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Der Hauptverdächtige im Mordfall des Kasseler Regierungspräsidenten Lübcke hatte engere Verbindungen zur AfD als bisher bekannt. Nach Recherchen des NDR half Stephan Ernst der Partei im hessischen Landtagswahlkampf. Der Rechtsextremist Stephan Ernst hat zumindest im Jahr 2018 die AfD in seiner Heimatstadt Kassel tatkräftig unterstützt. So soll Ernst unter anderem Wahlplakate aufgehängt und mehrere Treffen der Partei in Nordhessen besucht haben. Das haben AfD-Mitglieder gegenüber der Polizei angegeben, wie NDR-Recherchen ergaben. Bisher waren lediglich eine Spende an die Partei sowie die Teilnahme an einer AfD-Demonstration in Chemnitz 2018 bekannt. Nachdem Mitte Juni vergangenen Jahres bekannt geworden war, dass Ernst für den Mord an Walter Lübcke verantwortlich sein soll, meldete sich der ehemalige Kreisvorsitzende der Kasseler AfD bei der Polizei. Er schilderte den Beamten, dass Ernst im Wahlkampf zur Landtagswahl 2018 beim Plakatieren geholfen habe. Das geht aus Unterlagen hervor, die der NDR einsehen konnte. (…) Nach Recherchen des NDR haben weitere Zeugen bei der Polizei ausgesagt, sie hätten den Mordverdächtigen bei AfD-Treffen gesehen. Ein AfD-Anhänger aus Kassel sagte den Ermittlern, er habe Ernst Ende 2018 bei einem Vortrag bei der AfD kennen gelernt. Man habe sich auch mehrmals privat getroffen, aber nie über Politik gesprochen. (…) Nach Einschätzung des Kasseler Politikwissenschaftlers Wolfgang Schroeder könne die AfD zwar nichts dafür, wenn sich Rechtsextremisten wie Stephan Ernst für sie einsetzen. Man müsse sich aber fragen, warum er gerade zur AfD gegangen sei. Die AfD habe sich im Laufe der Zeit radikalisiert, sagt Schroeder im Interview mit dem NDR-Magazin “Panorama 3”. So sei die Partei auch für Rechtsextremisten interessant geworden. “Extremistische Kräfte, die nicht nur die Verfassung ändern wollen, sondern sogar bereit sind, Gewalt einzusetzen, sehen in dieser Partei eine Projektionsfläche, einen Handlungsraum“, erklärt der Politologe.

via hessenschau: Mutmaßlicher Lübcke-Mörder war für AfD aktiv

Bis heute ranken sich Mythen und Legenden um den Bankräuber und Rechtsterroristen Udo Albrecht, der aus Thüringen stammt. Hatte er Helfer bei seinen Fluchten? Und welche Rolle spielten Geheimdienste aus Ost und West? Die Bundestagsabgeordnete Martina Renner wollte Auskunft von der Bundesregierung. Doch die mauert. Das Schicksal des Rechtsextremisten und Bankräubers Udo Albrecht bleibt weiter unklar. Auch 40 Jahre nach der Flucht des gebürtigen Thüringers aus der Bundesrepublik in die DDR hält die Bundesregierung Geheimdienst-Informationen über Albrecht zurück. Das geht aus Antworten der Bundesregierung auf Kleine Anfragen der Thüringer Linke-Bundestagsabgeordneten Martina Renner hervor, die MDR THÜRINGEN vorliegen. Als Gründe nannte die Regierung “Staatswohl” und das “Geheimhaltungsinteresse der Bundesregierung”. Albrecht, der in Thüringen aufgewachsen ist, war 1955 mit seinem Vater aus der DDR in die Bundesrepublik gegangen. Im Sommer 1981 entkam er aus der Haft in der Bundesrepublik, wo er in Bielefeld wegen Bankraubs einsaß, über die innerdeutsche Grenze in die DDR. Dort packte er aus und gab der Staatssicherheit zahlreiche Details über sein Leben preis. Die DDR lehnte eine Auslieferung des Neonazis in die Bundesrepublik ab. Stattdessen ließ sie ihn nach einiger Zeit unter falscher Identität in den Nahen Osten ausfliegen. Seitdem ist der Schwerverbrecher nicht mehr aufgetaucht. Albrecht war in die rechtsterroristische Szene der Bundesrepublik tief verstrickt und pflegte engste Kontakte zu Terror-Organisationen im Nahen Osten, die im Libanon Anschläge planten, Stützpunkte in der Schweiz aufbauten und Bündnisse zwischen Arabern und Rechtsextremisten schmiedeten. Unter anderem hatte er in den 1970er-Jahren in der Bundesrepublik rechtsextremistische Kämpfer gegen Israel angeworben und die palästinensische Befreiungsorganisation PLO beraten. (…) Über die rätselhaften Umstände und mögliche Helfer bei der Flucht Albrechts aus der Bundesrepublik in die DDR wurde in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten immer wieder spekuliert. Unter anderem wurde eine Stasi- oder auch eine Aktion des Bundesnachrichtendienstes (BND) vermutet. Der Bundesregierung liegen nach eigenen Angaben keine Erkenntnisse über eine BND-Aktion vor. Ob Albrecht Mitarbeiter des BND war, will die Bundesregierung ebenfalls nicht preisgeben. Hier beruft sich Berlin auf das “Staatswohl”.

via mdr: Bundesregierung hält Informationen über Neonazi Udo Albrecht zurück

Three men were charged with murder conspiracy and anti-government activity: Luke Austin Lane, 21; Jacob Kaderli, 19; and Michael John Helterbrand, 25. (Floyd County Police Department). Authorities in Georgia on Friday charged three alleged members of a violent white supremacist group known as “the Base” with plotting to murder anti-fascist activists — one day after the FBI said it arrested three other alleged members in Maryland and Delaware on federal charges. Police say the men wanted to kill a Georgia married couple who were “high-ranking” members of the far-left antifa movement in retaliation for exposing white supremacists online. The suspects recruited, strategized and practiced in paramilitary training camps as part of a group that seeks to overthrow the U.S. government, launch a “race war” and create a “white ethno-state,” authorities say. Luke Austin Lane, 21; Michael John Helterbrand, 25; and Jacob Kaderli, 19, were all charged with conspiracy to commit murder and being members of a criminal gang. Attorney information for the men was not immediately available in jail records. (…) Law enforcement officials have zeroed in on the Base, whose name is the English translation of “al-Qaeda,” ahead of an upcoming gun rights rally in Richmond. They fear armed extremists could unleash violence at the event, which is expected to draw thousands of militia members and gun advocates from around the country to protest a suite of gun-control measures being considered by the Virginia legislature. Authorities say they have tracked a flurry of threatening language in online message boards and social media accounts related to the rally. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has banned firearms on the state capitol grounds during the protests, saying there was “credible intelligence” of a potential violent disruption.

via washington post: Alleged members of white supremacy group ‘the Base’ charged with plotting to kill antifa couple

siehe auch: Analysts claim white supremacist group wants to see fall of the United States. ‘The Base’ is looking for a violent overthrow of the nation and a race war, according to experts. Three men arrested in Georgia this week who allegedly had plans to murder a Bartow County couple have been linked to a violent white supremacist group, according to documents unsealed by authorities on Friday. Three other men, including a former Canadian armed forces reservist, were arrested in Maryland on Thursday. According to the Justice Department, those men were tied to the same violent extremist group, which is called The Base. According to an affidavit unsealed by a judge in Floyd County, Ga., on Friday, the three men involved in the Georgia murder plot had detailed plans to kill a couple that they described as high-ranking members of an extreme left-leaning group — Atlanta Antifascists. The men arrested in Maryland were believed to heading to a pro-gun rally next week in Richmond, Va., according to federal authorities. The Base is described as a militant, terroristic network of neo-Nazis and white supremacists who have been establishing an underground network of loosely connected cells since being founded in late 2017 or early 2018. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, they value the philosophies of leaderless resistance, survivalism and preparedness, and “off-the-grid” living; and they hope to attract other white supremacists who are steeped in the skills and tactics of those philosophies; Neo-Nazis Allegedly Discussed Opening Fire at Virginia’s Pro-Gun Rally Slated for Monday. Three suspected white supremacists who were arrested Thursday in Maryland had discussed opening fire from the pro-gun rally that will take place in Virginia this coming Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Law enforcement officials on Friday said that the men had allegedly been planning to sow chaos and further their goal of “accelerat[ing] the downfall of the U.S. government” so that a white ethno-state can take its place. It was also reported Friday that an additional three men associated with the same violent neo-Nazi group had been arrested in Georgia on Wednesday. Those three men had allegedly been plotting to kill two people. (…) The Base is committed to promoting anarchy through violence with the goal of igniting a race war, according to Reuters. According to the Anti-Defamation League, its members are opposed to what they see as Jewish values that have infiltrated the “European race.” It hopes to ‘impose order from chaos,’ according to the Counter Extremism Project, and its members train as soldiers in camps around the country. The group began in 2018, and though its activity is largely online, its real-life actions have been on the rise; for instance, it has distributed manuals for terror attacks and bomb-making to its members. The Base is the English translation of al Qaeda, though it’s unclear if that connection was intentional. It’s not clear if the three men in Georgia had any plans related to Monday’s gun rally in Richmond, Virginia, but the three suspects in Maryland had obtained weapons and were planning on participating, the FBI said. The rally is expected to draw many white nationalist and other extremist groups, which have become more agitated after Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency and temporarily banned weapons from the State Capitol grounds.

The arrests came just as authorities expressed worry about a pro-gun rally in Virginia turning violent. Three members of the neo-Nazi terror group The Base stockpiled over a thousand rounds of ammunition, illegally manufactured an assault rifle, and attempted to make the hallucinogenic drug DMT, newly released court documents allege. The New York Times first reported that Patrik Mathews, a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist, was among the three arrested by the FBI. Mathews went missing last summer after a Winnipeg Free Press investigation outed him as a recruiter for The Base in Canada and was believed to have entered the U.S. illegally last summer. VICE exclusively reported in December that Mathews was being harboured by The Base. The arrests illustrate the threat of domestic terror groups in the U.S. and the commitment of federal authorities to cracking down on what is becoming a national security nightmare ahead of the 2020 presidential election in November. On Wednesday, Virginia declared a state of emergency because authorities believed “armed militia groups plan to storm the capitol” ahead of a guns rights rally this weekend. The FBI arrested Mathews, Brian M. Lemley Jr., 33, and William G. Bilbrough IV, 19, on Thursday, according to a Department of Justice statement. Mathews has been charged with transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony and being an alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition, while Lemley and Bilbrough are facing charges of transporting and harbouring aliens and conspiring to do so. Lemley also faces a charge of transporting a machine gun and disposing of a firearm and ammunition to an alien unlawfully present in the United States. (…) Lemley and Mathews allegedly took the weapon to a shooting range the FBI and ATF were staking out and viewed Lemley and Mathews firing the fully automatic rifle. The trio also allegedly discussed making DMT and attempted to manufacture the drug. Early this year, according to the statement, Lemley purchased over 1,500 rounds for the rifle and gave it to Mathews. The crew face lengthy sentences if they are found guilty, with some of their alleged crimes coming with maximum sentences of 10 years. The Base is an international neo-Nazi terror network with active cells around the world and affiliations to the domestic hate group Atomwaffen Division, which has been linked to several murders in the U.S.

via vice: Arrested Neo-Nazis Built a Weapon, Were Making DMT: Court Docs