11 years after 9/11: Who are the terrorists?

[Egnever]

On August 15, Floyd Lee Corkins allegedly walked into the Family Research Council in Washington, a conservative think tank, and shot the building manager Leo Johnson in the arm, saying something along the lines of, "I don't like your politics," as he did so.
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In fact, since the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center and Pentagon 11 years ago, 19 people have died in terrorist attacks in the United States that were motivated by ideologies that have nothing to do with the ideas of Osama bin Laden, but rather were the victims of terrorists motivated by extreme anti-government views or virulent anti-Semitic/neo-Nazi views.

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Additionally, the New America Foundation found that no jihadist terrorists have acquired or even attempted to acquire chemical and biological weapons since 9/11, while 11 anarchist, white supremacist or right-wing extremists have been indicted for possessing such materials, and another four were indicted for attempting to produce them.

Some politicians and much of the public continue to believe that the threat from terrorists comes from violent jihadists, when in reality far-right extremists pose as much or possibly even more of a threat, something that we would do well to consider on the 11th anniversary of 9/11.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/opinion/bergen-terror-september-11/index.html

Something I am sure we are all aware of here but good to see it being reported.

[elleng]

1. Interesting but

how would they/we know that 'no jhadist terrorists have acquired or even attempted to acquire chemical and biological weapons since 9/11?'

[loli phabay]

2. 8 would say the same nuts that did 911 and their ilk are still terrorists

They may not have struck america but they have been hitting other countries and i dont doubt they are still out there planning shit against americans.

[Egnever]

3. I dont doubt that for a second

This is simply pointing out the fact that the majority of the "terrorist" attacks or plots on American soil since 9/11 have been carried out by right wing extremists. Not Muslims or jihadists.

We have a growing problem in this country with Right wing extremists and I am heartened to see the media at least beginning to point it out.

[PDJane]

4. I'd say that the Americans have been busy planning terrorist attacks on a whole slew of countries

That had nothing to do with 9/11. In fact, we don't actually know who did 9/11, frankly, since it's much easier to lay blame than investigate. Within 10 minutes of the first collapse, the blame was laid on bin Laden and the others, without any actual time to do a full investigation. In fact, bin Laden was never actually proved to have anything at all to do with it; the CIA said so.


Be careful when you throw that terrorist word around like that.