Midwest, 1994-95: Members of the white supremacist Aryan Republican Army go on a 7-state crime spree, leaving behind pipe bombs as they rob 22 banks from Nebraska to Ohio.
Vernon, Oklahoma, November 1995: A self-proclaimed prophet and leader of an Oklahoma militia is arrested while preparing a bombing spree against civil-rights offices, abortion clinics, welfare offices, and gay bars.
Spokane, Washington, April-July 1996: Citing biblical law, three self-described "Phineas Priests" commit bank robberies and bomb offices of the daily Spokesman-Review, Planned Parenthood, and a local bank.
Atlanta, Georgia, July 1996-February 1997: Pipe bombs explode at Centennial Olympic Park, an abortion clinic, and a gay bar, killing 1 and injuring more than 100 people. The so-called Army of God takes credit for the clinic and bar bombings.
Phoenix, Arizona, July 1996: Federal agents arrest 12 members of the Viper Militia and seize over 300 pounds of ammonium nitrate - a key ingredient of the Oklahoma City bomb - plus 70 automatic rifles, thousands of bullets, and 200 blasting caps.
Clarksburg, West Virginia, October 1996: Federal agents arrest Mountaineer Militia members for possession of explosives and for allegedly plotting to blow up the FBI's fingerprint facility, where 2,000 people work. Authorities seize TNT, grenades, and C-4 plastic explosives.
Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 1997: Federal agents arrest a local militia activist for allegedly giving 11 pipe bombs to a government informant and plotting to bomb government offices, armories, and a TV station.
Yuba City, California, April 1997: A blast that shatters area windows leads police to 550 pounds of petrogel, a gelatin dynamite, allegedly stored by local militia activists. The explosives are enough to level three city blocks.
Wise County, Texas, April 1997: Federal officials arrest four Ku Klux Klan members who had planned to blow up a natural-gas refinery and use the disaster as cover for an armored-car robbery.
Fort Hood, Texas, July 1997: Convinced that army bases are training United Nations troops to stage a coup, an antigovernment group plans to attack Fort Hood on July 4. Authorities arrest seven people and seize machine guns and pipe bombs.