Dix plot trial begins today

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Dix plot trial begins today
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Oct 20, 2008 6:37:54 EDT

CAMDEN, N.J. — A jury will hear opening arguments Monday in the trial of five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at Fort Dix, a case the government has presented as one of the most frightening examples of home-grown terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks.

The five defendants — all foreign-born Muslim men in their 20s who have spent much of their lives in the southern New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia — were arrested in May 2007 and accused of plotting to sneak onto Fort Dix to attack soldiers. The Army base primarily trains reservists for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

No attack was carried out and lawyers for the men say there was no plot.

The men face charges of attempted murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses and could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted on all counts.

Government prosecutors are expected to portray the men as hateful to America and sympathetic to terrorists.


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