as published by Northeast Intelligence Network on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).