6 men are charged in Fort Dix plot

CAMDEN, N.J. -- Foreign-born "radical Islamists" charged Tuesday in a plot to attack the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey were trying to buy AK-47 and M-16 automatic rifles when they were arrested, and authorities said that they posed a serious terrorist threat.

The six men were taken into custody Monday night in and around Cherry Hill after two of them allegedly tried to purchase the weapons from an FBI informant. They were ordered held without bail pending a scheduled hearing here Friday.

Details of their alleged plan emerged Tuesday in a criminal complaint and an FBI affidavit filed in federal court, as well as through law enforcement officials.

The video depicted 10 young men, including the six suspects, "who appeared to be in their early 20s shooting assault weapons at a firing range in a militia-like style while calling for jihad and shouting in Arabic "Allah Akbar" ("God is Great")," according to the FBI affidavit.