'BE READY' (Le milizie armate sono pronte alla guerra civile)

 

'BE READY' (Le milizie armate sono pronte alla guerra civile)

(The US SUN)
Inside the far-right American ‘militia networks’ arming themselves for ‘Civil War’ as Joe Biden becomes president
 

Henry Holloway

GUN-TOTING militias are arming themselves across America as they fear a coming "Civil War" as Joe Biden prepares to become president.

Hundreds of far-right groups have sprung up across the US and are ramping up recruitment in the fallout from the highly charged election and the coronavirus pandemic.

13Protesters in military fatigues stand at the Capitol building in Salem Credit: AP:Associated Press

Online forum My Militia - which promotes itself as an "American Patriot Network" - has more than 20,000 users and has seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks.

The network claims there are 544 militias currently active in the US, carries instructions on how to make explosives and improvised weapons, survivalist tips, threads dedicated to conspiracy theories, and lists of names of members of "Antifa".

Many of the self-appointed militiamen say they are preparing to ride out mass civil unrest, while others more dramatically predict an upcoming "Civil War".

It comes after a string of violence over the summer with Donald Trump blaming extreme left-wing groups for stoking mayhem.

Some groups are braced for attacks by "Antifa" who Trump branded "scum" after clashes at a recent marches in Washington DC.

Dr Rakid Ehsan, a research fellow from think tank the Henry Jackson Society, told The Sun Online the rise of the these groups is "deeply concerning" for the US.

He warned the potential of these organisations clashing with extreme left-wing groups could turn the US into a "powder-keg".

Fears of civil unrest have been mounting following the election as the White House allege the far left is to blame for much of the bloodshed in the wake of George Floyd's death.

US attorney General William Barr has previously said the Justice Department is monitoring "Antifa".

13One poster warns “prepare daily” as she shows off his ammo

13My Militia users show off their stockpiles of weapons - such as bear mace

"This country will never be the same. Bad s*** on the horizons here folks. Be Ready," warns a user named Ranger3%, from New Hampshire.

He has a picture of a man in combat fatigues and carrying a rifle on his profile, and identifies as a member of known far-right group The Three Percenters.

Pictures are shared by users as they goad each other to "prepare" by showing off weapons such as assault rifles and bear mace.

Disturbing content is filed away on the "resources" section of the website, which includes sections such as "intelligence", "tactics" and "munitions".

One post in the "intelligence" forum allegedly contains a lists of names of members of Antifa in Portland, Oregon.

13Group of men in military fatigues fire rifles in a post from 2019

13One user shows off one of his weapons

13The forum shows many 'militiamen' showing off their guns

And a post also publishes the names of 650 people who were said to have counter protested the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017.

In the "tactics" section one user shares a video which details how to use legal parts to create a homemade silencer and how to convert a rifle into a machine gun.

Under "munitions" you can find links to documents such as the infamous Anarchist Cookbook, a manual that continues instructions on how to make bombs.

Threads even contain guides on how to construct a homemade grenade launchers, mines, flamethrowers, anti-tank weapons and even napalm.

Other posts detail how to make Molotov cocktails and how to set boobytraps like the ones used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.