Study says that Domestic Right Wing Terrorists have caused most damage to the United States

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More than Al Qaeda or environmental terrorists.

"When it comes to fears about a terrorist attack, people in the U.S. usually focus on Osama bin Laden and foreign-based radical groups. Yet researchers say domestic extremists who commit violence in the name of their cause _ abortion or the environment, for example _ account for most of the damage from such incidents in this country.

These homegrown groups are seven times more likely than overseas groups to commit some kind of violence in the United States, a panel reported Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

In many ways, actions by these domestic extremists can be termed "terrorist" cases, the researchers indicated. "The typical 'terrorist' is an alienated guy, usually a young male," said Brian Forst of American University in Washington.

"They take comfort in like-minded souls and develop an idea they think will make a splash," he said. They do not always carry it out, but sometimes they do, he said. "They are not lunatics."

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Damphousse said right-wing extremists spend the most time meeting, preparing and planning before committing a violent act _ some 480 "events," whether that is a telephone call or some other form of plotting.

On a smaller scale are environmental activists who commit violence. On average, it is just 59 preparatory activities, he said.

"Environmentalists don't need much. They need a spray can. They need a match. They don't have to build a bomb," Damphousse said."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004187583_apdomesticextremists17.html

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Was 9/11 on a Tuesday?

I know it was early in the morning:

"Tuesday is the most common day for an attack, he said. Right-wing extremists tend to be early risers, striking in the morning, he said, while left-wing activists wait until evening and environmentalists wait until after midnight."

[Wednesdays]

2. The Oklahoma City bombing was at 9:02 A.M.

So, that fits the description.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Eerie.

Al Qaeda and right-wing American extremists have something in common.

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Yes it was

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8. yes it was

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3. Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project

monitors hate groups and extremist activities throughout the U.S. and publishes the Center's award-winning Intelligence Report.

If you are not familiar with this project, you can link to them at:
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intpro.jsp

They are IMO a group worth supporting.

[Selatius]

4. If you look at the body count, the right has killed more. See the Ku Klux Klan.

Thousands alone were lynched. Others were murdered through various other ways from bludgeoning to immolation.

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7. Here is another excellent site for analysis of "home-grown" hate groups...

http://www.publiceye.org/index.html

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9. I think more of us fear the insurance and hospital execs and their

Killingpolicies than the world wide net of terror, or the local domestic terror on the abortion clinics

[DCKit]

10. Oops. Sorry. I though this was a thread about Dick and 43*. n/t and nevermind