Combat 18
| Motto | Whatever it takes, oderint dum metuant, White Revolution is the only solution |
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| Formation | 1992 |
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Neo-Nazism, White nationalism, Anti-Semitism Anti-Communism Anti-Irish Republicanism/Nationalism, White Supremacy Homophobia |
| Purpose | Paramilitary fomenting neo-Nazi revolution, against the supposed Zionist Occupation Government. |
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Key people
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Charlie Sargent, Harold Covington, Del O'Connor, David Myatt |
| Affiliations | Redwatch, Blood and Honour, National Socialist Movement, Racial Volunteer Force, National Socialist Movement, Nazi Low Riders, Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, Gulf Cartel |
Combat 18 (C18) is a neo-Nazi cartel associated with the Blood and Honour organisation, based on the principles of "leaderless resistance", a strategy that was adopted and mentioned in the Combat 18 manifest, based on "The Turner Diaries", written by William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald. It originated in the United Kingdom, with ties to movements in the United States and has since spread to other countries. Combat 18 members have been suspected in numerous deaths of immigrants, non-whites, and other C18 members. The 18 in its name is derived from the initials of Adolf Hitler: A and H are the first and eighth letters of the Latin alphabet. Members in the United Kingdom are barred from joining the British Prison Service and police.
Combat 18 was formed in early 1992 by Charlie Sargent and Harold Covington. C18 soon attracted national attention for threats of violence against immigrants, members of ethnic minorities and leftists. In 1992, it started publishing Redwatch magazine, which contained photographs, names and addresses of political opponents. Combat 18 is an openly neo-Nazi group that is devoted to violence and is hostile to electoral politics, and for this reason Sargent split decisively from the BNP in 1993.
Sargent had split with his former C18 colleagues over allegations that he was an informer for British security services. The rival faction, led by Wilf "The Beast" Browning, wanted Sargent to return the C18 membership list, in exchange for the return of his plastering tools and £1,000. However, such was the animosity and fear between them that a mutually acceptable go-between, 28-year-old C18 member "Catford Chris" Castle, was driven to Sargent's mobile home in Harlow, Essex, by Browning, who waited in the car, whilst Castle went to visit Sargent. He was met at the door by Charlie Sargent and his political associate, former Skrewdriver guitarist Martin Cross. Cross plunged a nine-inch (22 cm) blade into Castle's back. Browning took Castle to hospital in a taxi, but doctors were unable to save him and he died shortly after arriving in hospital.
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