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Army of God (United States)

Index Army of God (United States)

Army of God (AOG) is a Christian terrorist organization that has engaged in the use of anti-abortion violence in the United States to fight against abortion. [1]

47 relations: Abortion, Abortion in the United States, America Undercover, Anthrax, Anti-abortion violence, Army of God (United States), Assassination of George Tiller, Atlanta, Attempted murder, Biological warfare, Birmingham, Alabama, Christian terrorism, Clandestine cell system, Clayton Waagner, Communication management unit, David Leach (activist), Domestic terrorism in the United States, Donald Spitz, Eric Rudolph, Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, Fritz Springmeier, George Tiller, History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance, Ideology, James Charles Kopp, John Britton (doctor), Kidnapping, Leaderless resistance, Marc Levin, Michael Bray, MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base, Missionaries to the Preborn, Murder, Nail bomb, National Abortion Federation, Neal Horsley, NPR, Paul Jennings Hill, Portland Tribune, Property crime, Shelley Shannon, The Hamilton Spectator, Unborn in the USA, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Justice, 2001 anthrax attacks.

Abortion

Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing an embryo or fetus before it can survive outside the uterus.

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Abortion in the United States

Abortion in the United States has been, and remains, a controversial issue in United States culture and politics.

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America Undercover

America Undercover is a series of documentaries that air on the cable television network HBO.

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Anthrax

Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

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Anti-abortion violence

Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that provide abortion.

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Army of God (United States)

Army of God (AOG) is a Christian terrorist organization that has engaged in the use of anti-abortion violence in the United States to fight against abortion.

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Assassination of George Tiller

On May 31, 2009, George Tiller, a physician from Wichita, Kansas who was nationally known for being one of the few doctors in the United States to perform late-term abortions, was murdered by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion extremist.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Attempted murder

Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions.

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Biological warfare

Biological warfare (BW)—also known as germ warfare—is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with the intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Christian terrorism

Christian terrorism comprises terrorist acts by groups or individuals who profess Christian motivations or goals.

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Clandestine cell system

A clandestine cell system is a method for organizing a group of people such as resistance fighters, sleeper agents, or terrorists so that such people can more effectively resist penetration by an opposing organization (such as law enforcement).

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Clayton Waagner

Clayton Lee Waagner (born August 25, 1956) is a convicted bank robber and anti-abortion terrorist.

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Communication management unit

A communication management unit is a type of self-contained group within a facility in the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons that severely restricts, manages and monitors all outside communication (telephone, mail, visitation) of inmates in the unit.

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David Leach (activist)

David Francis Leach is an American anti-abortion activist from Des Moines, Iowa.

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Domestic terrorism in the United States

Domestic terrorism in the United States consists of incidents confirmed as terrorist acts.

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Donald Spitz

Donald Spitz is a controversial Christian anti-abortion activist in the United States.

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Eric Rudolph

Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American domestic terrorist convicted for a series of anti-abortion and anti-gay-motivated bombings across the southern United States between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured over 120 others.

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Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE or the Access Act, Pub. L. No. 103-259, 108 Stat. 694) (May 26, 1994) is a United States law that was signed by President Bill Clinton in May 1994, which prohibits the following three things: (1) the use of physical force, threat of physical force, or physical obstruction to intentionally injure, intimidate, interfere with or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person who is obtaining reproductive health services or providing reproductive health services (this portion of the law typically refers to abortion clinics), (2) the use of physical force, threat of physical force, or physical obstruction to intentionally injure, intimidate, interfere with or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person who is exercising or trying to exercise their First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship, (3) the intentional damage or destruction of a reproductive health care facility or a place of worship.

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Fritz Springmeier

Fritz Artz Springmeier (also known as Viktor E. Schoff) is an American right wing conspiracy theorist author, formerly a resident of Corbett, Oregon, who has written a number of books claiming that Satanic forces are behind a move toward world domination by various families and organizations.

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George Tiller

George Richard Tiller (August 8, 1941 – May 31, 2009) was an American physician from Wichita, Kansas.

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History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance

This article gives a historical overview of Christian positions on Persecution of Christians, persecutions by Christians, religious persecution and toleration.

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Ideology

An Ideology is a collection of normative beliefs and values that an individual or group holds for other than purely epistemic reasons.

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James Charles Kopp

James Charles Kopp (born August 2, 1954) is an American citizen who was convicted in 2003 for the 1998 sniper-style murder of Barnett Slepian, an American physician from Amherst, New York who performed abortions.

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John Britton (doctor)

John Bayard Britton (May 6, 1925 – July 29, 1994) was an American physician.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will.

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Leaderless resistance

Leaderless resistance, or phantom cell structure, is a social resistance strategy in which small, independent groups (covert cells), including individuals (a solo cell called a "Lone Wolf"), challenge an established institution such as a law, economic system, social order, government, et cetera.

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Marc Levin

Marc Levin is an American independent film producer and director.

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Michael Bray

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MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base

The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB) was an online portal containing information on terrorist incidents, leaders, groups, and related court cases.

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Missionaries to the Preborn

Missionaries to the Preborn is an American pro-life advocacy group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.

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Nail bomb

The nail bomb is an anti-personnel explosive device packed with nails to increase its effectiveness at harming victims.

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National Abortion Federation

The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is an organization of abortion providers.

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Neal Horsley

Otis O'Neal Horsley, Jr. (April 15, 1944 – April 13, 2015) was a militant anti-abortion activist and Christian Reconstructionist known for producing a website called the Nuremberg Files, which provided the home addresses of abortion providers in the United States.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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Paul Jennings Hill

Paul Jennings Hill (February 6, 1954 – September 3, 2003) was a convicted American murderer.

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Portland Tribune

The Portland Tribune is a free newspaper published twice weekly, each Tuesday and Thursday, in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Property crime

Property crime is a category of crime that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism.

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Shelley Shannon

Rachelle Ranae "Shelley" Shannon (born March 31, 1956) is an American violent criminal best known in U.S. media reports as being an anti-abortion extremist.

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The Hamilton Spectator

The Hamilton Spectator, founded in 1846, is a newspaper published every day but Sunday in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Unborn in the USA

Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion is a 2007 documentary film featuring interviews with pro-life activists across the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

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2001 anthrax attacks

The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case name, occurred within the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks.

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Redirects here:

Army of God (USA), Defensive Action, Soldiers in the Army of God (documentary).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_God_(United_States)

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