Posted on 04/02/2005 2:06:21 PM PST by Pendragon_6
Norm Olson, senior adviser to the Michigan militia and pastor of a strong right-to-life church in Wolverine, said Tuesday he had put together an unarmed coalition of state militias that were prepared to storm the Florida hospice where Terri Schiavo has been left to die, and take her to a safe house.
Olson said he needed only the OK from Schiavo's father, Robert Schindler, either directly or through his attorney David Gibbs, to put the plan, called "Operation Resurrection," into action on Sunday.
But Olson said Gibbs contacted the FBI instead of passing his message on to Schindler.
Olson said the FBI had been monitoring e-mails within militia groups and on Tuesday, March 29, sent an agent from Traverse City to his home in Alanson and other agents to militia leaders in the South to question them about the plan.
The FBI was unavailable for comment.
Olson said that last Thursday he phoned Gibbs' secretary with a message that he had organized 1,500 to 2,000 militia members from Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and Michigan, who were ready to remove Schiavo from the hospice and take her in a convoy to a safe house.
Olson said he never was able to speak directly to the Schindlers or Gibbs.
"Gibbs probably told the Schindlers not to get the militia involved. That's why Schindler came out with statement that he did not want any civil disobedience. Now they're begging for someone to do something, but it's too late," Olson said.
Olson said the militias needed time to arrange for an ambulance, medical support staff and a safe house before the plan could be put into action.
"We would have overwhelmed the local law enforcement," Olson said, adding the militias would not have been armed.
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This is a joke???
I don't know. It seems this nation HAS fallen apart to a large degree.
I just can't comprehend why some one would think this is a good idea??
Just a symptom of xtreme frustration
The nation has fallen apart when people think that saving an innocent woman's life is a wacko idea.
They should not have asked anybody's permission.
Maybe, but there's a high degree of liklihood that several people would have been hurt...or worse
...Maybe, but there's a high degree of liklihood that several people would have been hurt...or worse...
Like, being sentenced in Judge Greer's court?
...Maybe, but there's a high degree of liklihood that several people would have been hurt...or worse...
Like maybe being sentenced in Judge Greer's court?
Don't know what buttons I hit to delete the text of my last post. Weird.
Even weirder. Now the text is back in my first attempt.
Sheesh.
No never mind, your point is well taken.
Thanks. This article is interesting because as I was watching the whole evil thing unfold, I wondered if a lot of citizens might not get enraged enough to try something like that.
Seems now that they did.
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