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Why did Timothy McVeigh bomb the Oklahoma City federal building?
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∙ 13y ago
At the trial of Timothy McVeigh, the US Government asserted that McVeigh's motivation for the attack was to avenge the deaths two years earlier of Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, whom he believed had been murdered by agents of the federal government.
By his own admission, he was seeking to punish the US Government for their actions at Waco and Ruby Ridge. Oklahoma City was viewed as the American Heartland, the Muir Building housed the ATF and DEA offices, lacked physical security, was built adjacent to the street which provided proximity for his truck bomb to be effective and would minimize civilian deaths. His plan had paid little attention to the presence of a children's nursery (or he may have valued it as a psychological benefit). Because he had personally scouted out the building it is difficult to accept his statement that he did not know of the children's presence.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoTimothy McVeigh wanted to relatiate against the government for their handling of the Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents. When he was in the military, he was already anti-government, and those incidents angered him even more. He philosophy was that he was doing something like the atomic bombs dropped on Japan; that it would prevent future deaths.
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∙ 11y agoThe culprit had a mind war with the government after the federal government's handling of the 1992 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) standoff with Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge as well as the Waco Siege.
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∙ 13y agoBecause it was a soft target in the American Heartland, was ill defended and readily approachable by a vehicular bomb.
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Who was sentenced to death for bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City?
Timothy Mcveigh
What did timothy McVeigh blow up?
The Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City.
Where did the Oklahoma City bombing happen in 1995?
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Why did the Oklahoma City bombing occur?
On 19 April 1995, 29 year old Gulf war veteran rented a truck and packed it with about 2,300 kg of explosive material consisting of ammonium nitrate, an agricultural fertiliser, and nitromethane, a highly volatile motor-racing fuel. He then detonated it in the street in front of the Alfred P Murrah federal building, a US government office complex. 168 were killed in the explosion, including 19 children attending a day-care centre in the building. 800 more people were injured, while over 300 buildings in the surrounding area were destroyed or seriously damaged. At the trial, the US Government asserted that McVeigh's motivation for the attack was to avenge the deaths two years earlier of Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, whom he believed had been murdered by agents of the federal government. On 13 June 1997, Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death by a jury consisting of seven men and five women, who unanimously voted that McVeigh should die by lethal injection: he was executed at a US penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on 11 June 2001.
What nationality were the terrorists that blew up the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City?
American. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were born and raised in the U.S.A. They served in the US forces. They were home grown terrorists upset at the FBI because of the Waco Indecent.
Who was sentenced to death for bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City?
Timothy Mcveigh
What did timothy McVeigh blow up?
The Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City.
Who did the Oklahoma City boombing?
Timothy James McVeigh was convicted of the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Also convicted on co-conspiracy charges were Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier.
Where did the Oklahoma City bombing happen in 1995?
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
What tragic event happen in 1995?
Oklahoma City bombing. 168 people were killed when Timothy McVeigh blew up a Federal building. He has since been executed.
Why was Timothy McVeigh tried in federal court for the Oklahoma City bombing?
because the bombing was on federal property because the bombing was on federal property
When was the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma bombed?
On April 19, 1995, a truck-bomb explosion outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in OklahomaCity, Oklahoma, left 168 people dead and hundreds more injured. The blast was set off by anti-government militant Timothy McVeigh, who in 2001 was executed for his crimes.
Why did the Oklahoma City bombing occur?
On 19 April 1995, 29 year old Gulf war veteran rented a truck and packed it with about 2,300 kg of explosive material consisting of ammonium nitrate, an agricultural fertiliser, and nitromethane, a highly volatile motor-racing fuel. He then detonated it in the street in front of the Alfred P Murrah federal building, a US government office complex. 168 were killed in the explosion, including 19 children attending a day-care centre in the building. 800 more people were injured, while over 300 buildings in the surrounding area were destroyed or seriously damaged. At the trial, the US Government asserted that McVeigh's motivation for the attack was to avenge the deaths two years earlier of Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, whom he believed had been murdered by agents of the federal government. On 13 June 1997, Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death by a jury consisting of seven men and five women, who unanimously voted that McVeigh should die by lethal injection: he was executed at a US penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, on 11 June 2001.
Why did Timothy and Terry bomb the federal building in Oklahoma City?
It was said to be in retribution for Federal action at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
When was the federal building in Oklahoma City bombed?
1995 by timothy mcvey at 9:02am
What nationality were the terrorists that blew up the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City?
American. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were born and raised in the U.S.A. They served in the US forces. They were home grown terrorists upset at the FBI because of the Waco Indecent.
Why was Michael Fortier arrested?
Michael Joseph Fortier and his wife Lori were arrested as accessories in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing (Murrah Federal Building) by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. He pled guilty to failing to warn authorities, but received a reduced sentence in exchange for his testimony.
