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Oregon standoff enters 4th day

Bill Morlin of Southern Poverty Law Center Hate Watch snapped this photo while spending two days covering the standoff between anti-government activists and federal authorities near Burns, Ore.
Bill Morlin of Southern Poverty Law Center Hate Watch snapped this photo while spending two days covering the standoff between anti-government activists and federal authorities near Burns, Ore.

An armed occupation of a federally owned wildlife outpost in remote Oregon rolled into its fourth day Tuesday, even after the two men at the center of the unrest disavowed the protest. The group, which calls itself the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday. It was empty at the time because of the holidays. Bundy's group seized the government property after splintering off from a larger protest about ranchers' rights in the small town of Burns/NBC News. More here.

Question: How long do you think this standoff will last?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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