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| Wednesday, November 5, 2008 12:03PM | | | | Terrorism: Where to Start | Tags: Timothy McVeigh, Matthew Hale, Rev. Moon, Gen. Jose Garcia, Thiounn Prasith, Black February, Luis Posada Carriles, Rumsfeld, John Bolton, Dr. Khan, Fatah
| | | | September 20, 2001 George W. Bush said “From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.” (White House, 9/20/01)
Perhaps we should start at home. In 1871 Congress passed the Anti-KKK Act of 1871 allowing authorities to declare martial law where the KKK was strongest. The civil rights legislation of 1964 and 1965 drove “home-grown terror” underground but it has not gone away. Christian extremist/white supremacist groups commit little noticed “hate crimes” against African-Americans, Jews, gays and lesbians, and Muslims. “The Justice Department says hate crimes are increasing and are a major category of their criminal prosecutions.” Since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by Christian extremist Timothy McVeigh the radical... | | | | | |
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