They Come In All Sizes and Shapes
Terrorists come in all shapes, sizes and nationalities. The recent activities
of RNC Welcoming Committee (RNCWC) in St. Paul during the Republican
Convention prove that fact. The following report from Stratfor details the
extreme actions that these home-grown terrorists planned, and fortunately
were prevented from implementing....
The Lessons of St. Paul
On Sept. 5, two men from Austin, Texas, were charged in U.S. District
Court in Minneapolis in connection with a plot to disrupt the Republican
National Convention (RNC) held in St. Paul, Minn., last week. According
to the criminal complaint filed in the case, each man was charged with
one count of possessing Molotov cocktails.
In the complaint, authorities noted that one of the men, Bradley Crowder,
was arrested Sept. 1 for disorderly conduct. The second man, David McKay,
was apparently arrested Sept. 1 but then released. McKay was arrested a
second time after a search warrant on the apartment at which he and Crowder
were staying in St. Paul uncovered a total of eight completed Molotov cocktails.
Authorities claim that Crowder and McKay had planned to use the Molotov
cocktails against police vehicles in a parking lot near the apartment where they
had stayed. According to an FBI affidavit, law enforcement officers used
electronic means to monitor a conversation McKay had about using the
incendiary devices. In the monitored conversation, McKay reportedly said,
“…it’s worth it if an officer gets burned or maimed.” .......
In September 2007, the RNCWC began its planning in earnest when it held a
pre-RNC conference in St. Paul, where some 100 activists met to plan their
strategy for disrupting the convention. Most participants who came from
outside St. Paul were either representatives of existing affinity groups or were
intending to form an affinity group when they returned home. The conference
also featured a number of smaller breakout meetings that focused on issues
such as nationwide communication, security, legal support, logistics, media,
coalition building and direct action planning. Some of the tactics discussed
during the direct action planning session included the possible kidnapping of
convention delegates, arson, vandalism, occupation of federal buildings in the
Twin Cities and the blockading of roads and bridges......MORE....
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