Oregon Militia Agrees To Surrender, Cliven Bundy Arrested

FBI arrests Cliven Bundy just as he arrives, while last four individuals remaining inside the wildlife refuge have said they will give up despite earlier proclamations which included “We’re not leaving without our weapons.”

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams
This Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 booking photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff shows Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy. Bundy, the father of the jailed leader of the Oregon refuge occupation, and who was the center of a standoff with federal officials in Nevada in 2014, was arrested in Portland, the FBI said Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (Maricopa County Sheriff via AP)

Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who last year engaged in a standoff with federal agents over his use of public lands for grazing in the southwest, was arrested by FBI agents on Wednesday night just after landing in Oregon where a tense standoff that has been ongoing since the beginning of the year appears to be reaching its final

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One Killed, Eight Arrested During Bid To End Militant Occupation In Oregon

Worries mount as affiliates of the group issue calls for sympathizers to head to the area

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
Seeven people — (top, left to right) Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Brian Cavalier, (bottom, left to right) Shawna Cox, Ryan Payn, Joseph O'Shaughnessy, Peter Santilli — were arrested in Oregon.Seeven people — (top, left to right) Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Brian Cavalier, (bottom, left to right) Shawna Cox, Ryan Payn, Joseph O'Shaughnessy, Peter Santilli — were arrested in Oregon.

One member of the militant group that has been carrying out an armed occupation of the Malheur wildlife refuge in Oregon was shot and killed late Tuesday as other members, including leader Amon Bundy, were arrested on federal charges following a confrontation with law enforcement. In addition to Ammon Bundy, said officials, those arrested were:

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Counter Protesters Gather To Challenge Malheur Militia

Hundreds showed up at demonstrations across the northwest while others have been camped out in counter protest for weeks

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
Hundreds of people gathered in Eugene, Oregon on Tuesday to protest the ongoing militant occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo: Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard)

The militant occupation of a wildlife sanctuary in Oregon has stirred the the ire of hundreds of nature lovers and defenders of public lands who have launched their own counter-protest against the group's ongoing "temper tantrum with guns." "We can show the gang that's out there at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge how you really make a

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Is The Oregon Occupation Being Stage-Managed?

“Armed with my bullshit detector, and with full knowledge that many potential angry emailers have already stopped reading, I dive into the morass that is the #OregonOccupation”.

Eric Draitser
By Eric Draitser
Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, smiles as he arrives for a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge after meeting with Harney County Sheriff David Ward Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Ward and two other Oregon sheriffs met Thursday with Bundy, the leader of an armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge and asked them to leave, after residents made it clear they wanted them to go home. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

US and international media have been abuzz in recent days with the ongoing armed occupation at the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.  The social media space has been, quite predictably, polarized with many on the far right lionizing the armed occupiers as “patriots” and “heroes” defending a just cause in the name of

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Anti-Muslim Oregon Militant Ritzheimer Tracked By FBI For Months

Among the dozen-or-so armed militia men who have seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon is Jon Ritzheimer, an anti-Muslim extremist who has been tracked by the FBI for months.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
Jon Ritzheimer, organizer of the anti-Muslim Draw Muhammad cartoon ralley in Arizona in 2015, and one of the leaders of the armed takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

The tattooed Marine from Arizona rose to infamy last May, after organizing an armed anti-Muslim protest at a Phoenix mosque. He frequently posts emotional and hateful videos to social media and begs for other extremists to send him donations. "The likelihood for blood will be high," Ritzheimer wrote on Facebook in August, referring to a war

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Rightwing Terrorism On Display As Militants In Oregon Beckon Reinforcements

“Bundy and his followers are just your average angry white ‘freedom fighters,’ who use weapons and ammunition to protect the U.S. constitution and American values.”

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
Range Showdown

Vowing to resist the "tyranny" of the federal government and defend themselves against law enforcement, armed militants on Monday continued their occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon. As the group issued calls to ranchers and other supporters on social media for reinforcement, the standoff for many has underscored the unique

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