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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe white nationalist Atomwaffen Division exists in the US, Canada, Germany, and in other countries
It's members have been linked to a number of murders as well as thwarted terrorist plots.
Guess what the US government does NOT call it?
Hint: Rhymes with Interfashional Merrorist Organimation
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The white nationalist Atomwaffen Division exists in the US, Canada, Germany, and in other countries (Original Post)
ck4829
May 2020
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Apparently the State Dept wants to call it that, but the White House resists
muriel_volestrangler
May 2020
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SharonClark
(10,005 posts)1. Found them on the ADL website.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)2. Apparently the State Dept wants to call it that, but the White House resists
State Department officials want to have the designation finalized by next week, according to four people familiar with the effort. But the White House, where top officials have long preferred to focus on terrorism by Islamist extremists, has yet to give the green light.
Former U.S. officials and counterterrorism analysts say the top candidate for the designation is Atomwaffen, a neo-Nazi group that was founded in the United States but has expanded into the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Estonia.
Designating Atomwaffen or another neo-Nazi group like The Base as a terrorist outfit would send a major signal that the U.S. views far-right terrorism as a rising danger that increasingly ignores national boundaries, thanks in no small part to the internet.
But it also could place an uncomfortable spotlight on President Donald Trumps troubled history with white nationalist activists who support his populist message. The president infamously insisted there were very fine people on both sides of the racial debate following violent 2017 clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to furious criticism followed by a series of White House efforts to walk the comments back.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/09/state-department-white-supremacist-group-124500
Former U.S. officials and counterterrorism analysts say the top candidate for the designation is Atomwaffen, a neo-Nazi group that was founded in the United States but has expanded into the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Estonia.
Designating Atomwaffen or another neo-Nazi group like The Base as a terrorist outfit would send a major signal that the U.S. views far-right terrorism as a rising danger that increasingly ignores national boundaries, thanks in no small part to the internet.
But it also could place an uncomfortable spotlight on President Donald Trumps troubled history with white nationalist activists who support his populist message. The president infamously insisted there were very fine people on both sides of the racial debate following violent 2017 clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to furious criticism followed by a series of White House efforts to walk the comments back.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/09/state-department-white-supremacist-group-124500