Eric Rudolph - 'American terrorist' | csmonitor.com: "Abortion clinics around the US are 'bracing for attacks' after convicted murderer and Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph issued a 'manifesto' justifying attacks against such clinics and their workers. Associated Press reports that federal officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are calling US clinics to make sure their security is up to date.

'When one of these extremists puts out a call to action, oftentimes others do try to follow in their footsteps,' said Vicki Saporta, head of the National Abortion Federation, which represents 400 US clinics. 'He clearly is speaking to the extremists who believe in justifiable homicide.'

Reuters reported Thursday that Mr. Rudolph pleaded guilty to the bombing of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, as well as to attacks on abortion clinics and a gay nightclub. Rudolph said 'abortion, gay rights and the federal government' motivated him to attack the targets listed above.

AccessNorthGa.com reported that one of the people in the courtroom to see Rudolph's guilty plea was 'Pendergrass Police Officer Richard Jewell, the man wrongly suspected in the Olympic Park bombing for a time.'"

(Via Christian Science Monitor.)