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Domestic extremists concern researchers
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| Last Edited | DFWDem Feb 18, 2008 04:06pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
| News Date | Monday, February 18, 2008 10:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BOSTON – 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 much of the damage from such actions in this country.
These homegrown groups are seven times more likely than overseas groups to commit some kind of violence in the U.S., 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 said.
"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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