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Eric Rudolph - 'American terrorist'
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | 04/15/05 | Tom Regan

Posted on 04/15/2005 9:33:58 AM PDT by BullDog108

Eric Rudolph - 'American terrorist'

Abortion clinics on alert after Olympic bomber calls for more violence against them.

By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com

Abortion clinics around the US are "bracing for attacks" after convicted murderer and Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph issued a "manifesto" justifying attacks against such clinics and their workers. Associated Press reports that federal officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are calling US clinics to make sure their security is up to date.

'When one of these extremists puts out a call to action, oftentimes others do try to follow in their footsteps,' said Vicki Saporta, head of the National Abortion Federation, which represents 400 US clinics. 'He clearly is speaking to the extremists who believe in justifiable homicide.'

Reuters reported Thursday that Mr. Rudolph pleaded guilty to the bombing of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, as well as to attacks on abortion clinics and a gay nightclub. Rudolph said "abortion, gay rights and the federal government" motivated him to attack the targets listed above.

AccessNorthGa.com reported that one of the people in the courtroom to see Rudolph's guilty plea was "Pendergrass Police Officer Richard Jewell, the man wrongly suspected in the Olympic Park bombing for a time."

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: domesticterrorism; ericrudolph
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I was waiting for them to start screaming about "more attacks coming".
1 posted on 04/15/2005 9:33:58 AM PDT by BullDog108
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To: BullDog108

Not much mention of this LEFT WING American Terrorist in the liberal news media.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379831/posts


2 posted on 04/15/2005 9:42:07 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
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PING I am anxious to see this whole thing unfold. I can't believe Eric is not getting the death penalty.
3 posted on 04/15/2005 9:48:29 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (Character exalts Liberty and Freedom, Righteous exalts a Nation.)
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To: BullDog108

Rudolf is pretty far out there. Not only did he use the cowardly PLO tactic of terror bombs but his target selection was not logical. One can sorta see his mindset with abortion "clinics" but why bomb the city park? It was during the Olympics so it was sure to get publicity but what target could have been more innocent?


4 posted on 04/15/2005 9:51:31 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (Technology advances. Human nature is dependably stagnant.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

Yep, he is a deranged mad dog all right. But I still find his hiding for five years from the feds hilarious, and proving what incompetant fools they are/were.


5 posted on 04/15/2005 9:54:33 AM PDT by BullDog108 ("Conservatives believe in God. Liberals think they are God." ---Ann Coulter)
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To: BullDog108

On the bright side, the article says that Rudolph will spend the rest of his life in Supermax in the rockies. I've seen that prison on A&E documentaries. It's literally hell on earth. I find that more appealing than a death sentence for Rudolph.


6 posted on 04/15/2005 10:05:57 AM PDT by Melas
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To: BullDog108

I remember when Ted Kacinzsky (The Unabomber) was captured and how he was put in a positive light by the media.


7 posted on 04/15/2005 10:07:57 AM PDT by 12 Gauge Mossberg (I Approved This Posting - Paid For By Mossberg, Inc.)
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To: 12 Gauge Mossberg

Right you are. In fact, the Saturday Night Live skit actually slammed his victims as greedy pollutors while portraying Ted as Mr. Kool Dude. He was another sneaky zip wad.


8 posted on 04/15/2005 10:21:15 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (Technology advances. Human nature is dependably stagnant.)
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To: 12 Gauge Mossberg

Richard Jewell wasn't "wrongly suspected". He was wrongly convicted in the press, by the fads and the USOC. If you asked the average American who the Olympic Bomber was, they would say "the Unabubba".


9 posted on 04/15/2005 10:21:51 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: 12 Gauge Mossberg

He was a "fallen intellectual".


10 posted on 04/15/2005 10:23:10 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: BullDog108

I think the search in the mountains proved yet again that thermals and eye-in-the-sky technology still have limits to what they can achieve.


11 posted on 04/15/2005 10:23:42 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (Technology advances. Human nature is dependably stagnant.)
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To: BullDog108

mad dogs should be put down IMO


12 posted on 04/15/2005 10:25:31 AM PDT by Kelly_2000
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To: BullDog108
'When one of these extremists puts out a call to action, oftentimes others do try to follow in their footsteps,'

Where would these people's lives be without manufactured drama?

13 posted on 04/15/2005 10:30:15 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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And here on another thread I was told that this Eric Rudolf "claimed to be a Christian from "flyover country"."

I didn't see in the article where it said he was claiming to be a Christian or doing this due to Christian beliefs.

I think he's just a nut.

14 posted on 04/15/2005 11:37:57 AM PDT by Freedom Dignity n Honor
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And to think they found him only by sheer chance when an agent just happened to notice him by a dumpster in a grocery store parking lot.


15 posted on 04/15/2005 11:44:53 AM PDT by ctdonath2
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To: Freedom Dignity n Honor
I think he's just a nut.

He's a nut in the same sense that the 9/11 hijackers were nuts.
16 posted on 04/15/2005 11:47:21 AM PDT by BikerNYC
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Yep. btw, I'm pinging you to the other thread.


17 posted on 04/15/2005 11:50:32 AM PDT by Freedom Dignity n Honor
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To: BikerNYC

BBL. Have to go for now.


18 posted on 04/15/2005 11:51:52 AM PDT by Freedom Dignity n Honor
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To: BullDog108

I don't see why they don't just withdraw his plea bargain and fry the SOB. After he made his deal he gets to release a *manifesto* showing absolutely no remorse and encouraging others to follow in his footsteps? That makes a lot of sense... NOT!


19 posted on 04/15/2005 1:16:16 PM PDT by CarolinaGuitarman (Theft is taking something you don't own and you didn't pay for without permission.)
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I just find this part a tad .... 'perplexing'.
'When one of these extremists puts out a call to action, oftentimes others do try to follow in their footsteps,' said Vicki Saporta, head of the National Abortion Federation, which represents 400 US clinics. 'He clearly is speaking to the extremists who believe in justifiable homicide.'
Now is it just me or isn't there in fact something 'odd' (or paradoxical?) about a person who believes in Unfettered Infanticide calling someone else an "extremist" and condemning "justifiable homicide" when she and her ilk believe in the exact same thing. As abortion if anything, sure could be called that by abortion proponents - especially those who believe in partial birth abortions.
20 posted on 04/15/2005 1:16:22 PM PDT by Condor51 (Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
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