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Militia Occupies Federal Building in Oregon After Rancher Arson Convictions

posted by cmn32480 on Monday January 04 2016, @04:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the seeds-of-revolution dept.

takyon writes:

NPR is reporting on this tale of direct action:

A self-styled militia in eastern Oregon grabbed national headlines Saturday when they broke into the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. There the armed group remains Sunday, occupying the federal building in protest of what it sees as government overreach on rangelands throughout the western United States.

"We stand in defense," Ammon Bundy, the group's apparent leader and spokesperson, told Oregon Public Broadcasting. "And when the time is right we will begin to defend the people of Harney County, [Ore.,] in using the land and the resources."

Ammon's brother, Ryan, has reportedly used harsher rhetoric, saying members of the militia are willing to kill or be killed.

Their last name may ring a bell. Ammon and Ryan Bundy are sons of rancher Cliven Bundy, who notably took part in an armed standoff with the federal Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, in Nevada in 2014.

Ammon Bundy now is part of a group of 15 to 150 people — depending on which source you believe — who are protesting the arson convictions of two Oregon ranchers, Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son, Steven.

Also at Oregon Live, NYT, and the Associated Press.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @06:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @06:50PM (#284643)

    > So far I've yet to see random attacks by these folks against any targets

    Vegas Cop Killers associated with Cliven Bundy. [nydailynews.com] If guilt by association works for muslims it certainly works for these guys.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @08:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @08:42PM (#284713)

    Guilt by association works for no group.

    Muslims are condemned by their own "holy" books, which literally call for a world war until all religion is Allah's. All that contradictory garbage about "no, no, Islam is a religion of peace!" is due to either ignorance of the source material, or "holy lying" called taqiyya.

    What is the source material for "Constitutionalists"?

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @10:17PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @10:17PM (#284782)

      > Guilt by association works for no group.
      >
      > Muslims are condemned by their own "holy" books, which literally call for a world war until all religion is Allah's.

      Lol you are such a fucksqueak.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @10:52PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @10:52PM (#284809)

        ... and you apparently have no response other than to ignore the message and attack the messenger.

        I guess that means my point stands uncontested. Judge a person by their actions and their words.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @11:39PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 04 2016, @11:39PM (#284840)

          I guess that means my point stands uncontested.

          Except you missed the part about you being a "fucksqueak". So the f***squeak's point stands uncontested, in the opinion of the very same f**squeak. Yeah, that's enough to convince me! (Oh, same AC as the other ACs here!)