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Fort Dix Plot Draws Out 'Lone-Wolf' Terrorists

With Al-Qaeda lying low, officials fear a new crop of home-grown jihadists

By J. Kelman,  Newser User

Posted May 9, 2007 11:43 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The foiled Fort Dix plot revealed the one thing U.S. intelligence agencies least wanted to see, report Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball: evidence of an emerging home-grown jihadist movement. The would-be terrorists were "lone-wolf" operators, who drew inspiration from online videos and instruction manuals rather than taking orders from groups like Al-Qaeda.

In the wake of 9/11, with Al-Qaeda burrowed underground, law enforcement and the intelligence community have anticipated the rise of new, unaffiliated groups like the Fort Dix plotters. “This is what we have been expecting for some time,” says a counterterrorism analyst.

Brothers Eljvir Duka, left, and Shain Duka are seen in an artist's drawing during a court appearance at the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. The Dukas are among six foreign-born Muslims who were arrested and accused Tuesday of plotting to attack the Army's...
Brothers Eljvir Duka, left, and Shain Duka are seen in an artist's drawing during a court appearance at the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. The Dukas are among six foreign-born...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, center, surrounded by federal and state police officials, holds a news conference on the steps of the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 8, 2007, to announce the arrests of six foreign-born Muslims who are accused of plotting to attack the...
U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, center, surrounded by federal and state police officials, holds a news conference on the steps of the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 8, 2007,...   (Associated Press)
Agron Abdullahu is seen in an artist's drawing during a court appearance at the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Abdullahu is one of six foreign-born Muslims who were arrested and accused Tuesday of plotting to attack the Army's Fort Dix and massacre scores...
Agron Abdullahu is seen in an artist's drawing during a court appearance at the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Abdullahu is one of six foreign-born Muslims who were arrested...   (Associated Press)
Dritan Duka, second from left, is seen in an artist's drawing during a court appearance before Magistrate Joel Schneider, right, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Duka is one of six foreign-born Muslims who were arrested and accused Tuesday of plotting to...
Dritan Duka, second from left, is seen in an artist's drawing during a court appearance before Magistrate Joel Schneider, right, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, May 8, 2007....   (Associated Press)
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