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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow come this story no longer states that they were planning to
assassinate the President?
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019005045_soldierplot28.html
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Four Army soldiers based in Georgia, who are charged with killing a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed, plotted a range of anti-government attacks, including bombing a dam in Washington and poisoning the state's apple crop, prosecutors told a judge Monday.
One of the Fort Stewart soldiers charged in the case, Pfc. Michael Burnett, pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter, illegal gang activity and other charges in a deal to testify against the three other soldiers Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, identified by prosecutors as the militia's founder and leader, and Sgt. Anthony Peden and Pvt. Christopher Salmon.
Aguigui was home-schooled in Cashmere, Chelan County, joining the Army after graduation. He married fellow soldier Dierdre Wetzker at Fort Stewart, according to news reports and interviews with family.
Wetzker, 24, died last year at Fort Stewart while pregnant with the couple's son. According to Orlin Wetzker, her uncle in Ogden, Utah, the family was told by law-enforcement officials that she may have been poisoned. A call to Aguigui's parents' home in Cashmere was not returned.
Atman
(31,464 posts)during the Tea Baggers' big party!
malaise
(267,824 posts)Damn! They are good.
malaise
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In a videotaped interview with military investigators, Pauley said, Aguigui called himself the nicest cold-blooded murderer you will ever meet. He used the Army to recruit militia members, who wore distinctive tattoos that resemble an anarchy symbol, she said. Prosecutors say they have no idea how many members belong to the group.
All members of the group were on active-duty or were former members of the military, Pauley said. He targeted soldiers who were in trouble or disillusioned.
The prosecutor said the militia group had big plans. It plotted to take over Fort Stewart by seizing its ammunition control point and talked of bombing the Forsyth Park fountain in nearby Savannah, she said. In Washington state, she added, the group plotted to bomb a dam and poison the states apple crop. Ultimately, prosecutors said, the militias goal was to overthrow the government and assassinate the president.
unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)of the Government. The reporter may have been more interested in how this story affected them in Washington State.
Here are links to other stories where they talk about the assignation plot and take over of the government. There were many other links to major news sources who talked about the assignation plot. So I don't think anyone is trying to cover this up. I hope this is being taken very seriously and the investigation takes a look at our military. I'm sure there are low level officers that preach this hate and use it to recruiter others.
http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/army/245747-soldiers-alleged-plot-to-assassinate-president-overthrow-government-emerges-in-murder-trial
http://gawker.com/5938180/armed-militia-of-soldiers-plotted-to-take-over-army-base-assassinate-obama
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2012/08/27/murder-case-uncovers-terror-plot-soldiers/laroXcTEpu06cvNDcH9BfP/story.html