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The Jersey Jihadists were convicted today of plotting to murder American soldiers at Fort Dix.
Just a reminder that this would not have been possible without the bravery of Brian Morgenstern, the Circuit City employee who blew the whistle on the terror plotters after seeing one of their training videos, which they had dropped off at [...]

“I am convinced that he is not as innocent as he’d like us to believe.”

“Now you see why we were going to sacrifice all for the sake of Allah in jihad.”

Jihad at home.

Thank you, Brian Morganstern, for stepping up to the plate.

Update: 1:45pm Eastern. All suspects denied bail.

Dix Six defense: It’s all the government’s fault
The Fort Dix Six were in court this morning for a bail hearing. Courier Post blogged from the courthouse.
You won’t be shocked to hear that the lawyers for the Jersey Jihadist suspects are gearing up to argue entrapment:
Attorney Rocco Cipparone, who is [...]

There were 10 young men in the Fort Dix terror plot videos. Six are in custody. Where are the other four? Haven’t seen this elsewhere, but CNSNews.com reports that the FBI knows the identities of the other Jersey Jihadi suspects. There is not enough evidence, however, to charge them. Keep an eye on this. More: [...]

The AP sent a reporter to the three illegal alien Jersey Jihadists’ hometown of Debar, located on Macedonia’s border with Albania. Relatives of the Duka brothers reacted:
“They must have been crazy. They shouldn’t dare throw a stone at America,” said Rrahmi Duka, 70, a distant relative of the brothers, as a loudspeaker blared Muslim prayers [...]

Looking out for you
I said it yesterday. I repeat it today: Thank you, whistleblower. Now, we know a bit more. He works at Circuit City:
A male employee who works at Circuit City behind the Moorestown
Mall is the unsung hero that first enabled authorities to foil the Fort Dix terror plot.
Circuit City corporate spokesman Jim Babb [...]

Yesterday morning, I noted early on that Fort Dix had been a refuge for ethnic Albanians from Kosovo. As I suspected, Agron Abdullahu, one of the Jersey Jihadist suspects, was indeed one of the thousands of ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo whom we welcomed there in 1999 (hat tip: Allah):
A trained sniper during the war [...]

Lots of interesting info and tidbits coming in on the Fort Dix terrorist plot, so I’m starting a new post.
Update: Clayton Cramer examines the gun law aspects of the case.
As mentioned this morning, the criminal complaint states that jihadi suspect Serdar Tatar delivered pizza to Fort Dix and that his family owned a pizza place [...]

Soldiers at Fort Dix: Targeted by jihadists
Update: The names of the suspects via one of the filed complaints:
Dritan Duka (illegal alien); Eliver Duka (illegal alien); Shain Duka (illegal alien)
Serdar Tatar (the pizza deliverer…his family owns a pizzeria near Ft. Dix)
Mohamad Shnewer; Agron Abdullahu
Via Allahpundit: According to CBS News, Shnewer is from Jordan and is the [...]