Map and man who got it focus of Dix plot case

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Map and man who got it focus of Dix plot case
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 3, 2008 19:06:34 EST

CAMDEN, N.J. — Guns may be more imposing, but a map has become one of the key props in the trial of five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers on New Jersey’s Fort Dix.

Jurors on Monday heard how a 2-by-3-foot laminated map went from a pizza shop near the base in November 2006 to the bedroom closet of one of the suspects when he was arrested in May 2007.

Prosecutors have said the map as important because it represents a concrete step the men took toward attacking the base — a suggestion that talk of an attack was not empty.

It’s also the item that most strongly connects of the defendants, Serdar Tatar, to the case.

Tatar and four other men — all of them foreign-born Muslims in their 20s who lived for years in Cherry Hill — are charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder military personnel. The other men are also charged with weapons offenses. All of them could face life in prison if they’re convicted.


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