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Terrorism. In the United States, domestic terrorism is defined as terrorist acts that were carried out within the United States by U.S. citizens and/or U.S. permanent residents. [ 1] As of 2021, the United States government considers white supremacists to be the top domestic terrorism threat.
e. Domestic terrorism or homegrown terrorism is a form of terrorism in which victims "within a country are targeted by a perpetrator with the same citizenship" as the victims. [ 1] There are various different definitions of terrorism, with no universal agreement about it. [ 2][ 3] Unlike domestic terrorism, state terrorism is that perpetrated ...
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The bombing was committed by a white supremacist terrorist group. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the ...
Two women, Samantha Brooks and Ellen Reiche carried out several attacks seeking to derail trains in the coastal city of Bellingham. The women were convicted in a federal court of a "shunt"(a device that interferes with train signals) attack, following an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation into dozens of attempts to derail trains in ...
Talk of terrorism has also been present in Moore County, around 60 miles southwest of Raleigh, where more than 30,000 remain without power. On Monday, a sign outside a coffee shop in the county ...
See also. Politics portal. v. t. e. Symbol commonly used by antifa depicting an anarchist flag overlaying a socialist flag, based on the logo of the German antifa movement. Antifa ( / ænˈtiːfə, ˈænti ( ˌ) fə /) is a left-wing anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement in the United States.
“Domestic terrorism is ideological, motivated violence without foreign direction. What makes it different than criminal violence is that there’s a belief system behind it.
[128] [124] [129] In 2005, historian C. J. Bearman published a study on the bombing and arson campaign in which he asserted: "The intention of the campaign was certainly terrorist in terms of the word's definition, which according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1990 edition) is 'a person who uses or favours violent and intimidating methods ...