Domestic Terrorism

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This paper discusses how domestic terrorism is typically underestimated, particularly in the United States. It explains that, in most cases, when a terrorist attack occurs, the first reaction is to assume that it was committed by foreigners, which was the case with the Oklahoma City bombing. This paper reviews trends of domestic terrorism in the United States in an effort to explain the actions of terrorist groups in this country.

Domestic Terrorism
I. Abstract
II. Introduction
III. About Domestic Terrorism
IV. Theories on Terrorism
V. Conclusion

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"The September 11 terrorists attacks, which were executed by foreigners, may have been the biggest and deadliest terrorist plot ever executed in the United States, Americans were responsible for approximately 75 percent of the 335 incidents between 1980 and 2000 that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has classified as suspected or confirmed terrorism (Council on Foreign Relations, 2003). The most well-known example of domestic terrorism is the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people and injured more than 500.
Domestic terrorism has existed within the political and social structure of the United States, in many ways, since this country was founded (Presley, 1996). The terms 'terrorism' and 'terrorist' were first used during the French Revolution in a positive-sense reference to the actions of the Jacobins, members of the violent radical democrats in France during the revolution of 1789. Since then, these words have since been used to describe a variety of negative, extreme and violent actions against the government and society (Wardlow, 1989, p. 19)."

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