United States - Aryan Nation, the KKK and Hate Groups

These are right-wing belligerent groups that specialize in pipe bombs and the intimidation of blacks, Jews and immigrants. Although not considered a threat to the social structure, they are a magnet for a strange new minority: Disenfranchised white poor . . . in an organization that insiders say that is primarily made up of FBI informants.

The KKK's existence is typically displayed in public rallies where a few klansmen can drive crowds into fits of apoplectic rage. Despite the Klan's request that they not be protected by police most cities go into high gear for these events. In 1999 in Ohio alone, there were about 24 Klan rallies that cost an estimated $800,000 in State and civic provided police security.

Just Another Day . . .

The date April 19 holds major symbolic value for right-wing extremists in the United States, being associated both with past historical events as well as terrorism. In the historical context, April 19, 1775, was the date of the Battle of Lexington. In the more current context, a number of militia groups associate April 19 with the Waco catastrophe, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the execution of Richard Wayne Snell, a white supremacist, who was executed on April 19, 1995, some 12 hours after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Snell, convicted of two murders, including the shooting of a black Arkansas state trooper, had ties with two right-wing extremist organizations, the "Aryan Nations" and the "Covenant, Sword and Arm of the Lord" (CSA). Subsequent to the Oklahoma City bombing there were reports suggesting that convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh, planned and timed the April 19 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building to coincide with the Waco tragedy and the execution of Snell.

Another terrorist goon squad to hit the scene in 1996 was the Aryan Republican Army. On April 2, 1996, a pipe bomb tore through the offices of a Spokane, Washington, newspaper, followed by two men who ripped the paper off for $50,000, who then set off another explosion. They left a letter behind announcing the end of "Babylon," a popular buzz term white supremacists use to call the federal government. These guys get off using the names of federal agents when they rent getaway cars.

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Bring on the Port-o-Johns

In June 1996, The Ku Klux Klan adopted a half-mile stretch of Interstate 55 running through the south of St. Louis through Missouri's "Adopt-A-Highway" program. Backed by a court ruling protecting free speech, hooded and robed Klansmen took to the stretch of road with plastic garbage bags and rakes. Irate locals began using the section of highway as a dumpster.