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...particularly agitated about the conduct of the Federal Government at Waco, Texas, in 1993"--so agitated, in fact, that he had visited the site. Indeed, as more details emerge, April 19--the date of last week's bombing and the anniversary of the apocalyptic fire at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco-has only gained in infamy, intricately bound as it is to the mythologies of homegrown zealots like McVeigh...
...Army Special Forces. After he failed to make it, friends say, McVeigh, already a loner, became increasingly frustrated. His politics veered far rightward. He claimed that the Army had implanted a computer chip in his buttocks. He was distraught over the 1993 destruction of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco and, about that time, bought a TEC-9 semiautomatic assault weapon, a gun banned by law last year. Those who knew him in Michigan said McVeigh was always armed. But Linda Haner-Mele, 35, his supervisor at a security company in the Niagara Falls area, where he worked briefly, insists...
...assault-weapons ban. The militias especially blame the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for the movement's twin tragedies: the deaths of white supremacist Randy Weaver's wife and son in a 1992 Idaho confrontation and the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians' compound in Waco, Texas, that resulted in the deaths of 82 cult members, including leader David Koresh. Mark Koernke, a prominent militia member who produces videos promoting patriot ideas and goes by the radio talk-show moniker of "Mark from Michigan," told assembled crowds at a Militia of Montana rally in Spokane, Washington...
...double-edged chemical. Spread it on a field and it becomes a benign fertilizer that helps produce bumper crops. Mix it with fuel oil and it becomes the kind of deadly bomb that shook Oklahoma City last week. The U.S. makes 8 million tons of the white crystalline compound each year, and it is widely available in gardening centers, supply warehouses and at construction sites. But just because anyone can buy ammonium nitrate for about 11¢ a pound doesn't mean that anyone can make it explode at a particular time and place. The act of terror that demolished...
...likely to blow up. To unleash the power of ANFO, demolition workers must use a device called a detonator-which contains a small amount of a highly explosive material-and a powerful booster charge that will create enough of a shock wave to set off the compound. A special type of detonator called a blasting cap is most frequently used, and its sale is tightly controlled...