Most of these news reports seem misleading to me. They say former Yugoslavia, but what they really mean is Macedonia. Macedonia is 75% Christian and 25% Muslim.

Unless I'm mistaken, majority of those Muslims are actually Albanians. So them doing terrorist attacks makes even less sense since America was helping their population last decade when they fought Yugoslavia(Serbia & Montenegro).

Forgive me if Im reluctant to take their advice at this point; Given the history of the thing, they're simply not credible.

Guess I'll go with Bithead on that one.

Admittedly, a lower level target, but in being so, one that will suffer a greater amount of casualties for it's lesser security.

Given it's proximity to NYC, the resulting news reporting is sure to generate wall to wall coverage for the next several cycles, at least, which tio my mind is the primary goal of any terririst act, anyway. The rsulting feeding frenzy would be the equivaent of a grand slam home run.

But no, Anderson, you're wrong.
OBL's worst nightmare is that America will actually respond in force to such things. The fervent hope on his part is that we'll simply capitulate.

What is it the left wants us to do?
Oh, yeah... roll over.

Guys ... THAT'S WHAT OSAMA WANTS.

See pg. 3 of this interview w/ Alistair Horne for ex:

Horne then sprung another one of his now-familiar sly rhetorical questions. "Do you think we were enticed into Iraq by Osama bin Laden?"

"Yes, we always assume that our adversaries are stronger than they really are," Horne said. "Except when it comes to Germany. Osama is rubbing his hands in glee. Everything's going his way."

Indeed, Fort Dix strikes me as a strange target, given that it’s not exactly the nerve center of the American defense grid.

Fort Dix is the mobilization Post for Combat Support Reserve and Guard Units going to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Training Area at the Installation where those soldier would be driving isn't blocked off by gates, but is rather connected to the local roads and towns with some houses and hunting areas in it.

It would be rather simple to target soldiers in Hummers due to the nature of the training area.

As has been reported since last night six Jihadists have been arrested in New Jersey for planning terrorist attacks against an Army base. Six men authorities described as radical Islamic terrorists arrested Monday night in Cherry Hill for plannin...

Now that much more is known about the six Muslims arrested in New Jersey, the spin from Muslims begins....

They could have also been waiting to buy the weapons until just before any attack. Why buy early when it could attract attention?

Again, the potential for a serious loss of life was very real. If a twenty something at Virginia Tech can kill 32 how many could six armed with rifles kill? Six religious fanatics? Six who didn't care if they lived or died?

We can shoot holes in their plan all day but that doesn't lessen the fact it could have succeeded. Bumbling idiots can do a lot of damage. They were looking to do us harm, that's enough of a threat for me.

They don't need to be smart to pull a trigger or make a fertilizer bomb. How about jump in a fuel truck and crash it into a school?

Apparently you have to be smart enough to buy the gun which these jerk offs were not.

See the appledumpling gang comparison? Let's face it when you can't buy guns in America you have a severe IQ deficiency.

Is there something in the water in redstates that causes people to inflate threats all out of proportion?

Anderson:

Right, Steve, but they were going to attack a fort.

Right which is the second part. Not only were they incompetent to pull off a school shooting kind of scenario but they were aiming at a target that would have reamed them.

Luigi: (Michael Palin) (looking round office casually) You've ... you've got a nice army base here, Colonel.

Colonel: Yes.

Luigi: We wouldn't want anything to happen to it.

I'm left with only one question: if we can't harden a military base, what target can we harden?