Timothy McVeigh

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McVeigh was a [[Iraq war|Gulf War]] veteran and a gun rights supporter, and was connected to the [[militia movement]].  He was inspired at least in part by <i>[[The Turner Diaries]]</i>, a [[racism|racist]] [[dystopia]]n novel depicting a racial apocalypse. McVeigh however was uninterested in the racial aspect of The Turner Diaries, but rather was inspired by it's militant anti-government aspect.
 
McVeigh was a [[Iraq war|Gulf War]] veteran and a gun rights supporter, and was connected to the [[militia movement]].  He was inspired at least in part by <i>[[The Turner Diaries]]</i>, a [[racism|racist]] [[dystopia]]n novel depicting a racial apocalypse. McVeigh however was uninterested in the racial aspect of The Turner Diaries, but rather was inspired by it's militant anti-government aspect.
  
McVeigh stated that his attack was a response the [[US]] government's previous sieges of armed cultists at [[Waco]] and [[Ruby Ridge]].  He had visited Waco during the standoff, to express his solidarity with those in the compound.  The Oklahoma City bombing was his act of revenge, and he saw his victims' deaths as [[collateral damage]].
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McVeigh stated that his attack was a response the [[US]] government's previous sieges of armed cultists at [[Waco]] and [[Ruby Ridge]].  He had visited Waco during the standoff, to express his solidarity with those in the compound.  The Oklahoma City bombing was his act of revenge, and he saw the deaths of his unintended victims as [[collateral damage]].
  
 
McVeigh was [[capital punishment|executed]] in 2001.  
 
McVeigh was [[capital punishment|executed]] in 2001.  

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Timothy McVeigh was an agnostic American-born terrorist who destroyed a federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1995, killing 165 people, and injuring over 400.

McVeigh was a Gulf War veteran and a gun rights supporter, and was connected to the militia movement. He was inspired at least in part by The Turner Diaries, a racist dystopian novel depicting a racial apocalypse. McVeigh however was uninterested in the racial aspect of The Turner Diaries, but rather was inspired by it's militant anti-government aspect.

McVeigh stated that his attack was a response the US government's previous sieges of armed cultists at Waco and Ruby Ridge. He had visited Waco during the standoff, to express his solidarity with those in the compound. The Oklahoma City bombing was his act of revenge, and he saw the deaths of his unintended victims as collateral damage.

McVeigh was executed in 2001.

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