The father of one of the six men described as radical Islamists and charged with plotting to massacre soldiers at Fort Dix says the business he's nurtured for years is all but ruined since his son's arrest. My heart [urp!] bleeds. Really.
Muslim Tatar, who has owned Super Mario's Pizza for five years, says that his lunchtime crowd from nearby McGuire Air Force Base and Fort Dix has largely disappeared, replaced by empty tables and nasty words from passing motorists.
"Hey, Bob! Let's go have lunch at that pizza shoppe owned by the father of that guy who wanted to kill us all!"
"No, thanks, Herb. I'm eating at my desk."
"Now I am a target," the 52-year-old Tatar told The New York Times for Saturday newspapers, adding that his business is "99 percent dead."
Can we get a tissue over here?
| They targeted the Army post partly because one of them had delivered pizzas there and was familiar with the base. |
So Pop was screwed either way: if Sonny got nabbed in the process of preparing jihad, then his customers would find someplace a little more friendly to eat. If Sonny was successful then all his customers would be dead. Maybe Pop should just forget about it and sign up for a plumber's apprenticeship.
Five of the men are charged with conspiring to kill uniformed military personnel, an offense punishable by life in prison. In addition to Tatar, they are Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, 22; Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23, Agron Abdullahu, 24, is charged with helping illegal immigrants obtain weapons, and could face 10 years in prison if convicted.