{"id":31769,"date":"2012-08-27T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T19:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31769"},"modified":"2012-08-27T15:13:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T19:13:51","slug":"four-us-soldiers-arrested-in-terror-plot-in-ga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31769","title":{"rendered":"Four US soldiers arrested in terror plot in GA"},"content":{"rendered":"

SGT K sends us a link to an article in Twin Cities.com<\/a> which tells of four Fort Stewart soldiers who formed a militia group and committed murder to protect the identification of their organization that a Private funded from a $500,000 insurance policy benefit he got upon the death of his pregnant wife. <\/p>\n

One of the Fort Stewart soldiers charged in the case, Army Pfc. Michael Burnett, also gave testimony that backed up many of the assertions made by prosecutors. The 26-year-old soldier pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter, illegal gang activity and other charges. He made a deal to cooperate with prosecutors in their case against the three other soldiers.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said the group called itself F.E.A.R., short for Forever Enduring Always Ready. Pauley said authorities don’t know how many members the
\nmilitia had.<\/p>\n

Burnett, 26, said he knew the group’s leaders from serving with them at Fort Stewart. He agreed to testify against fellow soldiers Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, identified by prosecutors as the militia’s founder and leader, Sgt. Anthony Peden and Pvt. Christopher Salmon.<\/p>\n

All are charged by state authorities with malice murder, felony murder, criminal gang activity, aggravated assault and using a firearm while committing a felony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although I couldn’t find Burnett in AKO (I suspect that he was already out of the Army), I did find the other three and they were all 19-series MOS – which means they were in the armor career field – either tankers or armored scouts. Two were in the same Squadron (a cavalry battalion).<\/p>\n

In a videotaped interview with military investigators, [ prosecutor Isabel Pauley] said, Aguigui called himself “the nicest cold-blooded murderer you will ever meet.” He used the Army to recruit militia members, who wore distinctive tattoos that resemble an anarchy symbol, she said. Prosecutors say they have no idea how many members belong to the group.<\/p>\n

“All members of the group were on active-duty or were former members of the military,” Pauley said. “He targeted soldiers who were in trouble or disillusioned.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anarchists, huh? Well, that is kind of different to what the Department of Homeland Security and SPLC told us. I thought the militias were supposed to be right-wing extremists, like Timothy McVeigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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