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FBI Probe Busts N J Terror Plot

A 17-month FBI undercover investigation has led to charges against six men who allegedly tried to amass a small arsenal for an attack on soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey. The men were arrested Monday night as they prepared to buy assault weapons from a man working with the FBI.
 

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