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5 Muslims convicted of plotting to kill US soldiers
WSN Network

CAMDEN, NJ: Five Muslim immigrants were convicted on Monday of plotting to massacre US soldiers at a New Jersey military base in a case the government said demonstrated its post-Sept 11, 2001, determination to stop terrorist attacks in the planning stages. The defendants were acquitted of attempted murder charges but face life in prison for conspiring to kill military personnel. The federal jury spent about 38 hours deliberating over the past six days. The men lived in and around Philadelphia for years.

The government said after their 2007 arrest that an attack had been imminent and that the case underscored the dangers of terrorist plots hatched on US soil. Although investigators said the men were inspired by Osama bin Laden, they were not accused of any ties to foreign terror groups. Defence lawyers argued that the alleged plot was all talk — that the men weren’t seriously planning anything and that they were goaded by two paid FBI informants.

24 December 2008
 

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