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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 ...
Mendocino War – Anti-Indian band of mercenaries known as the "Eel River Rangers" kill 283 Indians, as well as capturing 292, in 23 separate engagements meant to drive Indians out of Round Valley. Overall casualties may have been in excess of 600. Eel River Rangers, anti-Indian mercenaries. 20. February 26–28, 1860.
“The effects of this domestic terrorist attack will never leave me.” Gowdy told Milstreed that he “will always be looked at as a domestic terrorist and traitor” for his actions on Jan. 6.
79. Garissa, Kenya. Six to ten gunmen associated with the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab opened fire at the Garissa University in Kenya. Christians were their main target of the attack, with the Islamic extremists separating the Muslims from Christians before executing them. Up to three hundred students are unaccounted for.
The Biden administration says it will enhance its analysis of threats from domestic terrorists, including the sharing of intelligence within law enforcement agencies, and will work with tech ...
Attempted murder (32 counts) On November 5, 2009, a mass shooting took place at Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos ), near Killeen, Texas. [ 1] Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. [ 2][ 3] It was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base and the deadliest terrorist ...
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 ...