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FBI issues advisory on April 19 violence[fair use]
snip... WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI's counterterrorism office says it knows of "no specific, credible threat" of violence connected to Thursday's anniversary of the Branch Davidian fire at Waco, Texas, and the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Nonetheless, the bureau has issued an advisory for law enforcement agencies across the country to be aware that April 19 marks not only those events, but also the anniversary of the 1775 battles between minutemen and British troops at Lexington and Concord, "which is meaningful to many of the self-styled 'patriots' in the current militia movement."
FBI officials emphasize the message, which was sent last Friday to state and local officials over the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems, is a routine advisory similar to those sent to officials coast to coast as a precaution before anniversaries, trials, executions, or other events that could potentially provoke a violent response.
-- Anonymous, April 17, 2001
current militia movement?Did the militia move?
-- Anonymous, April 17, 2001