Domestic TERRORIST GROUP PROFILES

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The Order (Order)

Other Names;  The New Order

From: Domestic Terror:  What It Holds For The New Millennium, an original report from MILNET at http://www.milnet.com/milnet/domestic/Dom-Terror.htlm


Description

Extremely violent right-wing neo-nazi, racist group promoting anit-sematic actions.  Founded by Robert Mathews.  The follow on group, was established by Dennis McGiffen, Glenn Lavelle Lowtharp, Wallace Weichending, Ralph P. Bock, Karld C. Schave and Donala Rick.

Activities

Members have been linked to killings of various outspoken anti-right wing advocates, Jewish community members, non-white government officials and various other hate crimes.  The founder is killed on Whidbey Island, Oregon when the FBI tries to capture him. A new leadership reforms the group shortly thereafter and it continues to thrive.  David Tate murders one and injures another patrolman on a routine traffic stop.  Tate is captured a week later and is eventually sentenced to life in prison.

The New Order was survielled by the FBI and according to the investigators, intercepted in the last stages of planning and just prior to executing an operation to rob an armored car in St. Louis, kill the founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, poison a resevoir as a diversion to robbing a bank, robbing and killing a wealthy homsexual, kill an outspoken critic of another white supremicist group (the Aryan Nation), bomb the Simon D. Weisenthal Center, kill a black radio talk show host, attach the New York office of hte B'nai B'rrith Jewish social service and other attacks.  The FBI report (2.9MB PDF file) on their capture is available

Strength

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Location/Area of Operation

Headquarted in Illinois and Michigan, with nationwide targets.

External Aid

Local aid from sympathizers
 

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Created: 3/01
Last Updated: 3/01
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