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Search results for "extremists" ...
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Sovereign Citizens Stealing Houses
The story investigated the criminal actions of anti-government extremists calling themselves sovereign citizens. Homes in foreclosure were being "stolen" by these suspects filing fake real estate paperwork at local courthouses.
Tags: sovereign citizens; anti-government; foreclosure; real estate; political movement
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Angry White Man
"An expose of nearly two decades worth of conspiratorial, racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic newsletters published by Republican Congressman and erstwhile presidential candidate Ron Paul."
Tags: re-election; Worldcat; extremist; libertarian; bigotry;
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Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America
Brigitte Gabriel is a former news anchor in the Middle East who is now based in Washington, D.C. The founder of American Congress For Truth, Gabriel writes this book as a cautionary tale, using her own experiences to make the point that radical Islam groups will continue to be a threat to the United States and its people.
Tags: Terrorism; Islam; radical Islam; religious extremists; Sept. 11, 2001; political correctness; Middle East
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright examines the rise of terrorist organization al-Qaeda, and how the U.S. intelligence community was unable to check it. Sources included Arabic press, captured al-Qaeda documents, jihadis and members of U.S. and Saudi Arabian intelligence.
Tags: al-Qaeda; Osama Bin Laden; terrorist groups; extremists; hijacking; terroorist attacks; Sept. 11, 2001
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The Abbeville Horror
Moser writes a shocking and moving expose of a shootout in Abbeville, South Carolina that failed to receive national attention. A family with extremist ties killed two local officers. Moser investigates just how strong those ties were and if the supremacists' violent past is really past.
Tags: Confederate; Confederacy; South Carolina; anti-government; activist; militia; patriot; extremist; police; law enforcement; League of the South; Ku Klux Klan; white supremacist
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"The Hate Within"
Oliphant visited the West Virginia compound of William Pierce, leader of the white supremacist National Alliance. The story describes Pierce's efforts to get out his neo-Nazi message -- which is anti-Semitic and anti-every other ethnic group. The National Alliance is on the FBI's list of potential domestic terrorists.
Tags: neo-Nazi; Nazi; Jews; domestic terror; William Pierce; National Alliance; extremist
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A House Divided; The War Within
Beirich and Potok report on the takeover of the Sons of Confederate Veterans by extremist hate groups directed by "a white supremacist lawyer and long-time radical right activist named Kirk Lyons." As a group of extremists has taken control of the board of the "heritage organization" with more than 30,000 members nationwide, the stories warn that some might abandon SCV.
Tags: racism; Civil War; discrimination; Confederate battle flag; minorities; African-Americans; soldiers
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Ordained by hate
The Joplin Globe reports on how "a sect of supremacists is sowing the seeds of racism in the farmlands of Southwest Missouri." The story depicts the radical beliefs preached by an extremist white-only group called Church of Israel. Women who fall into the organization's subculture are victimized as "breeders," and their children grow up without normal socialization, some becoming criminals in their adult lives, the reporter reveals. Another part of the investigative package discovers that the church owns nearly 1,400 acres in northeastern Vernon County in Missouri. Although the church has dropped its status as nonprofit, it still does not pay taxes on its property. A deed filed decades ago purports to give ownership over 411 acres to the Church of Christ, but the document turns out to be bogus.
Tags: cults; radical right; domestic terrorism; FBI; Centennial Olympic Park bombing; violence Ku Klux Klan; pastors; the Church of Our Christian Heritage; anti-Semitism; Christian Patriot Movement; racism
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As Pakistan, India Join U.S. in Fighting Terror, Kashmir Gets in Way
The Wall Street Journal looks at the potential impact that territorial conflicts between Pakistan and India can have on the "America's war on terrorism." The story reveals that even though the U.S.A. has Pakistani support for its global alliance against terrorism, Pakistan "remains a dangerous crucible for extremists processing a jihad on their own." A recent example, pointed out in the article, is an explosion in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a region in which both India and Pakistan vie for power. A major finding, based on interviews with American military analysts, is that Pakistani Kashmir fighters have been trained in camps in Afghanistan, established by Osama bin Laden. "This move cemented Pakistan's support for Mr. bin Laden's hosts, the fundamentalist Taliban rulers of most of Afghanistan," the Journal reports.
Tags: terrorism; Muslims; Kashmir; nuclear weapons; separatism; intelligence; Colin Powell; guerillas
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Radical Behavior; In the Line of Fire
Teen People reports about a group of teenage anti-abortion activists who are attending a camp where they learn guerrilla tactics for their radical anti-abortion activism. The teens practiced how to dodge security, submit to arrest and even deal with the media. The sidebar reports about teens and the consequences they live with as a result of their activism.