OneNewsNow.com
May 9, 2007
One of America's leading experts on Islam says the arrest of six suspected Islamic terrorists accused of plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, should erase any doubts about "the evil intent of those who practice that religion." The six men were secretly videotaped boasting that they wanted to kill as many U.S. soldiers as possible in the name of Allah.
Tapes made by an FBI informant also allegedly recorded the men talking about attacking U.S. warships that might dock in Philadelphia. Four of the six Muslim men arrested were originally from Yugoslavia and two from the Middle East, though all had lived in the United States for years.
According to an Associated Press report, three of the men were in the U.S. illegally, while two held green cards authorizing them to remain in the U.S. permanently, and the other is a U.S. citizen. The six were arrested Monday night attempting to buy AK-47s, M-16s, and other weapons from an FBI informant.
Robert Spencer is director of Jihad Watch, a project of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He says there is no doubt that these six men, who now face charges of conspiracy to kill U.S. servicemen, were "inspired by their commitment to Islam. It was their piety that led them to pursue this plot because they believed that this was what they had to do in order to be serving Allah most effectively."
This is not the first time law enforcement has thwarted a major terrorist plot since September 11, 2001, Spencer notes. There has been an attempted attack "against the Sears Tower," he points out, "one against the Brooklyn Bridge, one to take down ten airplanes at once -- all at the same time over various places -- one in Canada to blow up the Parliament building and other major structures in Canada."
These foiled terrorist plots are "just a few of many, many law enforcement success that we've seen since 9/11," Spencer says, and he hopes this will continue. However, he adds, it would be foolish to think that U.S. law enforcement is always going to have a 100 percent success rate in foiling terrorist plots.
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