Comparing The Olympic Bombing: Eric Rudolph And Ted Kaczynaski

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The Olympic Bombing was done by Erik Rudolph on July 27,1996 he blow it up with a 40 pound bag full of shrapnel and a pipe bomb he also bomb a Gay Club,Abortion Clinic.The Other terrorist in 1978 did something like Erik and his name was Ted Kaczynski.Kaczynski would send bombs to specific people at universities like professors,he also bombed United Airlines president. These terrorists were different in some ways and similar in others.Eric Rudolph and Ted Kaczynaski were different in regards to the methods they used to attack and the target they chose. However, they were in the way the hid from the police

Eric Rudolph and Ted Kaczynaski were different in regards to the methods they used to attack. For example, Eric

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