Domestic terrorism? Look rightward

In a 2005 report, the Southern Poverty Law center issued a report outlining the frightening number of domestic terrorists being spawned by right-wing ideologies:

In the 10 years since the April 19, 1995, bombing in Oklahoma City, in fact, the radical right has produced some 60 terrorist plots. These have included plans to bomb or burn government buildings, banks, refineries, utilities, clinics, synagogues, mosques, memorials and bridges; to assassinate police officers, judges, politicians, civil rights figures and others; to rob banks, armored cars and other criminals; and to amass illegal machine guns, missiles, explosives, and biological and chemical weapons. What follows is a list of key right-wing plots of the last 10 years.

There can be little doubt that right now, more terrorist plots are being hatched by right-wing crazies. Let us hope that our law enforcement agencies are hot on their trail, for the home-grown variety of terrorist is a far more immediate threat to the safety of the average American citizen than any insurgents in Iraq.

(hat tip: Orcinus)