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[Servant Corps]

From Sept. 12th 2001 to Dec. 31st, 2007, 45 terrorist attacks were conducted in the United States.

Spoiler: Animal Rights, 12 Attacks (26.66%) (click to show/hide)

*ALF's  Bombing at White Sands Research Center, Chimpanzee Research
*ALF's  Arson on Sim Poultry Truck, Protesting "the profit and harm Sims Poultry has committed  against animals". ATF claimed Sims Poultry had been a "target of animal activists in the  past".
*Smoke  Bombs in Seattle. The Global Terrorism Database blame the ALF (or more generically, animal  right activists). I cannot confirm if this is the case. An animal rights group, Stop  Huntingdon Animal Cruetly, praised the attack but denied responsiblity.
*Barn of  Midnick Brothers Mink Farm Was Destroyed by an ELF/ALF alliance
*Two  attacks on McDonald restraunts in Chico, California. Both were in March 2003. Done by ALF.  Both attacks used incendiary bombs.
* Firebombing of McDonalds restraunt in Albuqerque, New Mexico on March 11, 2003. Done by  ALF.
*That same day, another McDonald's restraunt and  an Arbys in Albuqerque, New Mexico were firebombed.
*ALF burnt a store that "sold tiger and leopard meat in Chicago".
*A splinter  cell of the ALF, the ALF-Revolutionary Cell, placed two small explosive devices at a  biotechnology firm called Chiron Corporation, located in Emeryville, California. The  first explosive device detonated, blowing the windows. The second one detonated after the  first.
* Revolutionary Cells Animal Liberation Brigade planted two explosive devices that exploded at  Shaklee Corporation, who had connections to Huntingdon Life Sciences, who engage in animal  testing.
*ALF  accidently targeted eldery woman's house with a bomb (while the eldery woman was still  living in it). Luckily, the bomb did not detonate, thereby perserving the eco-terrorists'  reputation for not killing innocents. ALF apologized for the incident. According to  another "incident summary" (which appears to  be a duplicate of the  previous terrorist attack) the intended target was Lynn Fairbanks, " a University of  California — Los Angeles (UCLA) professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences who was also  a neighbor of the victim".
*ALF  gurellias broke the windows of an animal researcher's house and flooded said house by  diverting a water hose. The attack took place in Los Angeles, California.
*ALF  sabatoged the car of a monkey scientist in Portland, Oregon. "ALF used graffiti and paint  stripper in the attack. No one was injured."

Spoiler: Eco-Terrorism, 18 Attacks (40%): (click to show/hide)

*ELF  engaged in Arson/Bombing at Bureau of Land Management Horse Corral
*ELF  Sabatoged Machinery at the Microbial and Plant Genomics Research Center, Protesting  Gentically Modified Crops
*Failed  attempt to blow up a construction crane using an American flag. Terrorists caught, and  claimed to be members of ELF.
*Two pickup  trucks, one SUV, and a car were blown up by the ELF. The ELF claimed it was targeting SUVs  in a fight "to remove the profit motive for the killing of the natural environment"
*Incendiary  Bombs Defused in UJ Noblet Forestry Building and US Forest Service Engineering Labotory at  Michigan Tech University. Both facilities were engaging in genetic engineering. Global  Terrorism Database blamed ELF.
*ELF  firebombed two luxury homes in Michigan, USA. These luxury homes are "accelerating the  destruction of forested areas, wetlands and other areas of environmental concern across  North America."
*ELF burnt two luxury homes in Michigan.
*ELF burnt down an apartment complex in La Jolla, California.
*ELF started a fire at the Clippinger Chevrolet dealership in West Covina, California,  destroying many vehicles, mostly Hummers.
*ELF  attempted to start a fire at Ice Mountain Spring Water Company, but the bombs were disarmed . The ELF stated: "[W]e will no longer stand idly be while corporations profit at the  expense of all others. To this end, we have taken action against one of the pumping stations  that Perrier uses to steal water."
*ELF set  fire to a group of luxury homes in Carmel Valley, San Diego, CA. 4 houses were destroyed, 2  others were damaged.
*ELF is  suspected of setting fire to three luxury houses in Snohomish, Washington.
*ELF  started a fire in a lumber warehouse in West Jordan, Utah. ELF claimed that the Stock  Building Supply (owner of the lumberyard)'s forklifts release too many pollutants.
*A fire was  started in Maryland, destorying 12 luxury houses in construction and damaging 29 others . No groups claimed responsiblity, but the "development was regulary criticized by  enviromentalists for its proxmity to [Mattawoman National Wildlife Area]".
*Bombing at  an Apartment Complex in Sutter Creek, Califorina, claimed by ELF.
*ELF  conducted arson at a development known as Hagers Crossing in HagersTown, Maryland. 1  townhouse was destroyed, and 3 others were damaged.
*Two car  dealerships were burnt down in San Diego, CA (and SUVs were targeted in the attack).  Authorities suspect ELF.
*3 Million  Dolalr House in Seattle, Washington Completely Destroyed by ELF.

Spoiler: Anti-Iraq War Terrorism Conducted by Non-Muslims, 1 Attack (2.22%): (click to show/hide)

*ELF set  fire to one truck and vandalized five government vehicles at a Naval Recruitment HQ in  Montgomery, Alabama. Anti-Iraq War slogans were spraypainted in the area. ELF claimed  responsiblity.

Spoiler: Islamic Terrorism, 4 Attacks (8.88%): (click to show/hide)

*Hesham  Mohamad Hadyet opened fire at El Al Israeli Airlines Ticket Counter, Killing Two People,  Injuring 4.
*Richard Colvin Reid, an UK Islamic  Fundmentalist, attempted to activate bombs laced in his shoes during a flight from Paris to  Miami, Flordia, but was prevented from doing so by the crew. He was sentenced to life  imprisoned without parloe.
*Beltway Sniper Attacks. 10  killed, 3 injured. I'm iffy about this because the motive for this sniper is uncertain; it  could be about extorting money from the government to build terror camps (son's story),  waging Jihad against the US, or trying to kill John Allen Muhammad's wife to gain custody of  his son. HOWEVER, a Vigirna jury have found John Allen Muhammad guilty of killing "pursuant  to the direction or order" of terrorism", so I'm sorta stuck on the matter. I'll defer to  the US judgement.
*Mohammad Reza Taheri  SUV Attack. Nobody died, 9 people injured.

Luke Helder, 1 Attack (2.22%)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

*Luke  Helder, the Midwest Pipe Bomber, injured seven people through pipe bombs...in order to gain  attention to some strange ideas, including promoting astral projection and protesting both  government control over daily life and the prohibition of marijuna

Spoiler: Chrisitan Terrorism, Non-Abortion Related, 1 Attack (2.22%): (click to show/hide)

*Dr. O' Brian C. Smith was attacked by a religious extermist in Mephis,  TN, first by planting explosives, and then confronting him directly. The extermist attacked  Smtih due to him testifying in a death penalty case against Philip Workman, who was accused  of murdering a cop. The extermist is also anti-abortion, but it seemed the death penalty  case was the primary motiviator. Only Dr. O' Brian C. Smith was injured.

Spoiler: Anti-Abortion Terrorism, 2 Attacks (4.44%): (click to show/hide)

*An  individual drove his car into the Edgerton Women's Health Center in Davenport, Iowa, and set  said car on fire. The criminal mistakingly believed that the facility performed  abortion. Nobody was injured, but there were some property damage.
*A timebomb  was planted next to the Austin Women's Health Center in Austin, TX. The timebomb was  defused, and the perperator, Paul Ross Evans, was arrested. The attack was believed to have  taken place because the facility "provides reproductive health services".

Spoiler: Cuban Terrorism, 1 Attack (2.22%): (click to show/hide)

*The  Headquaters of the Cuban-American National Foundation and the  headquaters  of Alpha 66, a Cuban terrorist group was attacked by molotov cocktails. Both  organizations blame Cuban spies.

Spoiler: Ricin Attacks, Trucking Regulations, 1 Attack (2.22%): (click to show/hide)

A mysterious person called "Fallen Angel" have sent letters of Ricin in an attempt to change  federal trucking regulations. According to this CNN  article, this was his demand:

The typewritten letter was addressed to the Department of Transportation and demanded  that changes in truckers' sleep/work schedules not be implemented.

"I have easy access to castor pulp," the author of the letter wrote, referring to the waste  of castor bean processing which can be used to make ricin.

"If my demand is dismissed I'm capable of making ricin," the letter continued. "My demand is  simple, January 4, 2004 starts the new hours of service for trucks which include a  ridiculous ten hours in the sleeper berth. Keep it at eight or I will start dumping."

Those federal regulations did go into effect Sunday, allowing long haul drivers to be on the  road for 11 hours after 10 hours off-duty.

The author, who claimed to be a fleet owner of a tanker company, signed the letter, "Fallen  Angel."

1st Letter: To Department of Transportation, intercepted at Greenville, SC.
2nd Letter: To White House. Intercepted at sorting house. Not disclosed because  the government believed ricin posed "no public health risk".
3rd Letter:
A Ricin  Letter was delivered to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. At first, there appear to be no link to  the first Ricin case mentioned above...but it seemed that there was a link being  discovered.

Apperantly, the US government is stumpted over who is responsible for the ricin  letters...but appear to have concluded that   the Ricin Attacks was a hoax , conducted by a prison inmate. So, it might be an iffy case.

Spoiler: Anthrax Attacks. Unknown Motive, However, the US Investigation Concluded That The Attacks  Were Done to Gain Support for an Anthrax Vaccanation Program. Iffy due to the profit  motivation. Counting it as 1 Attack. (2.22%): (click to show/hide)

*Employee of  American Media Died in 10/02/2001. 5 injured.
*Two  Washigton Postal Workers Died in Anthrax Letter sent to Senator Patrick Lehay. 1 injured.
*Anthrax  Letter Postmarked to Trenton, NJ. Nobody Died. 6 injured.
*Two  Washington Postal Workers Died in Anthrax letter Sent to Senator Tom Daschle (possible duplicate)
*Baby Got  Sick with Anthrax. Nobody died. But 1 injured, the baby.
*Anthrax  Letter Sent to Dan Rather. 2 injured.
*Anthrax  Letter Postmarked to Trenton, NJ. Nobody died.
*Anthrax  Letter Sent to Supreme Court
*Kathy  Nguyen, Employee at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, died of Anthrax
*Ottilie  Lundgren died of Anthrax

Spoiler:
Unknown Motives, 3 Attacks (6.66%) (click to show/hide)

*Two Hand  Grenades Were Thrown At British Consulate in New York City, NY. No preperator caught  though. It does not appear that anybody knew who done it...altough the attack was held at  the same day as the UK elections.
*Two hand  grenades were thrown at the Mexican Consulate in New York, NY. While no perperator  have been caught, police believed that this attack was done "in retaliation for the death of  New York journalist Bradley Roland Will, who was shot and killed one year before while  videotaping a standoff between demonstrators and unknown armed individuals (possibly Mexican  paramilitaries) in Oaxaca, Mexico." As it shares a similar MO to the British Consulate  attacks, I have to place it in 'Iffy'.
*IED  Detonated at an elementry school in New Bedford, MA. No group claimed responsiblity,  and two people ran away afterwards.

Spoiler: Not Considered Terrorism. (click to show/hide)

*Two  Volunteer Firemen conducted arson in East Norwich, New York (as well as Oyster Bay, New  York). They were responsible for 3 'terrorist' attacks in the area. This could be a purely  criminal act, as opposed to protesting any sort of development in the area, hence why I view  this as...not really a terrorist attack.
*Omeed Aziz ran over 18 pedestrians with  an SUV, killing one person. While it was alleged to be a terrorist attack, Omeed Aziz was  found 'not guilty by reason of insanity', altough the actual Fremont murder remained  pending. I believe you need to have some sort of sanity to be considered a terrorist.
*[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_University_of_Oklahoma_bombing]Joel "Joe" Henry  Hinrichs III detonated a bomb at a football game, killing only himself. However, there  does not appear to be a motive for this attack.

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local authorities concluded in 2006 that  Hinrichs was alone and had no assistance from terrorist groups, but could not prove or  disprove allegations that Hinrichs intended to enter the packed stadium and kill football  fans along with himself."---Wikipeida.

In addition, rumors that he was a Muslim proved unfounded. I'm going to think of it as just  a failed Columbine.
*2005  Anthrax Scare. Considered a false  alarm.

RESPONSIBLITY FOR TERRORISM:
*Revolutionary Cells Animal Liberation Brigade were responsible for 2 terror attacks (4.44%).
*ALF was responsible for 10 attacks (22.22%).
*ELF was responsible for 19 attacks (42.22%), all eco-terrorism plus one anti-Iraq War terrorist attack.
*Al-Qaeda was responsible for the 2001 shoe bomber plot by Richard Reid (2.22%).
*The Beltway Sniper Attacks was organized by two people, John Allen Muhammad and his son (2.22%).
*Cuban intelligence agencies were believed to be responsible for a terrorist attack on anti-Cuban terrorists (2.22%)
*11 Terrorist Attacks Can Be Considered Conducted by 'Lone Wolves', not done with any sort of organization (24.44%).

Out of all these terrorist attacks, only three led to actual deaths (6.66%).

Lone Wolves were responsible for the death of 7 people.
-2 people, Hesham Mohamad Hadyet's attack on Israeli airline
-5 people, Anthrax Scare of 2001 (The fact that the Anthrax Scare was responsible due to somebody having access to vials of Anthrax from the United States' government makes it a 'special case'.)

Organized Terrorist Groups were responsible for the death of 10 people.
-10 people, D.C. Sniper Shootings

It appears that lone wolves are in fact less "effective" in terms of casualities than an organized terrorist group of two snipers. I guess this does not validate my paranoia of lone wolf terroism. Lone Wolf terrorism was not responsible for a majority of terrorist attacks, by far, and their assaults usually do not succed in causing civilian deaths (though injuries may result).

For the purpose of this study, I consider the ALF, ELF, Revolutionary Cells Animal Liberation Brigade, and Al-Qaeda all to be organized terrorist groups. This may not actually be the case.

[Jude]

Very interesting. Although I feel it's not really appropriate to put groups like the ELF that intentionally don't kill people into the same category as al Qaeda.

[cowofdoom78963]

Two hand grenades guy is interesting...

[Luke_Prowler]

I think most Lone Wolf terrorism could easily be rolled up with serial murder.

I find it ironic that most of these attacks are over animal rights, environment, and abortion.

[alway]

Probably the biggest problem with lone wolf terrorism attempts is that it is normally the crazy ones who carry out terrorist attacks. Without some sort of large group behind them pulling their strings, their attempts likely won't be as well planned or thought out. When all that exists to a plot is a single crazy guy rather than a organization created by mastermind X, Y, or Z, raw emotion combined with their general insanity means they just won't be as effective.

[Vester]

That's a really comprehensive list. With links. And percentages. Nice work.

[Ampersand]

While a nice list, you have failed to make a distinction between terrorist attacks that result in, or are intended to, cause deaths. I only bring that up because it seems like a false comparison to compare the beltway sniper attacks to some eco-terrorists setting some empty cars on fire.

[RedKing]

Would also be interesting (although difficult without clearance) to see a list of thwarted attempts. Although that in itself is problematic. The government often cites a "thwarted terrorist plot" when they arrest a couple of schmucks who maybe once talked about how it might be cool to blow something up. And that's as far as the plot ever got.

Another bottom line is that terrorism continues to happen overwhelmingly somewhere else. Mostly Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

[Duke 2.0]

While a nice list, you have failed to make a distinction between terrorist attacks that result in, or are intended to, cause deaths. I only bring that up because it seems like a false comparison to compare the beltway sniper attacks to some eco-terrorists setting some empty cars on fire.

I dunno, the overall data would be better than simply attacks meant to cause deaths when determining how many lone wolf terrorists are dangerous. This is just saying "Of the terrorist attacks, these were dangerous." But I agree that seeing which ones were intended to kill would be nice to see, even if it isn't needed for the point.

[kuro_suna]

If minor property damage is considered a act of terrorism what definition of terrorist are we working with.

[RedKing]

If that damage is intended to modify behavior towards some kind of ideological goal, then technically it could be called terrorism.

[Ampersand]

Yeah. But if you're seriously lumping some wackos lighting a car on fire to the World Trade Center attacks, there is clearly something lost in translation.

[Electronic Phantom]

Eh.... not really.  Terrorism isn't about what you do, it's about the effect you're trying to create.  At least, that's what it seems to me.  It has nothing to do with the effectiveness of your approach (or how annoying) it is.

-(e)EP

[Ampersand]

But if what we're talking with is how 'dangerous' a particular group is, we should not be claiming that a group of bloodthirsty murderers who killed 100 people once are less dangerous than a group of ideological wack jobs that killed 2 people in five separate attacks, who are better known for property defacement than actually hurting people.

Just because the latter group has more attacks under their belt doesn't make them more dangerous. More people get the cold every year than Pulmonary Anthrax but that does not make the common cold more dangerous.

[Sir Pseudonymous]

The "organized group" behind the sniping was one man with a brainwashed accomplice, and so is really more of a lone wolf sort of thing rather than an organization, which makes the 7:10 deathcount less accurate than 17:0 would be...