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HeiGou
As it ought to be pretty obvious from the title, that is a list of hate groups, not of terrorist groups. The two are often the same, they are usually close, but they are not always the same. Since Oklahomo City how many people have been killed by American hate groups? How many have been killed by, ummm, terrorist groups with specific religious affliations?
Fair enough and does deserve an answer. Here is a recent report dealing with ONLY American Military personal:
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There are basically four categories into which groups that are regarded as domestic terrorists can be distinguished currently existing in the United States. These groups can be generically delineated as being either motivated by: (1) religious convictions, (2) racial prejudice and supremacist goals, (3) anarchistic/anti-government/ politically motivated, or (4) in pursuit of unique special interests. These categories are derived from a conglomeration of the categorization and delineation of extremist and terrorist groups by two respected subject-authorities, Stephen Segaller and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice. Segaller, in his book Invisible Armies, categorizes domestic terrorism in the United States into four groups as well, but lists them as being: (1) Cuban infighting (political), (2) "backwoods terrorism" (a combination of religious, racist and anarchistic), (3) violent Puerto Rican independence groups (political), and (4) a handful of domestic revolutionary Marxist groups (anarchistic/anti- government and racist).(27) The Department of Justice classifies domestic terrorist groups into six categories as indicated in Table 2, segregating further the religiously-motivated groups.
Rather then posting the entire report here is a link to it. Please note that many if not all of the participants were acting in the name of various religous groups.
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/presley.htm