01-27-2010, 23:46
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From the NPR transcript:
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ROBERTS: And you know, we've been talking about this in the context of the Christmas Day bomber and, of course, Islamic extremists, which get a lot of play, but we have to remember that for a long time, the worst attack on American soil was perpetuated by Timothy McVeigh, a white Christian U.S. citizen.
Mr.�HORGAN: Absolutely.
Mr.�BLAZAK: Right, and a veteran and white supremacist.
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Was Timothy McVeigh a Christian? In his "Dear Tracy" letters, he is claiming to be agnostic:
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Now awaiting death, McVeigh says he is unafraid, that he doesn't believe in heaven and hell. 'If I'm wrong then I'll adapt, improvise and overcome,' he says. 'But if there is a hell, then I'll be in good company with a lot of fighter pilots who also had to bomb innocents to win the war.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/apr/22/mcveigh.usa
'Dear Tracy' - by mass killer Timothy McVeigh
In a letter to Observer reporter Tracy McVeigh, Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh, who faces execution in 10 days, talks about the 'triggers' that led him to kill people
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001...6/news.mcveigh
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These two articles also suggest he wasn't a Christian:
http://townhall.com/columnists/Maggi...tian_terrorist
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...5/ai_n9113667/
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