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Occupy Wall Street

A LITTLE ABOUT THE GROUP

• While not a formal terrorist group they are categorized as one
• They claim to be peaceful
• While not as violent as other groups they are violent.

THE GROUPS FOCUS

• Income equality
• Reduce the influence of corporations in politics
• Create more balanced distribution of wealth
• More jobs, better quality jobs
• Bank Reform
• Forgiveness of student loan debt

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AT PROTESTS

• Theft
• Assault
• Murder
• Rape
• Heavy drug use
• Property crimes
• Threats of bodily harm
• Millions of dollars in property damage.

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Phineas Preisthood

THE PREISTHOOD

• Based in the Pacific Northwest
• Uses violence to promote their message
• They are not a group or an organization
• No governing body
• No gatherings
• No process to become a member
• Anti abortion, race mixing, homosexuality, and interracial sex.

WHY PHINEAS

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• Israelite Phinehas
• Numbers 25
• Phinehas speared an Israelite man and Midianite woman while together in the mans tent
• This ended a plague sent by God to punish the Israelites for mixing sexually and religiously with the Midianite Baal worshipers
• Members cite this chapter as justification for their actions.

WHY A TERRORIST GROUP

• Abortion clinic bombings
• Newspaper bombing
• Bank robberies
• Plans to bomb an FBI building

Jewish Defense League

HISTORY

• Founded in 1986 by Rabbi Meir Kahane in NYC
• Started with racial tension between Jewish teachers union and black community who wanted to have more control of their schools.
• 1970 focus switched to soviet Jews, who didn't want their "assistance"
• Terrorized soviet establishments in the US to get the Soviet Union to change their ban on immigration to Israel.
• President Nixon feared their actions would cause issue with treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union

VIOLENCE

• They condemn other groups for violence but are violent themselves
• Beat the leader of the National Socialist Party with steel pipes
• Member mass murdered 29 Palestinian Muslims while they were kneeling in prayer in a mosque
• Planned bomb attacks on Arab American congressman's office

EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

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ELF

• FBI calls them the number one domestic terrorist group
• Main tactics are fire
• Use guerrilla warfare tactics to destroy targets
• Ecoterrorism
• Has caused millions of dollars in damages since inception

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• Underground militant group that only lasted 11 years.
• Cell that broke off from the Black Panthers
• Objective was to gain access to firearms to liberate blacks in the US
• Short lived but very violent

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• Between 1970 and 1976 involved in over 70 acts of violence
• Targeted police and killed 13 officers
• July 31st 1972 hijacked a plane, diverted it to Algeria and collected 1 mil ransom. The random was confiscated but they fled.
• Almost all members are currently in prison

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KU KLUX KLAN

HISTORY

• Formed in 1865 when the civil war ended
• Invisible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
• Founded by confederate veterans who wanted to restore white supremacy
• By 1870 extended into every state
• Assassinated African American politicians, religious figures, and community leaders.

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• After a period of decline the Klan was revived in the early 20th century
• Burning crosses, rallies, parades, and marches against immigrants, Catholics, Jews, blacks, and unions.
• In the 1920s the group had an estimated 4 million members
• Fragmented and joined Neo Nazi groups
• Still active in the Deep South membership is estimated to be around 10,000