Monday, April 29, 2013

HOME GROWN TERROR is a Bigger Problem: Can we talk about it yet?

Between September 11, 2001, and the end of 2012, there were no successful bomb plots by jihadist terrorists in the United States. Jihadists killed 17 people in the United States in four separate incidents during this time, according to data collected by journalist Peter Bergen and the New America Foundation. All four of these incidents involved guns, including Nidal Hassan's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, which killed 13 people. In contrast, right-wing extremists killed 29 people during those 11 years.

And then we have Businesses who ignore safety regulations and blow up a town like in West, Texas.  Should this be considered Home Grown Terrorism or simply a business decision?  We also had the Risin attack of Politicians which looks like it was a white guy.  Or how about the killing of Prosecutors in Texas and Colorado - white folks again it seems.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/charts-domestic-terrorism-jihadist-boston-tsarnaev

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