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Growing U.S. Violent Extremism by the Numbers: UMD Database
http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=2578For Immediate Release
December 9, 2011
Contacts: Neil Tickner, 301 405 4622 or ntickner@umd.edu
[font size="5"]Growing U.S. Violent Extremism by the Numbers: UMD Database[/font]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Over the past decade, attacks and plots by homegrown U.S. terrorists have increased, the work of extremists from across the political spectrum - roughly 40 percent of it by so-called 'lone wolf,' non-aligned actors - says an analysis by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at the University of Maryland.
The statistics underscore the threat addressed in a White House plan released Thursday: Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States - a blueprint for "building community resilience against violent extremism."
"There have been more than 200 terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11, but what has really increased is the total number of foiled terrorist plots," says UMD researcher and START director Gary LaFree, who has developed the largest and most comprehensive unclassified terrorism database in the world with funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
"Our researchers have tracked over 100 foiled plots in the past decade," LaFree adds. "Most of these would be classified as homegrown terrorism."
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December 9, 2011
Contacts: Neil Tickner, 301 405 4622 or ntickner@umd.edu
[font size="5"]Growing U.S. Violent Extremism by the Numbers: UMD Database[/font]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Over the past decade, attacks and plots by homegrown U.S. terrorists have increased, the work of extremists from across the political spectrum - roughly 40 percent of it by so-called 'lone wolf,' non-aligned actors - says an analysis by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) based at the University of Maryland.
The statistics underscore the threat addressed in a White House plan released Thursday: Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States - a blueprint for "building community resilience against violent extremism."
"There have been more than 200 terrorist attacks in the United States since 9/11, but what has really increased is the total number of foiled terrorist plots," says UMD researcher and START director Gary LaFree, who has developed the largest and most comprehensive unclassified terrorism database in the world with funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
"Our researchers have tracked over 100 foiled plots in the past decade," LaFree adds. "Most of these would be classified as homegrown terrorism."
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