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The following outline is an overview of the past and present terrorism in the United States:

Although terrorism has taken on several different definitions, it is most commonly defined as the use of violence to achieve political means.

Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the United States
• Abu Nidal Organization

• Abu Sayyaf Group

• Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade

• Al Qaeda

• al-Qaeda in Iraq

• Ansar al-Islam

• Armed Islamic Group

• Asbat al-Ansar

• Aum Shinrikyo

• Caucasus Emirate

• Communist Party of the Philippines

• Continuity Irish Republican Army

• Egyptian Islamic Jihad

• Euskadi ta Askatasuna

• Gama'a al-Islamiyya

• Hamas

• Harakat ul-Mujahidin

• Hezbollah

• Islamic Jihad Union

• Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

• Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades

• Jaish-e-Mohammed

• Jemaah Islamiya

• Kach and Kahane Chai

• Kurdistan Workers' Party

• Lashkar-e-Taiba

• Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

• Libyan Islamic Fighting Group

• Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group

• National Liberation Army

• Palestine Liberation Front

• Palestinian Islamic Jihad

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command

• Real IRA

• Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

• Revolutionary Nuclei

• Revolutionary Organization 17 November

• Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front

• Shining Path

• United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia

Domestic Violent Extremist Organizations
The following are political extremist groups that have used violence:


 * Alpha 66
 * Animal Liberation Front
 * Army of God (USA)
 * Aryan Nations
 * Earth Liberation Front
 * Jewish Defense League
 * Ku Klux Klan
 * Phineas Priesthood

Inactive Domestic Violent Extremist Organizations
The following are violent extremist organizations that have been responsible for terrorist attacks on United States soil. These organizations are no longer active.

• Black Liberation Army

• Buffalo Six

• The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord

• Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña

• May 19th Communist Organization

• National States' Rights Party

• Omega-7

• The Order

• Symbionese Liberation Army

• United Freedom Front

• Weather Underground

Domestic Terrorist Attacks
The following is a list of terrorist attacks that have happened throughout United States history, which were committed by United States citizens.
 * May 21, 1856: Sacking of Lawrence
 * May 24, 1856 – May 25, 1856: Pottawatomie Massacre
 * April 14, 1865: Abraham Lincoln assassination
 * May 4, 1886: Haymarket affair
 * September 6, 1901: Assassination of William McKinley
 * October 1, 1910: Los Angeles Times bombing
 * July 22, 1916: Preparedness Day bombing
 * April-June 1919: 1919 United States anarchist bombings
 * September 16, 1920: Wall Street bombing
 * May 31 - June 1st 1921: Tulsa Race Riot
 * May 18, 1927: Bath School Disaster
 * October 12, 1958: Bombing of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple
 * August 24, 1970: Sterling Hall bombing
 * November 7, 1983: 1983 U.S. Senate bombing
 * April 19, 1995: Oklahoma City bombing
 * July 27, 1996: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
 * October 13, 2000: Firebombing of Temple Beth El (Syracuse)
 * September 2001: anthrax attacks
 * May 2002: Mailbox Pipe Bombing - Luke Helder
 * March 3, 2006: Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar SUV attack
 * July 28, 2006: Seattle Jewish Federation shooting
 * May 31, 2009: Assassination of George Tiller
 * June 10, 2009: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting
 * November 5, 2009: Fort Hood Shooting
 * February 18, 2010: 2010 Austin suicide attack
 * September 1, 2010: Discovery Communications headquarters hostage crisis

Foreign Terrorist Attacks
The following are terrorist attacks that have occurred throughout United States history, which have been committed by foreign organizations and individuals.
 * July 30, 1916: Black Tom explosion
 * December 29, 1975: LaGuardia Airport Christmas Bomb
 * August 29 – October 10, 1984: 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
 * January 25, 1993: CIA Shooting – Mir Aimal Kansi
 * February 26, 1993: First World Trade Center bombing
 * February 23, 1997: Empire State Building shootings
 * September 2000: 2000 New York terror attack
 * September 11, 2001: September 11, 2001 attacks
 * July 4, 2002: 2002 Los Angeles Airport shooting
 * October 2002: Beltway Sniper Attacks
 * June 1, 2009: 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting

Politically Violent Individuals
The following are individuals that have posed threats to United States security in the past, or have been involved in terrorist attacks.


 * Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
 * Jane Alpert
 * Dwight Armstrong
 * Karleton Armstrong
 * Mohamed Atta
 * Anwar al-Awlaki
 * H. Rap Brown
 * James Wenneker von Brunn
 * Leo Burt
 * Zvonko Bušić
 * Zachary Adam Chesser
 * Linda Evans
 * David Fine
 * Hesham Mohamed Hadayet
 * Nidal Malik Hasan
 * Bruce E. Ivins
 * Ted Kaczynski
 * Ali Hassan Abu Kamal
 * Osama Bin Laden
 * Colleen LaRose
 * James J. Lee
 * Timothy McVeigh
 * Sam Melville
 * George Metesky
 * Thomas Mooney
 * John Allen Muhammad
 * Terry Nichols
 * José Padilla
 * Aimal Qazi
 * Eric Robert Rudolph
 * Dawud Salahuddin
 * Al-Shabaab
 * Faisal Shahzad
 * Hosam Maher Husein Smadi
 * Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar
 * Laura Whitehorn
 * Ramzi Yousef

Worldviews within Terrorism
The following are common worldviews that have motivated political activists to utilize violence.


 * anarchist
 * communist
 * conservative
 * ethnic
 * guerrilla
 * Islamic Extremism in the United States
 * Islamic fundamentalists
 * far left
 * far right
 * Marxist
 * militia movement
 * militant
 * nationalist
 * neo-luddite
 * neo-Nazi
 * New Left
 * paramilitary
 * rebel
 * religious
 * resistance movements
 * revolutionary
 * separatist
 * white supremacist
 * vigilante

Methods Used in Terrorism
The following is a list of techniques that have been utilized by politically violent individuals in terrorist attacks.
 * agro-terrorism
 * arson
 * assassination
 * bioterrorism
 * bombing
 * car bombing
 * chemical weapons
 * cyberterrorism
 * dirty bomb
 * dry run
 * environmental
 * firebombing
 * food poisoning
 * highjacking
 * hostage
 * individual terror
 * insurgency
 * kidnapping
 * letter bomb
 * nuclear
 * paper terrorism
 * piracy
 * proxy bomb
 * shooting
 * suicide bombing

United States Counter-Terrorism Organizations
The following is a list of federal organizations in the United States that combat terrorism according to The U.S. Department of State's website.

US Department of State

 * Bureau of Consular Affairs
 * Bureau of Diplomatic Security
 * Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
 * Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs
 * Bureau of Intelligence and Research
 * Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
 * Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
 * Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
 * Foreign Service Institute
 * Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
 * United States Mission to the United Nations

Department of Defense

 * Defense Intelligence Agency
 * The War on Terror

Department of the Treasury

 * Office of Foreign Assets Control
 * Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

Department of Justice

 * Federal Bureau of Investigation
 * FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

Department of Homeland Security

 * Coast Guard
 * Customs and Border Protection
 * Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate
 * Immigration and Customs Enforcement
 * Transportation Security Administration
 * U.S. Secret Service

Other Agencies

 * Central Intelligence Agency
 * Office of the Director of National Intelligence
 * National Counterterrorism Center
 * Agency for International Development

The following are other United States Counter-Terrorism agencies according to various sources.
 * Air Force Office of Special Investigations
 * Counterintelligence Field Activity
 * Defense Criminal Investigative Service
 * Diplomatic Security Service
 * Naval Criminal Investigative Service
 * National Counterterrorism Center (as part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence)
 * Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive
 * United States Army Counterintelligence
 * United States Army Intelligence and Security Command