Attack on military base averted?

Image courtesy: Somerset, NJ Police

In the wake of the terrorist attack on Fort Hood and plot against Fort Dix, it is clear al Qaeda is targeting U.S. military installations in the homeland. This morning, an alarming story is coming to light about a northern Virginia man arrested in central New Jersey wearing a bulletproof vest. While the FBI has not found any apparent links to terrorism, police said the suspect had an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, as well as the map of an unidentified U.S. military installation.

CNN reports 43-year-old Lloyd Woodson also had a police scanner, grenade launcher, and Middle Eastern-style headdress in his Branchburg, New Jersey, hotel room. While we do not know if Woodson is a terrorist caught planning to attack our troops on a military base, I don't know anyone who would have all those items in his possession other than The Terminator.

Police officers caught Woodson in a wooded area near a Quick Chek store, where a clerk had reported he was acting suspiciously. He was wearing the aforementioned body armor and also had an assault rifle on him, according to Somerset police.

WRC-TV in Washington has more on this troubling story.