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America’s armed militia on the rise

Extremist "patriot" groups and other armed militias have undergone a dramatic resurgence in America, their numbers more than doubling in the past year amid growing Right-wing fears over expanding federal power and gun control.

By Tom Leonard in New York
Published: 4:35PM GMT 31 Dec 2009

Such groups – a mix of libertarians, gun rights advocates and survivalists – appeared to be in terminal decline before the election of Barack Obama, according to monitoring bodies.

The Southern Poverty Law Centre, which tracks extremist organisations, says it has so far counted more than 300 patriot groups this year, at least double last year's total of 150. The real total will be much higher as many groups do not go out of their way to publicise their existence.

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By James Delingpole Politics
Last updated: April 15th, 2009
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No, I don’t believe in them either. But such is the latest wheeze dreamed up by the Obama administration to distract us from the fact that roughly half America now realises the man’s New Deal II project is a slow-motion car crash from which in four agonised years time the US will be lucky to escape even half-way recognisable.

Today – Tax Day – many of these ordinary, decent, Obama-fearing folk have gathered at Tea Party events in 500 locations across the US to protest against rising taxes and the ever increasing role of Big Government in their lives.

How has the Obama machine responded? Well, funnily enough, in a manner which would surely meet the approval of its Socialist counterparts on this side of the pond: by smearing the the opposition.

This smear takes the form of a nine-page memorandum recently released to police and sheriff departments across America called “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitmentâ€

The Southern Poverty Law Centre, Extremist "patriot" groups and other armed militias
America’s armed militia on the rise
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