Friday, March 4, 2011

Two New Jersey Men Plead Guilty To Trying To Join Al Queda Group

The they are also guilty of Treason, and should receive the death penalty, after their citizenships have been revoked.

From Jihad Watch:

Two "New Jersey men" plead guilty to trying to join al-Qaeda group



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What is it about New Jersey? "Two New Jersey Men Plead Guilty to Trying to Join Al Qaeda Group," from FoxNews.com, March 3 (thanks to Sr. Soph):



Two New Jersey men have pleaded guilty to charges that they tried to join an Al Qaeda-affiliated group overseas.

Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos Eduardo Almonte entered into a packaged plea deal in a Newark federal courtroom Thursday.



They admitted to conspiring to kill, maim and kidnap persons outside the United States by trying to join al-Shabab, a designated terrorist organization.



The 21-year-old Alessa, of North Bergen, was born in the United States and is the son of Palestinian immigrants. Almonte, 24, of Elmwood Park, is a naturalized citizen who was born in the Dominican Republic. Both are Muslim....



The New Jersey case is one of the first to tie both Anwar al-Awlaki, an American cleric and Al Qaeda operative in Yemen, and Omar Hammami, an American-born member of al-Shabab, to a single plot. Prosecutors allege that Alessa and Almonte were inspired while listening to videos from both Awlaki and al-Shabab....



Posted by Robert on March 3, 2011 10:58 AM

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