Six men have been arrested and charged in connection with a terrorist plot to attack American soldiers at the Fort Dix Army base in the northeastern U.S. state of New Jersey. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from Washington.

U.S. law enforcement officials say the men planned for more than a year to attack Fort Dix with the goal of killing at least 100 American soldiers using rocket propelled grenades and automatic weapons.

The men were arrested after they tried to buy AK-47 automatic rifles and semi-automatic M-16s from an undercover informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

U.S. officials say four of the men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one in Jordan and one in Turkey. All have been living in the United States for a long time, some legally in the country while others are illegal immigrants.

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