There is new divide in the Oregon Y’all Qaeda militants who’ve taken over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. RawStory.com has the details:
Joe Oshaugnessy, an Arizona militiaman, has been actively seeking volunteers through social media to join the occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
But his friends tearfully announced that Oshaugnessy, who is known as “Capt. O,” had left the refuge Wednesday and was instead staying at a motel nearby — as some others associated with the militants have apparently been doing, according to sources.
Some of the militants have reportedly been spotted eating at area restaurants during the standoff, as well.
A Y’all Qaeda spokesperson said he drank away the donations:
Peltier said Ritzheimer had confirmed that Oshaugnessy had kept the money he had raised through social media for himself and had spent at least some of it on a drinking binge.
Y’all Qaeda supporter Cai Irvin posted a tearful video (which has since been removed) saying Oshaugnessy’s betrayal “is like finding out there is no such thing as Santa.” You can get an example of his other passionate and more-than-a-little-crazy videos here.
Another Y’All Qaeda member was forced out of the Oregon refuge center after it was discovered he was lying about being a former Marine:
Brian Cavalier – the personal bodyguard of controversial ranchers Cliven and Ammon Bundy who lead the group – openly boasted to members of the press that he is a Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
But Daily Mail Online has learned that Cavalier, 44, has faked his military background to appear more credible as a militia henchman - a fact sure to anger some of the group's supporters.
According to US Marine Corp records Cavalier has never served as a Marine, whether it be as a recruit or a Marine Corps contractor.
Another key figure, Blaine Cooper (pictured below) is fond of running around wearing all the military gear he can find, giving the impression that he is also former military personnel, but he’s a big-time phony as well. Although he did sign up for the Marines at one point, the Department of the Navy has confirmed he never showed up for training and was never in the Marines. He caught the attention of real military personnel at the website This Ain't Hell after he was repeatedly referred to as a U.S. Marine in an interview in 2014. Cooper defended himself saying he didn’t want to correct the interviewer during a live broadcast and embarrass the broadcaster. That doesn’t stop Blaine Cooper (also known by his original legal name Stanley Blaine Hicks) from sharing a lot of photos of him playing dress-up soldier on his Facebook page.
Thursday, Jan 7, 2016 · 9:59:23 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden
Joe has taken to his Facebook page to defend himself:
Alert****Alert******
Because I have been vocal about not supporting the actions taken by the individuals inside the compound
apparently they have desired to launch a smear Campaign against me...
Even though I am one of the only Patriots on the outside doing everything I can to try and prevent this from turning into another Wako
And making sure to protect the safety of all involved...
To what I say my reputation is sterling...
GOD & Country
Cpt O
Thursday, Jan 7, 2016 · 10:33:29 PM +00:00 · Jen Hayden
The Oregonian has details on another internal Y’all Qaeda fight last night:
Violence broke out at the Bundy compound Wednesday night between its militant occupants and members of an outside group whose leader says he wants to get women and children out of the compound.
Lewis Arthur, who leads a group called Veterans on Patrol and calls himself an anti-violence patriot, arrived Wednesday afternoon with a small crew.
By Wednesday night, one of Arthur's three-person crew was in the hospital, his eye blackened from a punch to the face.
This isn’t the first time they’d met:
Arthur's tension with Payne goes back years, to the standoff at Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch. Both attended the standoff, and Arthur said the two were once friends but the relationship devolved when Payne became radicalized and "suicidal."