Suspect in Fort Dix case denied bail
'I'm not really a bad guy,' he tells magistrate The Associated Press Updated: 11:45 p.m. ET May 17, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18728602/ CAMDEN, N.J. - A man charged with helping five men plot a terrorist attack on Fort Dix will not be freed on bail, a judge ruled Thursday. Agron Abdullahu, 24, had asked U.S. Magistrate Joel Schneider to be released from custody into house arrest. But prosecutors successfully argued he was likely to flee and was a serious risk to the community's safety. "I'm not really a bad guy," Abdullahu said. "If I could leave I would definitely go back to my old life. ... I would never do anything to harm this country." Abdullahu, a legal U.S. resident, is charged with helping illegal immigrants obtain weapons, an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison. "He was an integral part of the plan to attack Fort Dix," Schneider said as he explained his decision. Abdullahu was arrested May 7, the same day authorities rounded up five other men -- Ibrahim Shnewer, 22; Serdar Tatar, 23; Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23. In a court filing, the government described them as "a radical Islamic and jihadist group." Each of the five is charged with conspiring to kill military personnel at Fort Dix, a crime punishable by life in prison. Authorities said that while Abdullahu joined the others on trips to practice shooting weapons and told them about how to make bombs, he said he did not want to kill people. Abdullahu lives in Buena Vista Township, between Philadelphia and Atlantic City. He is an ethnic Albanian who was born in the former Yugoslavia. At the age of 16, he went to Fort Dix with his family as refugees from Kosovo. After settling nearby, he became a baker at a supermarket, where he worked until his arrest. C 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18728602/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
