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• OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) -- Wade Michael Page played in white supremacist heavy metal bands and posted frequent comments on Internet forums for skinheads, repeatedly exhorting members to act more decisively to support their cause. • "If you are wanting to meet people, get involved and become active," he wrote last year. "Stop hiding behind the computer or making excuses." • A day after Page strode into a Sikh temple with a 9mm handgun and multiple magazines of ammunition, authorities were trying to determine if the 40-year-old Army veteran was taking his own advice when he opened fire on total strangers in a house of worship. • Detectives cautioned they might never know for sure. But the picture of Page that began to develop Monday -- found in dark corners of the Internet, in records from a dodgy Army career and throughout a life lived on the margins -- suggested he was a white supremacist who wanted to see his beliefs advanced with action. • Page, who was shot to death by police, described himself as a member of the "Hammerskins Nation," a skinhead group rooted in Texas that has branches in Aus (Continued on page 26)
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