Cruelbreed
04-29-2009, 08:45 PM
Well fuck them, thank god they were caught.
April 29, 2009
3 Brothers Sentenced to Life for Holy War Plot at Ft. Dix
By REUTERS
CAMDEN, N.J. (Reuters) — Three Muslim brothers from Albania were sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a plot to kill American soldiers at the Fort Dix military base, which prosecutors said was inspired by the idea of holy war against the United States.
The men, Dritan Duka, 30, Shain Duka, 28, and Eljvir Duka, 25, all illegal immigrants, were each sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
The three, who operated a roofing business (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/nyregion/10plot.html) in Cherry Hill, N.J., were among five foreign-born Muslims convicted in December of planning an attack at the base, about 40 miles east of Philadelphia. The attack was never carried out.
The other two men who were convicted, Mohamad Shnewer, a Jordanian-born taxi driver from Philadelphia, and Serdar Tatar, a convenience-store clerk from Turkey, are to be sentenced on Wednesday.
Judge Robert B. Kugler of Federal District Court here said in sentencing Dritan Duka, “The evidence was overwhelming as to the guilt of this defendant.” He was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison.
“He showed not even the slightest bit of remorse for what he has done nor what he has put his beautiful children through,” the judge said. “There is no question in my mind that were he free, he would continue on this route.”
Dritan Duka read a statement saying he was innocent and a victim of a conspiracy by the United States government.
He said he and his brothers had been manipulated by one of their co-defendants, Mr. Shnewer, and by Mahmoud Omar, an F.B.I. informant who had infiltrated the group.
Defense lawyers argued during the eight-week trial that their clients were entrapped into making statements about holy war by Mr. Omar and another F.B.I. (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_bureau_of_investigation/index.html?inline=nyt-org) informant who obtained hundreds of hours of audio and video recordings.
During the trial, prosecutors called the men “radical Islamists” and said they discussed killing as many soldiers as possible in their planned attack.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/nyregion/29fortdix.html?pagewanted=print
April 29, 2009
3 Brothers Sentenced to Life for Holy War Plot at Ft. Dix
By REUTERS
CAMDEN, N.J. (Reuters) — Three Muslim brothers from Albania were sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a plot to kill American soldiers at the Fort Dix military base, which prosecutors said was inspired by the idea of holy war against the United States.
The men, Dritan Duka, 30, Shain Duka, 28, and Eljvir Duka, 25, all illegal immigrants, were each sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
The three, who operated a roofing business (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/10/nyregion/10plot.html) in Cherry Hill, N.J., were among five foreign-born Muslims convicted in December of planning an attack at the base, about 40 miles east of Philadelphia. The attack was never carried out.
The other two men who were convicted, Mohamad Shnewer, a Jordanian-born taxi driver from Philadelphia, and Serdar Tatar, a convenience-store clerk from Turkey, are to be sentenced on Wednesday.
Judge Robert B. Kugler of Federal District Court here said in sentencing Dritan Duka, “The evidence was overwhelming as to the guilt of this defendant.” He was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison.
“He showed not even the slightest bit of remorse for what he has done nor what he has put his beautiful children through,” the judge said. “There is no question in my mind that were he free, he would continue on this route.”
Dritan Duka read a statement saying he was innocent and a victim of a conspiracy by the United States government.
He said he and his brothers had been manipulated by one of their co-defendants, Mr. Shnewer, and by Mahmoud Omar, an F.B.I. informant who had infiltrated the group.
Defense lawyers argued during the eight-week trial that their clients were entrapped into making statements about holy war by Mr. Omar and another F.B.I. (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_bureau_of_investigation/index.html?inline=nyt-org) informant who obtained hundreds of hours of audio and video recordings.
During the trial, prosecutors called the men “radical Islamists” and said they discussed killing as many soldiers as possible in their planned attack.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/nyregion/29fortdix.html?pagewanted=print