Gov’t rests in Fort Dix terror plot case

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Gov’t rests in Fort Dix terror plot case
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Dec 9, 2008 18:01:15 EST

CAMDEN, N.J. — After 25 days of presenting evidence against five men accused of planning to kill American soldiers at New Jersey’s Fort Dix, prosecutors rested their case Tuesday.

Defense lawyers said they will call only a few witnesses Wednesday, clearing the way for closing arguments to begin early next week. Deliberations could begin as early as Dec. 16.

The defendants are not expected to testify.

The suspects — five foreign-born Muslim men who spent years in the comfortable Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill — face charges including attempted murder and conspiracy to kill military personnel. If convicted, they could be sentenced to life in prison.

No plot was carried out before the men — Mohamad Shnewer, Serdar Tatar and brothers Dritan, Eljvir and Shain Duka — were arrested in May 2007; all were in their 20s at the time.


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