Editing Timothy McVeigh

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|fullname = Timothy James McVeigh|alias = Tim Tuttle<br>Daryl Bridges<br>Robert Kling|origin = Lockport, New York, United States|occupation = [Former] US Army veteran<br>[Former] Security Guard|Box title = Timothy McVeigh|skills = Creating large amounts of fertilizer bombs<br>Exceptional intelligence<br>Hacking|hobby = Protesting against US foreign policy laws<br>Domestic terrorism<br>Robbing banks (suspected)<br>Hacking into government websites|goals = Blow up a federal building (succeeded)|motive=Avenge Ruby Ridge/Waco sieges<br/>Start a revolution/uprising (failed)|crimes =Domestic [[terrorism]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>Destruction of property<br>[[Bombing]]<br>[[Theft]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>Apology of [[fascism]]<br>[[Arms trafficking]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>[[Americophobia]]|type of villain = Anarchistic Terrorist}}
{{Quote|All you tyrannical people will swing in the wind one day for your treasonous actions against the Constitution of the United States. Remember the Nuremberg War Trials.|Timothy McVeigh, on his hatred of the ATF}} 
'''Timothy James McVeigh''' (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was a U.S. Army veteran who was responsible for [[the Oklahoma City Bombing]].<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing Oklahoma City Bombing], Federal Bureau of Investigation</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/mcveigh/profile.html From decorated veteran to mass murderer], ''CNN''</ref> The bombing - which up until the [[9/11]] was the deadliest act of terrorism on American soil - killed 168 people and injured many more.<ref name =Extremism>[https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/timothy-mcveigh Timothy McVeigh], ''Counter Extremism Project''</ref> The bombing was motivated out of vengeance for the US government's involvement in the [[Ruby Ridge standoff]] and [[Waco siege]].<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/oklahoma-city-timothy-mcveigh-waco/ Timothy McVeigh at Waco], ''PBS''</ref>
==Biography==

=== Early life ===
A shy and withdrawn young man McVeigh became interested in computers and was considered his high school's most promising computer programmer. 

=== Career in the US Army ===
Following graduation he enlisted in the Army where he served in Desert Storm and earned the Bronze Star. He stated he decapitated an Iraqi soldier with cannon fire on his first day in the war and celebrated. He said he was later shocked to be ordered to execute surrendering prisoners - which was, essentially, a [[war crime]] - and to see carnage on the road leaving Kuwait City after U.S. troops routed the Iraqi army.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/69debb4c262e35ec720f1bb7b30e5522 Timothy McVeigh Known as Dedicated Soldier, Solitary Loner], ''AP News''</ref><ref>[https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/timothy-mcveigh-and-desert-storm-f5e797f7fa90 Timothy McVeigh and Desert Storm], ''Medium''</ref>

In his spare time McVeigh studied explosive and sniper training materials. During his time in the army he was reprimanded for purchasing a [[White Power Movement|white power]] t-shirt at a [[Ku Klux Klan]] protest against African-American soldiers wearing similar [[Black Supremacy|black supremacy]] t-shirts. He was a top-scoring gunner with the 25mm cannon of the Bradley Fighting Vehicles used by his 1st Infantry Division and was eventually promoted to sergeant. After being promoted to sergeant, McVeigh earned a reputation of assigning undesirable work to black servicemen and frequently used racial slurs against them. McVeigh tried to join the special forces but washed out of training, and then decided to leave the Army.
=== Radicalization ===
After his stint in the army he became a security guard and fell into a transient lifestyle. During this time he became increasingly extreme in his views and fell into financial difficulties. He quit the NRA because he felt it was too weak on gun rights. He became a regular attendee of gun shows across the country, traveling to forty states and visiting about 80 gun shows. McVeigh found that the further west he went, the more anti-government sentiment he encountered, at least until he got to what he called "The People's Socialist Republic of California." McVeigh sold survival items and copies of ''The Turner Diaries'' by [[William Luther Pierce]].<ref name = Extremism></ref><ref>[https://tulsaworld.com/archive/the-radicalization-of-timothy-mcveigh/article_49b91161-74c7-538f-8183-e5f957f45aa1.html The Radicalization of Timothy McVeigh], ''Tulsa World''</ref>

In the aftermath of the Ruby Ridge and Waco standoffs, McVeigh decided to take action against the government. He considered a campaign of assassination against government officials<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/27/us/mcveigh-says-he-considered-killing-reno.html McVeigh Says He Considered Killing Reno], ''The New York Times''</ref>, but instead decided to target a Federal building.

=== The [[The Oklahoma City Bombing|Oklahoma City Bombing]] ===
McVeigh met [[Terry Nichols]] in April 1993. The two became friends due to their similar ideals and Nichols helped teach McVeigh on how to construct [[improvised explosive device]]s. His anti-government beliefs became even more radical and he began making plans to blow up a federal building. According to McVeigh's authorized biography, he ultimately decided that he would make the loudest statement against the government by bombing a federal building.

McVeigh and Nichols constructed an ANNM explosive device mounted in the back of a rented Ryder truck. The bomb consisted of about 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of ammonium nitrate and nitromethane. He drove the truck to the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building just as its offices opened for the day. Before arriving, he stopped to light a two-minute fuse. At 9:02am on April 19, 1995 the bomb detonated, destroying the building, killing 168, and wounding hundreds more.<ref>[https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/oklahoma-city-bombing-timeline/article_8c0a0091-d960-5d17-bb36-29d482c2a594.html Oklahoma City bombing timeline], ''Tulsa World''</ref>

=== Arrest and detention ===
Arrested shortly after the bombing after being pulled over for driving an unregistered vehicle, McVeigh was as first charged with unlawfully carrying a concealed firearm. After figuring out his identity, he was later charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of said weapon of mass destruction, destruction by explosives, and eight counts of first-degree [[murder]]. McVeigh was found guilty of all 11 counts and sentenced to death.  Upon being connected to the Oklahoma City bombing, told police he did not want what happened to Oswald to happen to him.

At first McVeigh was imprisoned at the ADX Florence Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. McVeigh was later moved to the prison at Terre Haute, Indiana due to it being the location of the Federal male death row and the site of the Federal execution chamber.

After appeals were dropped by McVeigh an execution date of May 16. However just before the execution the FBI revealed a lot of paperwork it had withheld from McVeigh's lawyers before. The government stayed the execution for just under one month as a result to give all parties time to review the paperwork.

=== Death ===
On June 11, 2001, McVeigh was strapped into the gurney in the Terre Haute execution chamber. McVeigh stated that his only regret was that the Murrah Building wasn't completely leveled by his bomb, and also quoted the final stanzas of the poem "Invictus": "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul". At 7:14am central time McVeigh was pronounced dead.<ref>[https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/timothy-mcveigh-death Timothy McVeigh's Death: The Final Days of the Oklahoma City Bomber], ''A&E''</ref>

Due to a law signed by President Clinton in 1997 to keep people convicted of certain crimes from being buried in military cemeteries McVeigh was ineligible for burial in a military cemetery despite having been honorably discharged. He was cremated and the ashes given to his lawyer who scattered them in an undisclosed location.

==Gallery==
===Images===
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===Videos===
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Timothy McVeigh America’s Deadliest Terrorist
March 12, 2000 Timothy McVeigh speaks
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== Trivia ==

* He partially inspired [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]] to carry out the Columbine High School massacre.<ref>[https://werehistory.org/columbine-and-the-myth-of-the-school-shooter/ Columbine and the Myth of “the School Shooter”], ''We're History''</ref>
* Many modern-day [[Alt-Right]] movement praise McVeigh and defend his actions.
* In prison, he formed a frienship with eco-terrorist [[Ted Kaczynski]] and fellow terrorist [[Ramzi Yousef]], in which they would discuss religion and politics. This friendship lasted until he was eventually executed in 2001.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.mcveigh4/index.html Terror on Trial: Life in Supermax's 'Bombers Row'], ''CNN''</ref>
* Timothy McVeigh is the first man to be put to death by the Federal Government since the execution of [[Victor Feguer]] in 1963.
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