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==Motivations==

==Motivations==

McVeigh intended to avenge the deaths among the [[Branch Davidians]] at [[Waco]], [[Texas]], a third of which were members of minority groups, including 30 blacks, as well as 6 Hispanics and 7 Asians and including a number of interracial marriages. <ref>David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman, ''No More Wacos: What’s Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How To Fix It'', Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997, 409-411.</ref>  McVeigh's accomplice, [[Terry Nichols]] was himself married to a Philippine national despite widespread allegations spread through the mainstream media of racial motivations behind the bombings. McVeigh was [[politically profiled]] in Brandon Stickney's ''All-American Monster - The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh''. In an interview with Lawrence W. Myers in ''Media Bypass'' magazine:

McVeigh intended to avenge the deaths among the [[Branch Davidians]] at [[Waco]], [[Texas]], a third of which were members of minority groups, including 30 blacks, as well as 6 Hispanics and 7 Asians and including a number of interracial marriages. <ref>David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman, ''No More Wacos: What’s Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How To Fix It'', Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997, 409-411.</ref>  McVeigh's accomplice, [[Terry Nichols]] was himself married to a Philippine national despite widespread allegations spread through the mainstream media of racial motivations behind the bombings. McVeigh was [[politically profiled]] in Brandon Stickney's ''All-American Monster - The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh''. In an interview with Lawrence W. Myers in ''Media Bypass'' magazine:

{{Cquote|McVeigh said he considers unfair and unfounded the notion that the mainstream press has classified him as a racist simply because he had read ''The Turner Diaries''. He said he responded to a gun magazine advertisement for the book around 1988 because it was being billed as a novel about what may happen when the government comes to confiscate privately owned firearms.

{{Cquote|McVeigh said he considers unfair and unfounded the notion that the mainstream press has classified him as a racist simply because he had read ''The Turner Diaries''. He said he responded to a gun magazine advertisement for the book around 1988 because it was being billed as a novel about what may happen when the government comes to confiscate privately owned firearms.

==Leftist conspiracy theories==

==Leftist conspiracy theories==

Following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing Leonard Zeskind teamed with James Ridgeway, who

Following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing Leonard Zeskind teamed with James Ridgeway, who

writes about right-wing politics for various liberal and leftist serials, and they produced a

writes about right-wing politics for various liberal and leftist serials, and they produced a

== Other theories ==

== Other theories ==

McVeigh's first lead defense counsel Stephen Jones coauthured a book titled ''Others Unknown: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy'' in which he suggests that McVeigh's co-conspirator Terry Nichols had connections to Islamic [[terrorists]] in the Philippines, among other possibilites.

McVeigh's first lead defense counsel Stephen Jones coauthured a book titled ''Others Unknown: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy'' in which he suggests that McVeigh's co-conspirator Terry Nichols had connections to Islamic [[terrorists]] in the Philippines, among other possibilites.

==Execution==

==Execution==

McVeigh was a veteran of [[Operation Desert Storm]]. McVeigh was executed by the federal government on June 11, 2001.

McVeigh was a veteran of [[Operation Desert Storm]]. McVeigh was executed by the federal government on June 11, 2001.

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Terrorists]]

[[Category:Terrorists]]