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Neo-Nazis and conspiracy nuts attack US communications

by on19 March 2021


Just don’t call them terrorists


According to The Intercept, conspiracy theorists and far-right white supremacist groups are increasingly targeting mobile phone towers and other critical infrastructure "to incite fear, disrupt essential services, and cause economic damage with the United States and abroad".

The report highlights the problems that the US has with far-right groups. If they were Muslims carrying out the same acts, they would be swiftly labelled terrorists and hunted down. But because they are white, they are labelled patriots, or cranks and largely ignored until they blow up something really big.

In this case the groups have succeeded in interrupting resources for law enforcement and emergency services personnel, according to the report by the New York Police Department, which lists several recent cases.

One involved a neo-Nazi chat group whose "members strongly supported exploiting civil unrest in the United States by attacking the country's infrastructure".

This is in addition to the 5G conspiracy theory nutjobs who claims without evidence that the electromagnetic waves put out by 5G towers are harming peoples' immune systems and are responsible for the coronavirus pandemic.

There have been attacks in other states as well, including a bombing in Nashville in December. The Intercept also obtained a document from the Department of Homeland Security that revealed three intelligence reports about “vandals” targeting mobile phone towers in New York, West Virginia and Tennessee on the day of and before the insurrection on the United States Capitol in January.

 

Last modified on 19 March 2021
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