The six foreign-born Muslims accused of planning a shooting attack at the U.S. military base included four Kosovo Albanian Muslims affiliated with the KLA, or the Kosovo Liberation Army, a Terrorist Jihad Wahhabi group. The U.S. officials say their arrests highlight how Islamist groups are using the Balkans region to help in recruiting and financing terrorism.

Fort Dix hosted Kosovo Albanian refugees in 1999. Eight year's later 4 Kosovo Albanian jihadists planned to attack this US military facility seeking to kill hundreds of US soldiers.