{"id":823,"date":"2016-01-04T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/04\/these-are-the-armed-militants-occupying-a-federal-building-in-oregon\/"},"modified":"2016-01-04T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T19:00:00","slug":"these-are-the-armed-militants-occupying-a-federal-building-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/04\/these-are-the-armed-militants-occupying-a-federal-building-in-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the armed militants occupying a federal building in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oregon-protest\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzAzL2U4L29yZWdvbnByb3RlLjU3MTBkLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/b81217d6\/99c\/oregon-protest.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=These+are+the+armed+militants+occupying+a+federal+building+in+Oregon&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F03%2Fwho-are-the-militants-in-oregon%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F03%2Fwho-are-the-militants-in-oregon%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Armed militants took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Burns, Oregon on Saturday after a protest in defense of two ranchers about to be jailed for arson<\/p>\n<p>The protest featured singing and flower-planting, but a group of what journalists say is about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/pacific-northwest-news\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/militia_continue_occupation_of.html\">15<\/a> people broke off from a larger group of about 300 to take over the building, which was unoccupied due to the holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/03\/militia-bundy-brothers-protest\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Militia group led by Bundy brothers seizes federal building after protest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>So who are these guys?<\/p>\n<h2>Who are the militants?<\/h2>\n<p>The armed group reportedly consists of around 15 people, though the group says many more are occupying the refuge headquarters <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/03\/who-are-the-militants-in-oregon\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/oregon\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Oregon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/police\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Police<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/protest\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Protest<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/us-world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us World<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/us\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/0WLHKEAzIlM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed militants took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Burns, Oregon on Saturday after a protest in defense of two ranchers about to be jailed for arson The protest featured singing and flower-planting, but a group of what &hellip; 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