Army of God

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The Army of God ( AOG , English for Army of God ) is an American Christian fundamentalist terrorist organization that essentially uses militancy to target people or institutions that perform abortions . The television network HBO produced a documentary called Soldiers in the Army of God ("Soldiers in the Army of God").

Actions

The AOG's first documented crime took place in 1982: three members of the organization held the doctor Hector Zevallos and his wife Rosalee Jean hostage . The hostages were later released unharmed. The AOG's East Coast division assumed responsibility when three men, one of whom was Michael Bray, dropped bombs on seven abortion clinics in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC in 1985.

Between 1984 and 1994, the AOG carried out bombings or arson attacks on 100 clinics where abortions are performed.

The AOG took responsibility for Eric Rudolph's nail bomb attack on abortion clinics in Atlanta in 1996 and Birmingham, Alabama, and a lesbian bar in Atlanta.

Clayton Waagner , who claimed to be acting for the Virginia Dare Chapter of the AOG , sent over 500 letters to 280 abortion institutions in 2001, claiming the attached white powder was anthrax . The group has also been linked to numerous attacks on abortion institutions.

Most recently, the AOG confessed to an attack committed by Robert Lewis Dear. On November 27, 2015, the then 57-year-old attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. He killed a police officer and two civilians. Nine other people were injured in the attack.

Self- defense statement (Defensive Action Statement)

The AOG supports the Second Defensive Action Statement , as represented by the Defenders of the Defenders of Life organization, which states:

  • We, the undersigned, declare that we will represent the righteous divine cause and use all means necessary, including violence, to defend innocent life, born or unborn. We declare that all means are right to defend the life of an innocent child, born or unborn.
  • We declare and affirm that Paul Jennings Hill did the right thing in attacking John Britton. His actions were morally justified if they were used to defend innocent lives.

Paul Jennings Hill was the head of an organization called Defensive Action , which published a statement saying they wanted to "killing the killers". Hill murdered abortion doctor John Britton and his bodyguard James Barrett in 1994. He was sentenced to death and executed.

Members

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Terrorist Organization Profile: Army of God . National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism . Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ Soldiers In The Army Of God . Retrieved May 14, 2007.
  3. ^ Justin C. Altum ( Memento from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ 3 Men Charged in Bombings Of Seven Abortion Facilities , The New York Times. 20th January 1985. 
  5. ^ A b Jeffrey Ian Ross: Pro-life terrorists . In: Political Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach . Peter Lang, New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-8204-7949-1 , p. 292.
  6. ^ Army of God letters claim responsibility for clinic bombing , CNN. February 2, 1998. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. 
  7. ↑ Andreas Hubertus: Deadly tools of God . 2018, p. 98 ( hsbund.de [PDF]).
  8. ^ The Second Defensive Action Statement . Retrieved May 14, 2007.
  9. ↑ Who is the 'Christian Osama bin Laden'? The Week , September 14, 2010

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