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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 01:48 AM Sep 2014

Penn. Police: Ambush Suspect Is Part Of ‘Cold War Re-Enactment Group’

A survivalist suspected of an ambush attack last week on two Pennsylvania troopers, killing one and seriously wounding the other, is a member of an Eastern European Cold War re-enactment group, state police said on Wednesday.

Police said at a news conference that the group has roots in eastern Pennsylvania, but declined to identify it and did not elaborate on its activities or its links to Eastern Europe.

Officials showed reporters photos of the suspect, Eric Matthew Frein, in military garb. Further details were not immediately available.

An arrest warrant was issued on Tuesday for Frein, 31, of Canadensis, Pennsylvania. Police described him as an anti-law enforcement survivalist and said he was armed and extremely dangerous. Frein is facing a charge of first-degree murder, among other charges.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/penn-police-ambush-suspect-is-part-of-cold-war-re-enactment-group/

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Penn. Police: Ambush Suspect Is Part Of ‘Cold War Re-Enactment Group’ (Original Post) Purveyor Sep 2014 OP
They don't want to say it but I guarantee... 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #1
Just what does an 'Eastern European Cold War re-enactment group' re-enact? JHB Sep 2014 #2
"Cold war re-enactment"? Recursion Sep 2014 #3
I could see it if it was James Bond-themed, but this makes little sense to me JHB Sep 2014 #4
 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
1. They don't want to say it but I guarantee...
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 02:00 AM
Sep 2014

...he is a devotee of Alex Fatman Jones just like the Vegas cop killers and the LAX shooter Paul Ciancia.

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This man is the white version of Ayman al-Zawahiri

Just look at the commercials they run



Evading K9s



They literally make money off of getting their batshit crazy viewers ramped up to go on and kill cops.

JHB

(37,133 posts)
2. Just what does an 'Eastern European Cold War re-enactment group' re-enact?
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 06:43 AM
Sep 2014

Guard duty at Checkpoint Charlie? Putting down uprisings by Czechs and Hungarians?

I don't really see the draw... with one exception.

So, is the AK-47 an accessory to the re-enactment uniform, or is the whole re-enactment thing really just an accessory for the AK?

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