More Illinois Nazi's

Capitol Fax Blog points us to this story out of the Metro East area where authorities have moved in on a nest of Nazis (aka domestic terrorists).

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - Federal agents and prosecutors announced Tuesday the
largest seizure of machine guns in the history of Southern Illinois, and 11
people face weapons charges linked to the seized guns.

Agents seized more than 50 machine guns, silencers, 128 destructive
devices, 115 improvised explosive devices, gun powder, a spring-loaded booby
trap, more than 100 firearms, 19 crates of ammunition and thousands of rounds of
ammunition seized from a Madison County home.

They also found a Nazi flag, neo-Nazi literature and scrawled on a wall
of a home three words: "Hitler was right!"

U.S. Attorney Ronald Tenpas called the racist literature "a cause for
concern."

I'd say the ammo dump might be an even bigger concern. If these guys were Muslim and had anti-American slogans on the wall, wouldn't they certainly have been labeled terrorists? I've never understood why rightwing terrorists are never labeled as such.

David Neiwert, who watches this sort of thing, had this to say in a post yesterday:

Here's a reality check for the Department of Homeland Security: After the
Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, through Jan. 1, 2000, there were over
40 serious cases of domestic terrorism -- some of it realized, some of it
thwarted -- committed by right-wing extremists.

These were not petty or mere property crimes. They included the bombing of
the Atlanta Olympics and abortion clinics by Eric Rudolph; a plan to attack a gathering of military families in the Midwest; and a plot to blow up a
California propane facility. In every instance, the planned or perpetrated
act involved serious violence in which potentially many people could be killed
or injured.

Since that time, the rate has declined dramatically, but the cases keep
occurring with some regularity, and the lethal nature of the threat has if
anything become worse. Since 2000, we're talking about an actual anthrax attack;
plans to set off cyanide and sarin bombs; more planned bombings of abortion
clinics; and threats against federal judges. All emanating from either lone
wolves or organized extremists from the far right.

These are not torchings of SUVs and vacant condos or trashing of research
laboratories, which are bad enough, and certainly a problem worth confronting on
a level deserving the actual threat they pose. But the level of violence, and
the lethality of the threat posed, is of another order altogether when it comes
to right-wing extremists.

While eating my lunch a while ago, I saw a story (on CNN) on Eric Rudolph. Among other things, the story recounted his alleged crimes but he was never once referred to as a terrorist.