The Fort Dix Six Allegedly Had Bomb Recipes, Made Fun of U.S.

May 10, 2007 — -- What does immigration have to do with the terror plot against Fort Dix, N.J.?

Some say quite a lot. Six of the suspects, now known as the Fort Dix Six, are foreign-born Muslims. Three of them, Dritan, Eljvir and Shain Duka, are illegal aliens from the former Yugoslavia.

Another one of the six, Agron Abdullahu, a legal resident of the United States who worked in a New Jersey bakery, allegedly made disparaging remarks about the American effort to capture Osama bin Laden.

"He would say, 'The U.S., no matter what they do, cannot catch my Uncle Benny," Bob Watts, Abdullahu's co-worker, told "Good Morning America" exclusively.

Watts said outside the bakery, Abdullahu would show him bomb recipes he kept in his car. Still, Watts never thought the former Yugoslavian immigrant had ill intentions.

"The recipes are so readily available on the Internet, it's so easy to find things," Watts said. "This is a guy that I looked at as a brother and trusted."

The alleged terrorist plot was foiled thanks to the watchful eye of a store clerk at a Circuit City. Conservatives say that's evidence the United States needs tough immigration reform.

"This one guy…was the last line of defense for the U.S.A.?" asked Howie Carr, the conservative host of "The Howie Carr Show." "It's just the way things are with the political correctness, but the fact is three of the people were in this country illegally. You can certainly do something about that."

Conservatives argue that unlike the proposals containing a path to citizenship for the at least 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, immigration reform needs tough enforcement of current laws and serious border security.

As for Abdullahu, some conservatives ask if he should have been given legal status. He was a former sniper in the Balkan War and was allowed into the United States by the Clinton administration which sought to protect him from the Serbs.

Democrats say the comprehensive immigration reform bill they will debate next week will help with enforcement, but they reject the argument that the Duka brothers or Abdullahu prove anything.