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Dec 16, 2008 6:58 pm US/Eastern

Jury Ready To Deliberate In Fort Dix Plot Trial

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) ― A federal jury is ready to begin deliberating the case of five men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix in New Jersey.

The case was given to the jury Tuesday evening after nearly a month's worth of testimony and arguments. Jurors said they wanted to wait until Wednesday to begin deliberating. They will be sequestered.

The suspects are all foreign-born Muslim men who lived for years in a Philadelphia suburb. They face life in prison if convicted of the most serious counts. Those include conspiracy to kill military personnel and attempted murder.

Their lawyers argue they were not seriously planning anything and say two paid FBI informants prodded them.

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