Attempted murder charges added in Dix case

Attempted murder charges added in Dix case
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 16, 2008 7:14:48 EST

HADDONFIELD, N.J. — Five foreign-born Muslims face new charges, including attempted murder, in a case where they stand accused of planning an attack on the U.S. military training base Fort Dix last year.

In a federal indictment handed up Tuesday in U.S. District Court, a grand jury said there was evidence that the men — three ethnic Albanians from the former Yugoslavia, a Jordanian and a Turk — tried to kill uniformed members of the military.

The five previously had been charged with conspiracy to commit an attack. That conspiracy charge remains.

Greg Reinert, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, would not discuss why the new charges were added.

Lawyers for the men said they had expected more charges.


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