2007 Fort Dix attack plot

The 2007 Fort Dix attack plot involved a group of six radical Muslim individuals who were found guilty of conspiring to stage an attack against U.S. Military personnel stationed at <a href="/facts/Fort_Dix/4Nhwm0vF">Fort Dix</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Jersey/pI5k19S7">New Jersey</a>.
The men were arrested by the <a href="/facts/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation/UY93jwX6">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> (FBI) on May 8, 2007, and were prosecuted in <a href="/facts/U.S._Attorney_for_the_District_of_New_Jersey/zQ66okBV">federal court</a> in October 2008. On December 22, 2008, five were found guilty of <a href="/facts/Conspiracy_to_commit_murder/hrL33Kmk">conspiracy to commit murder</a> in their intentions to kill U.S. military personnel; four received life sentences, while one received 33 years in prison. The remaining member was thought to have had a minor role in the plot and was sentenced to five years in prison for weapons offenses.
Critics accuse the FBI of <a href="/facts/Entrapment/1DyTavGS">entrapment</a>, saying the FBI informants created the conspiracy. The FBI used two foreign informants who were in the United States illegally with criminal records to befriend the men. These informants received payment and help with their legal residency status. In addition, they point to issues such as the ineffective assistance of their lawyers, the lack of impartiality of the judge, and the absence of explicit evidence of participation in the alleged plot. Mahmoud Omar, an FBI informant and key witness in the case later claimed that the Dukas were "people and good" and said the brothers were innocent. Due to the case, the three Duka brothers, Shnewer, and Abdullahu have been referred to as the Fort Dix Five.

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2007 Fort Dix attack plot