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Oregon Standoff: Leader Tells Militia Men To Skip ‘Bloodbath’

Ammon Bundy wants them to give up on their planned gunfight!

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Arrested militia leader Ammon Bundy asked his fellow occupiers at an Oregon wildlife refuge to head on home — even as his followers were declaring that they were ready for a bloodbath!

“To those remaining at the refuge, I love you,” said Bundy in a statement.

“Let us take this fight from here. Please stand down. Go home and hug your families

“This fight is ours for now in the courts. Please go home.”

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Bundy’s plea for peace was needed, too — with The National ENQUIRER unearthing chilling video of armed militia men inside the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge saying that they were ready for a bloodbath!

As reported earlier by The ENQUIRER, gunfire had broken out Tuesday night between police and the armed militia men who had seized the property when some members left the area to attend a community meeting.

The group’s media spokesman, Robert LaVoy Finicum was shot dead, and the authorities took Bundy and six others into police custody!

They each were charged with the felony of conspiracy to impede federal officers.

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Authorities had sent journalists away from the wildlife refuge yesterday, inspiring the bizarre rant on video as anticipation built of a law-enforcement raid on the occupied area.

“We need to step back,” added Bundy attorney Mike Arnold.

“Somebody died yesterday.

“Mr. Bundy wants everybody to remember that somebody died, and this is not just about him right now.”