Eric Rudolph executed a series of terrorist attacks between 1996 and 1998 . He carried out the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing — which claimed two lives and injured 111 — aiming to cancel the games , claiming they promoted global socialism and to embarrass the U.S. government . Rudolph confessed to bombing an abortion clinic in Sandy Springs , an Atlanta suburb , on January 16 , 1997 , the Otherside Lounge , an Atlanta lesbian bar , on February 21 , 1997 , injuring five and an abortion clinic in Birmingham , Alabama on January 29 , 1998 , killing Birmingham police officer and part-time clinic security guard Robert Sanderson and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Right-wing terrorism