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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-10 10:05 AM
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Scott Roeder: Not a Lone Wolf
As soon as Scott Roeder was named the sole suspect in the point-blank shooting death of Wichita, Kan., abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in the vestibule of the Reformation Lutheran Church Tiller attended, a predictable story began to be told. Following the lead of a recent Department of Homeland Security report characterizing right-wing terrorists as lone wolves, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, ABC, NBC and FOX News all ran stories calling Roeder a "lone wolf" gunman.

It is the oldest, possibly most dangerous abortion story out there.

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But for loners, these guys have a lot of friends. A lot of the same ones, in fact.

Over the past six months, I have interviewed Scott Roeder more than a dozen times, met several times with his supporters at the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita where he was tried and convicted, and permissibly recorded numerous three-way telephone conversations Roeder had me place to his friends. Using information gleaned from these sources, along with public records, it is possible to piece together the close, long-term and ongoing relationship between Roeder and other anti-abortion extremists who advocate murder and violent attacks on abortion providers.

Now, meet Roeder's anti-abortion associates, beginning with Roeder himself...

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While under financial stress in 1992, Roeder happened upon right-wing televangelist Pat Robertson's 700 Club on television. He claims he fell to his knees and became a born-again Christian. According to his own recollections and those of his ex-wife, he immediately fixated on what he considered two earthly evils: taxes and abortion.

In very short order, he affiliated himself with Christian anti-government groups such as the Freemen militia and eventually became involved with antiabortion groups such as Operation Rescue and the Army of God, the latter of which openly sanctions the use of violence to stop abortion.

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http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/investigations/gender/1319/not_a_lone_wolf?page=entire
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-10 10:09 AM
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1. Fascinating
It's like a pedigree chart for violent whackjobs.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-10 10:14 AM
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2. K&R #4 n/t
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-10 10:38 AM
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3. But their white Christians, so they can't be Terrorists, right?
:mad:

How ridiculous that this has never been on the MSM. They absolutely suck.
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