N.J. man pleads guilty to weapons charges in Fort Dix plot

N.J. man pleads guilty to weapons charges in Fort Dix plot


A New Jersey man man pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing weapons to a group of foreign-born Muslims accused of plotting an assault on Fort Dix.
Agron Abdullahu, a 25-year-old bakery worker, pleaded guilty to weapons charges in U.S. District Court in Camden, N.J. He faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 6.
Abdullahu, who was born in the province of Kosovo in what is now Serbia, was among six men arrested in May in the case.
Investigators said he played the smallest role in the alleged plot. At one time he warned the others that it would be against Islam to kill civilians and that it would be "crazy" to attack the Army base, authorities said.
Prosecutors said the plot was uncovered when a Circuit City clerk told authorities that a man had asked him to dub a videotape onto a DVD. That tape showed 10 men shooting weapons at a firing range and calling for jihad, authorities said.
Also arrested were Shain and Eljivir Duka, brothers from the former Yugoslavia; Serder Tatar, who was born in Turkey; and Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, a Jordanian immigrant.
They are all charged with conspiring to kill military personnel, an offense punishable by life in prison.