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lerican movement PAGE .804 QM FBI-DETROIT FR Spurred on by the fiery disaster in Waco, America’s mililia movement is growing, armed and — some say — dangerous. Militias stepping out from shadows Ry Mark Potok 7 ADA ' : DALLAS AL Fc tran jn thio peeanwn dazkness of & Oeld noth of here, dununy ‘weapons In linnd, Obiers study military medicine west of Fort Woith or praciice shoatlng akilts ond mitvival exercises ovislde San Anionic, A coovernent fs growing In this state and the antlon — a rising of diousonds of people bndanied by oNendiltarre Idenloges thot catl for Inriiing armed volunices militias to save the United States front trscism. “The militia movement,” soys Fexos orgs- nkter Jon Roland, ‘ls a pood-government movement wilh puns.” And thel's the theme that increasingly Is Olarining stale aud federal law enlorcerment officinis »ivo, ater years of ditvmissing them, Bre bevinning totake mililins serlously, Jn the past six months, milllins — many Guled to Armsby the poverament’s dendly Fniboh two years ago with Bronch Davi- dlans cent Waco= dave appoaced bn al feonst 24 piaits, drowing up to 0,000 members. Grim worntngs of a showdown Clobining thot celsninal elements have iak- en over much of the fedcras govesnment, nret millUs leoders have avolicd calts for Brnted wprising bul doskly warn Urey inny Onn yy brve to sit £°.3" 18 Us one Inst hope to ovold erred iN ‘alion, ani that's U our Kiste govere- nna si vp and tell our Jednral povern- Ment to back of,” says Roy Southwell, chiled Of stat for the commanders of the Northen Michigan Regional Millia. “It Ue sine does fini rise up... Ge American promt wil” Talk tke Chol — along wiih the boasts of many nulls feeders of recret units of police and niitary — 6 concerns observers. Although tedezal ofelats will not publiciy dixcuss any Investigolions, w 10 page Iniclil- pence brled hy Ledern) Bureau of AKonol, To and Ficeatms rocenily was chrevlaled fozevesal poiice departrienis. fl whined thnt tnililasnen mre “extremely paramisitory, OMELATP and Neral {Interpreters of the Con: situllon™ whe may de dreoking gun Inws. ‘Thal woubs not come asa surprise to Mleh- {pan ofiichols. “We've gnt such an Insurpenry here,” says Feewlervitte, Mich, Police Chie Gory Krause aller Die arrest of thite enmousoged mill(ba mrmbers In w car full of scralautomatic MC“POMS, FAS SHANKS, iL deve and ten ot pe meritlen aris 3 CG Tao. SS ROSS ie Tepay Sop at nolhing to cnish sesisiance. host af conspiracy thenrins ix tls scenario: “Wesee Wacoasncenirelization al power! > The ledemt government kat beea hl- the Iederal government comingtniondarcas fucked by dnister Jarces — m9 dozen or mme of our tven” Siyk Norw Olsen, commander banklug fanailies — that have sunchetrsited hel Sainey-Gen Aaarce FPA CTEM * . ‘Mom SERIOUS BUSINESS; Potoe Chio! Gary Krause, loll, of Fowlerville, Nici, with weapons rolzed i the ares! O] Ure camoutlaged maiia mambers In thelr car, Above, Michigan wildarinn Kevin Biackhorn, 14, crosses 2 steam On a (ops bridge during training. cll on Forelp Reintinns, whose members are supyxeed lo be part of the plot And Mark Biisknoinn, Dalts’ direciar for fhe Anth}ofamation League of Wagt W'rith Fawr ar rc Holt, Metvin Knevind pit Alex dePons, rear, 4 San Antony ‘This is on American movement” Critbes say that tn pil itlein th aris omy illltias ate wellzsoched wills leviders kucwn hr white suprermnelsis, Mike Reynolds, evltorint director ior the Sovitirin Paveriy bare Center's Klonuntet Publicabpn, tay6 he oud aany in Inw en foscrincat helbrve n national miliba sisategy wd bail ov! of an October 19P2 meeting in Estes Prk, Colp, About 150 members of the Ku Kiux Bian, Asyan Nations, Pose Comblaws apd (ude fan Wemoly niet Io discuss siblitins, Such aceusatbone lifusinte nivny maltliin- meaand (hels traders. Khia deay nny rorism ond Insist Diele snoverent will fensain bypal. “Thr tmnokecliy nse wtcobutely oppened i ony tnclal hale proves,” faye Ann Uiitevhack, Cornet County conunamire for the Fens Conuiiuttonn) Milltia, which recently held a “musier™ of St penple at the Alamo in Son Antone. “W'e terally repoct Nass, KKK, Ary- on Notions This isan Asnericaneupvernent” Natlonat suliils leader Linda Thompon, founder of the Unorganized Milliln of the Uniled States, dentes being enclst, anilSemit- loon “right wings” Mf there ate such eleweais lo the nauvcatienk, she says, Urey are pavern- innot plans” weocking the work she susie, Then abst sercoene anamy af her fellnay ritlle