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A religious jihad by fundamentalist crusaders who believe that murder is justified,

their acts of violence having the intended effect of changing behavior.

Our fifth story in the countdown, not the Taliban, not Hamas, not al-Qaeda.

If the brutal murder of Dr. George Tiller, the Wichita OB-GYN,

who among many other things, provided abortions, does not qualify as an active domestic terrorism.

What does? Dr. Tiller having been gunned down in the vestibule of his church, where he had been

serving as an usher. His medical practice having been targeted many times before.

In 1986, a bomb exploding on the roof of his clinic, he reopened.

In 1993, Dr. Tiller shot in both arms by an anti-abortion activist. He returned to work.

Two months ago, Dr. Tiller acquitted on charges that he had performed 19 illegal late-term

abortions in 2003. Kansas Law, permitting late-term abortions, when two independent doctors agree,

a pregnant woman would be irreparably harmed by giving birth. A abortion in this country legal

for the past 36 years. This man accused of deciding which laws apply and which do not.

Police arresting Scott Roder in connection with Dr. Tiller's murder.

NBC News, having learned that Mr. Roder is a member of the Freeman militia, with a previous

1996 conviction for possession of materials to make a bomb. We reportedly posted on the blog

of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue. Police finding the phone number for the senior

policy adviser for Operation Rescue herself convicted 20 years ago of conspiracy to bomb a clinic

in Roder's car. Attorney General Holder directing the U.S. Marshall Service to increase security

at Planned Parenthood and other facilities around the country to prevent related acts of violence.

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