The Oklahoma City Bombing
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The Oklahoma City Bombing
Domestic Terrorist, Timothy McVeigh
Juan Sanchez
United States was reminded that usually the worst comes from within, that was the case on the morning of April 19, 1995. In the days following, Americans realized that this dreadful misfortune may have been caused by a fellow citizen who belonged to a patriot group. Before this incident Americans generally thought of terrorism as an overseas problem that could not conquer this mighty country. No one had given any thoughts to the patriots and the militia, they were thought to be fairly harmless groups who enjoyed stirring people up. Majority of the Americans did not realize how dangerous these groups actually were. Furthermore, Majority of the population could not fathom how a fellow citizen can bring such terror upon the many innocent people. After learning the ties of these groups involved in the Oklahoma City bombing, America started to look at these groups differently. Slowly but surely these patriots groups and small town militias have grown into dangerous group of people and have become domestic terrorist. Prior to September 11, 2001, the Oklahoma City bombing was known as the worst act of terrorism ever committed on American soil (Nye 2). It was a beautiful day in Oklahoma City, at least it started out that way. It was springtime in Oklahoma City, the sky was bright with the sun shining; and the flowers were blooming. Then a bomb carried in a Ryder truck exploded in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The bomb claimed 168 innocent lives. According to (Linder) that a homegrown, war-decorated American terrorist named Timothy McVeigh drove and parked the Ryder truck in the handicap zone in front of the Murrah Building there is little doubt. In 1997, a jury convicted McVeigh and sentenced him to death. The federal government, after an investigation involving 2,000 agents, also charged two of McVeigh 's army buddies, Michael Fortier
The Oklahoma City Bombing
Domestic Terrorist, Timothy McVeigh
Juan Sanchez
United States was reminded that usually the worst comes from within, that was the case on the morning of April 19, 1995. In the days following, Americans realized that this dreadful misfortune may have been caused by a fellow citizen who belonged to a patriot group. Before this incident Americans generally thought of terrorism as an overseas problem that could not conquer this mighty country. No one had given any thoughts to the patriots and the militia, they were thought to be fairly harmless groups who enjoyed stirring people up. Majority of the Americans did not realize how dangerous these groups actually were. Furthermore, Majority of the population could not fathom how a fellow citizen can bring such terror upon the many innocent people. After learning the ties of these groups involved in the Oklahoma City bombing, America started to look at these groups differently. Slowly but surely these patriots groups and small town militias have grown into dangerous group of people and have become domestic terrorist. Prior to September 11, 2001, the Oklahoma City bombing was known as the worst act of terrorism ever committed on American soil (Nye 2). It was a beautiful day in Oklahoma City, at least it started out that way. It was springtime in Oklahoma City, the sky was bright with the sun shining; and the flowers were blooming. Then a bomb carried in a Ryder truck exploded in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The bomb claimed 168 innocent lives. According to (Linder) that a homegrown, war-decorated American terrorist named Timothy McVeigh drove and parked the Ryder truck in the handicap zone in front of the Murrah Building there is little doubt. In 1997, a jury convicted McVeigh and sentenced him to death. The federal government, after an investigation involving 2,000 agents, also charged two of McVeigh 's army buddies, Michael Fortier
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