14 U.S. Cultists Deported by Israel, Head for Denver
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TEL AVIV — Members of a U.S. cult suspected by Israel of plotting violence in Jerusalem to bring about the Second Coming of Christ were deported early today.
Fourteen cultists, including six children, took off from Ben Gurion International Airport at 1:45 a.m. on an Air Canada flight to Toronto, with a connection to Denver, where the group is based.
They arrived at the airport in unmarked police cars. None responded to questions shouted out by reporters.
Police said security agents were accompanying the group on the flight.
There is growing concern in Israel that the group, the Concerned Christians, is a forerunner of hundreds of fanatics who will be drawn to Israel at the close of the millennium for what they expect to be the return of Jesus.
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