American Al Qaeda

A neo-Fascist group with crossover membership with the ultra-violent Atomwaffen Division, The Base—which translates to al Qaeda—was the product of a former American intelligence contractor and suspected present Russian intelligence asset, Rinaldo Nazzaro. Nazzaro went by multiple aliases, including “Norman Spear” and “Roman Wolf.” The Base recruited wayward young men, trained with weapons on land in Georgia, Wisconsin, and Washington, and was allegedy responsible for several acts of vandalism at synagogues throughtout the country.

Troublingly, The Base included international membership, including Patrik Mathews, a now-former Canadian armed forces member, who allegedly went absent and crossed illegally into the United States. There, prosecutors say, he met with several members of The Base, trained with firearms, and planned an attack at the Richmond, Virginia gun rights rally in January 2020. Another member of The Base, Richard Tobin, orchestrated attacks and vandalism at synagogues in the upper midwest, despite living in New Jersey. And a trio in Georgia is facing state charges for an alleged murder plot against two local activists. This cell was infiltrated by an undercover FBI employee.

Fortunately, these attacks were stopped before they could be carried out. But the cases show that American Nationalism is an international product, and that terrorism in the name of a white ethnostate is truly no different than terror served for any other fundamentalist goal.

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