News on Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer

Men to be sentenced in Fort Dix plot case

2010-02-28T20:19:24Z

<div id="subtitle">5 men convicted in Fort Dix plot case to be sentenced; government could seek life in prison</div><div><p>Since they were convicted last year of conspiring to kill military personnel, five immigrants have been busy — and at times erratic.</p><p>Eljvir Duka wrote a letter to the judge in the case...

Defendant in Fort Dix case says he regrets 'lies'

2010-03-02T15:37:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Fort Dix defendant says he lied to FBI informant, is sorry it led to conspiracy convictions</div><div><p>A man who was among five Muslim immigrants convicted of conspiring to kill U.S. military personnel at Camden, N.J., after her son, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer and four other Muslim immigrants were convicted of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers in a case that tested the Shain Duka, bottom left, Eljvir Duka, Dritan Duka, Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer and Serdar Tatar in a federal courtroom in FBI informant says men didn't meet as a group to plan attack on Fort Dix</div><div><p>Five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers at Fort Dix hardly mentioned the military installation in the months before their arrest, a key government informant testified ...

Informant: 2 Fort Dix suspects weren't in on plot

2010-03-01T22:49:09Z

<div id="subtitle">FBI's informant says 2 of the 5 defendants in Fort Dix terror plot had nothing to do with it</div><div><p>The government's star witness in the case against five men accused of plotting an attack on soldiers at the Army's Fort Dix said two of the men "had nothing to do" with the sche...

Fort Dix jury hears fuel truck mentioned as weapon

2010-02-27T18:06:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Defendant, informant in NJ case taped discussing fuel-truck attack, shooting at picnickers</div><div><p>Jurors in the trial of five men accused of plotting an attack on a New Jersey Army base listened Thursday to recordings of one defendant discussing driving a fuel truck into a building and firing on people in a picnic area.</p><p>For the t...

Shadowy informant to take stand in Fort Dix trial

2010-02-27T20:31:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Key informant with a shady history to take the stand in Fort Dix terror plot trial</div><div><p>Defense lawyers for five Muslim men charged with planning to kill soldiers at Fort Dix are preparing to challenge the credibility of a shadowy ex-convict who secretly recorded their clients.</p><p>Prosecutors say paid informant

Feds say Fort Dix suspects sought other targets

2010-02-28T10:28:51Z

<div id="subtitle">Prosecutors say alleged Fort Dix terror plotters had designs on White House, Capitol</div><div><p>One of the five men awaiting trial on charges alleging they plotted an armed attack on soldiers training at Fort Dix discussed other targets including the White House and Capitol, prosecutors claim in court filings.&a...

US: Don't drop jihad references from charges

2010-03-04T11:44:59Z

<div id="subtitle">US says it shouldn't have to drop references to al-Qaida, jihad from in Fort Dix plot case</div><div><p>Federal prosecutors say they should not be forced to drop references to al-Qaida and jihad from the indictment of five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers on Fort Dix.</p><p>Lawyers for the ...