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COPYRIGHT 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer
Byline: John Shiffman
CAMDEN, N.J. _ Before a packed gallery at the U.S. Courthouse in Camden Friday, a magistrate judge ordered six men charged with plotting to murder Fort Dix soldiers to be held without bail. Afterward, their lawyers said they would plead not guilty.
The six, whose only visitors since their arrest Monday have been lawyers, searched for familiar faces as they shuffled into the courtroom, wearing green jumpsuits, pink slippers and leg irons.
About 30 friends and family waved. Most of the defendants smiled and waved back. Throughout the hour-long proceeding, women wearing hijabs cried.
Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Stephan Stigall called the evidence in the case "very strong."
In particular, the prosecutor described Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, a...
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