On AlterNet: domestic terrorism

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Are the Anti-Jihadists More Dangerous than the Jihadists?

Gillian Brockell, Medill National Security Zone. August 18, 2011.

The number of right-wing extremist and hate groups in the United States passed 1,000 for the first time, while anti-government and militia groups have increased five-fold.

How the Right's Rhetoric Fueled the Actions of Arizona's Mass Murderer

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. January 8, 2011.

It's too soon to say what motivated the man apprehended for the shooting. But the Tea Party culture of political intimidation affirmed his violent impulses.

Are U.S. Wars Fueling Domestic Terrorism?

Katrina vanden Heuvel, TheNation.com. December 28, 2009.

There is increasing evidence that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are fueling a radicalization of young Muslims in the United States.

9 Conservative Myths About Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism

Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future. June 20, 2009.

This is terrorism we're dealing with. We can't afford to let ourselves be distracted by spin. It's time to set the record straight with the facts.

Neo-Nazis, Obama, and the Real Domestic Terrorists

David Neiwert, Orcinus. November 3, 2008.

Where is the outrage when neo-Nazis plot to murder a black man running for President -- and 102 other people of the same race?

The GOP-Terrorism Connection: It's Not 'Just' Palin

Paul Rosenberg, Open Left. October 26, 2008.

Conservatives are perfectly willing to embrace terrorism -- if it's the "right" kind of terrorism.

McCain's Dirty Domestic Terrorism Associations

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. October 9, 2008.

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has a very interesting report on McCain's own 'character' and 'judgment.'

Suicide Linked to Anthrax Case: Mystery Solved?

Digby, Hullabaloo. August 1, 2008.

Or not -- it's tough to say.

The Media Don’t Care About The Other Kind Of Terrorists

David Neiwert, Firedoglake. June 11, 2008.

In the media's eyes, only brown people are terrorists.

Right Wing Abortion Terrorist Taunts Victims From Jail

Cliff Schecter, May 14, 2007.

Cliff Schecter: Imagine the media frenzy if Eric Rudolph were an Islamic terrorist instead of an anti-abortion obsessed, Christian right killer?

Anthrax attack on congress came from Army lab

Evan Derkacz, December 14, 2006.

"[A]ppears to be a cover-up orchestrated by the FBI."

Is Andrew Breitbart Encouraging Domestic Terrorism?

djtyg, December 31, 1969.