Michelle Malkin » Fort Dix Six update: Gun supplier pleads guilty

Fort Dix Six update: Gun supplier pleads guilty

By Michelle Malkin • October 31, 2007 11:24 AM

Newhouse News Service reports the latest development in the Fort Dix Six jihadi plot:

A Monroe Township supermarket worker accused of arming a band of immigrant Muslims intent on attacking Fort Dix will plead guilty today to weapons charges, his attorney said.

Agron Abdullahu of Collings Lakes in Atlantic County will admit to conspiring to help illegal immigrants obtain or possess weapons, federal public defender Richard Coughlin said. The crime carries a maximum term of five years, but his attorneys previously have said the federal guidelines for the crime suggest a sentence of less than two years.

Abdullahu’s decision to plead guilty is not expected to drastically alter the case. Since his arrest with the others in May, prosecutors have emphasized Abdullahu was not accused of participating in the overarching plot to kill U.S. soldiers. And, his attorney said, he is not cooperating with investigators.

A 24-year-old ethnic Albanian who fled Kosovo in 1999, Abdullahu settled with his family in Buena Vista and worked at a local ShopRite. As a legal U.S. resident, he was the only defendant capable of buying guns. Prosecutors say he helped train the others at a firing range in northeast Pennsylvania in 2006 and 2007.

Look for the CAIR types to downplay or ignore this guilty plea. They’ll seize on Abdullahu’s lawyers’ spin that he had nothing to do with the jihadi designs.

I remind you of Abdullahu’s lovely sentiments about our FBI:

Drawings found in the prison cell of a man suspected of plotting to attack Fort Dix suggest that he wants to seek revenge against FBI agents and should remain in custody, prosecutors said Monday.

The drawings—include one with the letters “FBI” and a gun pointing to them—are another reason that Agron Abdullahu should not be released from custody as he awaits trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in legal documents filed Monday.

Abdullahu seemed to be thinking about “seeking revenge against the FBI agents who caused him to be imprisoned in the first place,” they wrote. “Releasing Abdullahu now would not only endanger the community at large, but also the agents who investigated this case.”

Guards at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia found the FBI drawing and another in the one-person cell where Abdullahu is being held.

The other drawing was of the phrase—”Rainca Kosava UCK.” Prosecutors contend that it refers to the Kosovo Liberation Army, which they say has links to some terrorist groups. Authorities said Abdullahu admitted to drawing the graffiti and explained that “Rainca” was the town where he was born.

The government said the drawings were etched with the screw from a light switch plate onto the door of Abdullahu’s cell.

Just a poor, oppressed, misunderstood soul…

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#1

On October 31st, 2007 at 11:30 am, James Felix said:

…conspiring to help illegal immigrants obtain or possess weapons…

Just attempting to murder the US Servicemen that Americans refuse to attempt to murder.
#2

On October 31st, 2007 at 11:48 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

Where exactly does he intend to go if the US (here at home) is engaged in a war similar to what he fled?

A 24-year-old ethnic Albanian who fled Kosovo in 1999,

Lock him and throw away the key…
#3

On October 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm, josetheguerilla said:

The crime carries a maximum term of five years, but his attorneys previously have said the federal guidelines for the crime suggest a sentence of less than two years.NNS

Two years? He should get at least ten.
#4

On October 31st, 2007 at 12:42 pm, yt1300inHtown said:

How dare we judge his culture and religion? We should be more sensitive to his beliefs and stuff.
#5

On October 31st, 2007 at 12:42 pm, LC said:

I’ll see your ten and raise you 30.
#6

On October 31st, 2007 at 12:47 pm, shooter said:

Just a poor, oppressed, misunderstood soul…

Isn’t this the type some refer to as “youths”?
#7

On October 31st, 2007 at 12:48 pm, shooter said:

Two years? He should get at least ten.

TWO? Well… maybe, if the two were his last two.
#8

On October 31st, 2007 at 12:53 pm, BrianNY said:

I’ll never forget Keith Olbergong’s diatribe after these NJ Jihadists were caught last summer. He basically rolled his eyes up into his eyebrows like a constipated frog (I know, frogs don’t have eyebrows)and fumed that Republicans create “terrorism” out of everything.
#9

On October 31st, 2007 at 1:14 pm, J S Ragman said:

Find a few more crimes to charge him with (shouldn’t be too hard).

Sentence him to the max for those.

Then revoke his legal status and deport him and his family back to Kosovo, where he can re-join the jihad.

That might make him a little more cooperative.
#10

On October 31st, 2007 at 4:05 pm, twoninerkilo said:

Hang the b@$tard.
#11

On October 31st, 2007 at 5:30 pm, Leatherneck said:

Which religion of peace Mosque did the youts belong to? Perhaps, it is CAIR they serve.
#12

On October 31st, 2007 at 9:54 pm, Brent said:

What happened to the other 4 that were not arrested?