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Omaha Steve

(99,662 posts) Sun Apr 19, 2015, 11:28 AM Apr 2015

Hundreds gather to mark 20 years since Oklahoma City bombing

Source: AP-Excite

By TIM TALLEY

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Several hundred people have gathered at the former site of the Oklahoma City federal building to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the terrorist bombing there that killed 168 people and injured many others.

Survivors of the April 19, 1995, attack and relatives of some of the dead are among those attending Sunday's memorial service. The service is set to begin at 9:02 a.m., which was when the bomb detonated, with a 168-second moment of silence followed by a reading of the names of those killed.

Former President Bill Clinton and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin are expected to speak at the gathering.

Timothy McVeigh, an Army veteran with strong anti-government views, was executed for carrying out the bombing. His accomplice, Terry Nichols, is serving life in prison.

FULL story at link.

Bagpipers walk through the Field of Empty Chairs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial at the start of ceremonies to commemorate the 20 year anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing in Oklahoma City, Sunday, April 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150419/us--oklahoma_city_bombing-20th_anniversary-a03c14e59a.html

The original target was the federal building in Omaha. There were photos of him in the building a week before. I don't remember why they changed the target. Anyone?

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Hundreds gather to mark 20 years since Oklahoma City bombing (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

20. years. unbelievable marym625 Apr 2015 #1

Gun show/rights obsessed McVeigh inspired gun nuts to organize and terrorize to get their way. nt onehandle Apr 2015 #2

Yep... KansDem Apr 2015 #4

This is my first time not to be there since before it all happened. CBGLuthier Apr 2015 #3

They call themselves "patriots". I call them "fucking murderers". lastlib Apr 2015 #6

K&R BumRushDaShow Apr 2015 #5

I think they picked the Murrah Building because some of the BATF agents lastlib Apr 2015 #7

Waco was no small potatoes reddread Apr 2015 #9

Drive up yesphan Apr 2015 #11

Biggest loss of life from terrorism on US soil since the Lawrence, Kansas massacre during Civil War FailureToCommunicate Apr 2015 #8

I thought Mcveigh wanted to kill the agents who raided Waco. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2015 #10

marym625

(17,997 posts)

1. 20. years. unbelievable

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2015, 11:32 AM

Apr 2015

Thank you for the post.

Sorry, I didn't even remember that Omaha was the original target.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

2. Gun show/rights obsessed McVeigh inspired gun nuts to organize and terrorize to get their way. nt

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2015, 11:36 AM

Apr 2015

KansDem

(28,498 posts)

4. Yep...

Reply to onehandle (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 19, 2015, 12:35 PM

Apr 2015

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

3. This is my first time not to be there since before it all happened.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2015, 11:53 AM

Apr 2015

Almost glad not not be living there for the twentieth. Too many bad memories. Still can hear the sound of the fucking thing in my head. Fuck McVeigh and every creature that ever lived and thought murder is the answer to a difference with government policy.

lastlib

(23,250 posts)

6. They call themselves "patriots". I call them "fucking murderers".

Reply to CBGLuthier (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 19, 2015, 03:17 PM

Apr 2015

I've always opposed the death penalty, but I made an exception for that bastard McVeigh. Best use of toxic chemicals ever.

BumRushDaShow

(129,124 posts)

5. K&R

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2015, 12:44 PM

Apr 2015

This was just so sad and greatly impacted us gov't workers in terms of the "siege" mentality that had evolved from the verbal assaults by Raygun and his followers against "the government", culminating in physical assaults of innocent civilian government workers. And the fact that children (mostly black) who were in the daycare there had to die because of the actions of both the loons who carried this out, made it even more egregious. And also the fact that they ran around looking for "Middle Eastern men" was positively laughable, as this was the perfect example of their denial of the existence of crazy white men.

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If the bombers were Arabs, the inquiry into their motives would have gone about as deep as it did in this New York Times editorial (4/24/95): “The early theory that the bombing might be the work of terrorists from abroad, possibly Islamic radicals bent on punishing or frightening the Great Satan, is thus fading.”

But when the bombing suspects are conservative white men from Middle America—who look like “us,” as “us” is defined by media decision-makers—then there must be a search for understanding. This search at times shaded into a glossing-over of the most frightening aspects of the militias.

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http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/the-oklahoma-city-bombing/

R.I.P. to those who lost their lives and to the children who paid a terrible price for the hate promulgated by adults, not unlike the 4 little girls in Birmingham's 1th Street Baptist Church bombing who innocently lost their lives thanks to RW vermin.