greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 26
th, 2016 at 9:41am:
From the list of terrorist incidents on the last page of the report quoted in the link:
" .... 2/25/1999 Monmouth, OR Arson Earth Liberation Front
12/31/1999 East Lansing, MI Arson Earth Liberation Front
1/3/2000 Petaluma, CA Incendiary Attack Animal Liberation Front
1/15/2000 Petaluma, CA Incendiary Attack Animal Liberation Front
1/22/2000 Bloomington, IN Arson Earth Liberation Front
5/7/2000 Olympia, WA Arson Revenge of the Trees
7/2/2000 North Vernon, IN Arson Animal Liberation Front
7/20/2000 Rhinelander, WI Vandalism Earth Liberation Front
12/1/2000 Phoenix, AZ Multiple Arsons Mark Warren Sands
12/9-30/00 Suffolk County, Long Island, NY
Multiple Arsons Earth Liberation Front
1/2/2001 Glendale, OR Arson Earth Liberation Front
2/20/2001 Visalia, CA Arson Earth Liberation Front
3/9/2001 Culpeper, VA Tree Spiking Earth Liberation Front 3/30/2001 Eugene, OR Arson Earth Liberation Front
4/15/2001 Portland, OR Arson Earth Liberation Front
5/17/2001 Harrisburg, PA Bank Robbery Clayton Lee Waagner
5/21/2001 Seattle, WA Arson Earth Liberation Front
5/21/2001 Clatskanie, OR Arson Earth Liberation Front
7/24/2001 Stateline, NV Destruction of Property Earth Liberation Front .... "
IMOHO, tree spiking by the Earth Liberation Front hardly warrants the description of 'terrorism'. Further breakdown of the figures given also lists a terrorist act by a group called Revenge of the Trees, who committed arson. There were also quite a number of bombings by politically motivated groups whose origins lie outside the USA.
From the link, from 1980 t0 2005, there were 3,178 killed and 14,038 wounded.
Disturbing figures, until we hit 9/11/2001 - remember that?
2,972 killed and est. 12,000 wounded.
Domestic terrorism in the USA, indeed.
What would one find if one Googled the list of atrocities attributed to Islam in the same period? Even in just one Middle-Eastern Islamic nation? Does beheading even count as an act of terrorism when we look at Saudi-Arabia? Or is that considered justice - like throwing people off buildings?
So, greggery, you've given an example.
Well done!