9/11/07 - Convicted Terrorist Released from Federal Prison
Anderson and the Moore brothers were also convicted of three arsons at abortion clinics. Anderson will initially be supervised, but is allegedly expected to continue anti-abortion activities after his release. Furthermore, on February 8, 2008, Anderson will be free from supervision and be allowed to travel. The irony of their release date of 9/11 hasn't gone unnoticed. Many clinics are concerned that these individuals could pose legitimate threats to abortion clinics and abortion clinic personnel, as they seem to have shown no remorse for their previous actions. Anderson is listed on the radical Prisoner for Christ website, along with other convicted anti-abortion terrorists. Read the chilling accounts of 2 clinic workers who were employed by the kidnapped doctor as they describe their experiences here: Readrock from a DailyKos Diary on Monday:
I still remember the call. My co-worker on the phone said "Sit down". I said I am sitting down. She said "Hector is missing". I said what do you mean Hector is missing? She said he had not come into work that morning and when they went to his house he was not there. The front door was open. The TV was on. A bowl of popcorn sat in front of the television. Hector and his wife were gone and increasingly it looked like the unthinkable had occurred. They had been kidnapped by The Army of God. Allison Hile of Hope Clinic in Granite City, IL:
For eight days that August, Dr. Zevallos and his wife Jean were held at gunpoint, fearing for their lives - bound, blindfolded, and gagged, on the dirt floor of an abandoned WWII ammunitions bunker between Springfield and Decatur. They were fed ham sandwiches and a pot was placed in the bunker as a toilet. The kidnappers said God had spoken to them and suggested they use kidnapping to stop abortion. With a gun to his head, Dr. Zevallos was forced to make an audio tape urging President Reagan (who already did so) to oppose abortion.
According to the National Abortion Federation: The first public mention of the Army of God (AOG) is believed to have been when Don Benny Anderson used the AOG name in 1982 when he and Matthew and Wayne Moore kidnapped an Illinois abortion provider and his wife. The couple was later released unharmed and the trio were apprehended and convicted. Benny Anderson and the Moore brothers were also responsible for abortion clinic arsons.
Foe of Abortion Gets 30 Years in Abduction (New York Times), Feb. 11, 1983:
Abortion clinics have been notified by the authorities of these releases, and they have been confirmed. So, Anderson and the Moore brothers are being released onto the streets and nobody is paying attention except maybe abortion clinics and abortion clinic staffs. I guess "Christian Terrorists" aren't worth worrying about.
But wait. How about McVeigh and Oklahoma? Cross-posted from DailyKos and HotFlashReport.
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