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Up an unpaved Idaho road, self-styled patriots gather to plan and train in close-quarters battle.Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart September 9, 2013
You may have seen it on The Colbert Report. A proposed walled city of patriots, known as The Citadel, received the particular dose of sarcastic humor the show reserves for militiamen and gun nuts. Colberts reading of the requirement that all patriot residents must own one AR-15 and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and periodically prove their weapons proficiency, drew the most laughs from the audience. Six months later, this past June, when several of the Citadels principals appeared on Glenn Becks television show, the tone was just the opposite. A measured, serious discussion occurred, and the pros and cons debated of patriots settling in mountainous Benewah County, Idaho, and building a city where Thomas Jeffersons rightful liberty would rule, and employment be provided in a weapons-manufacturing facility.
Now, after a year of justifiable skepticism about the walled citys prospects, expressed by the Benewah County Sheriff, and criticism of the projects leadership by rival militia factions, the group behind the Citadel is taking the next steps. On September 68 it gathered at a twenty-acre plot it had already purchased as a starter base-camp, according to county records.
A couple dozen or more militia-types are thought to have traveled off the main highways and up the unpaved logging roads for close-quarters battle training and a self-styled patriot convention. They housed themselves in tents and RVs. Jim Miller, a fully licensed arms manufacturer at the heart of the Citadels plans, was in attendance. Perhaps he sold some of the guns he has recently built, AR-15sa civilian replica of the American militarys M-16s. Chris Kerodin, the Citadels central idea man and principal propagandist, taught hand-to-hand combat courses known as CQBclose-quarters battle.
They also were slated to make plans to eventually attract 300 patriots to their ranks, people willing to go into harms way, and clear Black Panthers from the voting stations, according to one of Kerodins frequent blog posts.
Whether or not the Citadel is built, the gathering itself is important: it could become the most significant turning point in the militia and survivalist world since Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma federal building in 1995 and the FBI crackdown on armed paramilitaries that followed.
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rdharma
(6,057 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)These kooks should ask Timmy McVeigh how his attempt ended.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)I say sentence him to The Citadel.
That will be a hellacious place to reside eventually.
He can make his funny money and play fort with his buddies.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 12, 2013, 09:02 PM - Edit history (1)
And what's are " Armed Paramilitaries " ?? I know Para, Many, I know military has to do with soldiers and war or having like characteristics, so who's the enemy, criminals or anyone outside the gate ?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/militant?s=t
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/military?s=t
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Id think this is Way cool...
rdharma
(6,057 posts)Not a real bright tactical strategy.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Fort and Indians attacking.. Who would have thunk back when I was a kid that the good guys practically destroyed an entire population of indigenous people..
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Stare longingly into the pool and contemplate what the hell happened to their life before diving face first and drowning
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Initech
(100,104 posts)Hmm, let's see. Put a bunch of armed, angry, paranoid, dangerous, tin foil hat believing conspiracy theorists in one place and feed them anti government propaganda 24/7? Yeah sounds like a good plan!