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[[File: | [[File:Eric rudolph.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]Eric Rudolph is a Christian terrorist responsible for a series of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-life anti-abortion] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_opposition anti-gay]-motivated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_bomb bombings] across the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States southern United States] between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured at least 150 others. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] considers him a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist terrorist]. | ||
As a teenager Rudolph was taken by his mother to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Israel Church of Israel] compound in 1984; it is connected to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Identity Christian Identity] movement. Rudolph and his family were connected with the Christian Identity movement, a militant, racist and anti-Semitic organization that believes whites are God's chosen people. He has confirmed religious motivation, but denied racial motivation for his crimes. | As a teenager Rudolph was taken by his mother to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Israel Church of Israel] compound in 1984; it is connected to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Identity Christian Identity] movement. Rudolph and his family were connected with the Christian Identity movement, a militant, racist and anti-Semitic organization that believes whites are God's chosen people. He has confirmed religious motivation, but denied racial motivation for his crimes. |