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Study Guide Final Exam The U S Capital Bombing of 1983 November 7 1983 Bomb exploded outside Senate chambers o Building was empty no one was injured Before bomb went off Washington Post got a tip about the bomb from Armed o Stated bomb was a protest against U S military action in Lebanon and Resistance Unit ARU Grenada ARU ARU name government Many members were also members of Weather Underground WU operating under o Shared same goals confront militaristic imperialist goals of U S 1983 1985 committed 8 known bombings in NY and D C 5 Count Indictment in 1987 3 members indicted were also members of WU eventually plea bargained guilty Co conspirators not WU serving other sentences for actions carried out by ARU charges eventually dismissed o Laura Whitehorn o Linda Evans o Marilyn Buck o Susan Rosenberg o Timothy Blunk o Alan Berkman o Elizabeth Duke America s First Modern Bioterrorist Attack Main Attacks Occurred in waves from Sept 9 18 Sept 19 Oct 10 o 751 people became ill app 10 restaurant salad bars contaminated with salmonella typhimurium common strain of salmonella No deaths Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Indian man formed a cult o Followers Rajneeshees Cult attracted many upper middle class people from India Europe and the U S Claimed there was no God and casual nudity and sexual freedom are to be encouraged Became known as the Enlightened Master o Very successful at accumulating wealth from his followers contributions Enough money to own 90 Rolls Royce autos o Controversy made him move his endeavors and his cult from India to Oregon U S Property Big Muddy Ranch in Jefferson and Wasco counties Built a town for its residents under the name Rajneeshpuram Rajneeshees had a unique form of self government o Bhagwan was removed from the day to day operations of the cult and direct contact with cult members Run by Sheela had considerable power Responsible for problems with local residents o Manipulated OR s voter registration laws to take over the town of Antelope Wanted to run for commissioner but unsuccessful at getting a candidate on ballot OR close to Rajneeshpuram o Sheela s two pronged plan Bring large number of homeless people over to Rajneeshpuram in a share a home program In exchange for housing homeless people were registered under OR s voter registration laws and told to vote for candidates in Wasco County election who were more favorable to the cult Make a large number of Wasco County voters ill so they can t cast their ballot Sheela chose Ma Anand Puja real name Dianne Onang from Philippines to make deploy a biological agent Puja given nickname Dr Mengeles infamous Nazi physician who experimented inhumanely sadistically on concentration camp inmates Manufactured the salmonella strain 751 people became sick even though Rajneeshees pulled their candidate from the Result ballot Sheela s verdict o 4 5 years immigration fraud setting up an illegal wiretapping system to spy on cult members o 20 years attempted murder o 20 years setting fire to a county office o Fined 400 000 and 70 000 for the fire Puja s verdict o 4 5 years wiretapping salmonella outbreak o 20 years attempted murder Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh s verdict o Plead guilty to immigration fraud 400 000 fine o Deported had trouble finding a country that would take him The Case of Yu Kikumura April 12 1988 Kikumura began acting awkwardly after making eye contact with a NJ state trooper o Kikumura entered U S illegally using an altered passport Sped away after awkward experience trooper pulled him over o Search of car produced potential bomb making materials Background Background check proved Kikumura was member of Japanese Red Army JRA o Leftist terrorist organization opposing control of economic resources by corporations o Dominant presence in middle east Kikumura had been arrested multiple times before for attempting to transport explosives internationally Planned to detonate bombs in different parts of the U S Sentencing Kikumura received 360 months 30 years in prison and was to be deported upon the completion of his sentence never to return to the U S Case was sent back for resentencing o Resentenced to 262 months in prison 3 year supervised release and a 600 fine The Assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane November 5 1990 Meir Kahane highly controversial Jewish militant o Orthodox rabbi who founded the Jewish Defense League JDL in 1960s o Began a range of terrorist attacks in the U S directed at the Soviet Union Goal change Soviet policies restricting emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel o Moved to Israel influence in JDL diminished Started the Kach movement Got elected to Israeli parliament Kach movement banned considered racist Expelled from his seat in parliament El Sayyid Nosair o Egyptian born entered U S and settled in Pittsburgh PA in 1981 Moved to NYC in 1985 o Murdered Kahane while he was giving a speech Shot him with a 357 magnum 2 in chest 1 in neck o Accompanied by Bilall Alkaisi went to restroom when Nosair found the opening to shoot Kahane o Getaway driver Mahmoud Abouhalima Wasn t in the cab when Nosai made his escape o Confronted by a U S Postal Service police officer Carlos Acosta Nosair mistook him for a NYC police officer Both men fired simultaneously at each other Acosta hit in chest bullet proof vest deflected shot to his Nosair hit in jugular vein Old School and survived after shoulder being taken to hospital Trial One year after assassination o Represented by same attorney that represented Yu Kikumura Kahane s body was to be buried before an autopsy could be performed o Couldn t link Nosiar s gun to the shooting o Acquitted of Kahane s murder Convicted of for shooting two people in his escape 7 5 22 5 years in prison Alkaisi evaded capture presence in planning first WTC bombing in 1993 The Case of Mir Aimal Kasi The first formal CIA plan to capture or kill Osama bin Laden began its life as a blueprint to arrest Mir Aimal Kasi Mir Aimal Kasi Born and raised in Pakistan Wealthy family Moved to Virginia Became angry with the U S o Attacking Iraq o CIA involvement in Muslim countries o U S killing of Pakistanis escape the CIA January 25 1993 Shooting spree began o Eventually became familiar with the area surrounding CIA headquarters Decided to go on a shooting spree at the CIA headquarters o Bought an AK47 and a plane ticket back to Pakistan if he was lucky enough to o Killed 2 injured 3 Kasi was able to evade capture and flew back to Pakistan and disappeared Search Official indictment issued on February 16


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