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State Dept warns of rise in 'racially-motivated' terrorism, expansion of ISIS 'toxic ideology'
[ABC News]  CONOR FINNEGAN November 1, 2019

State Dept warns of rise in 'racially-motivated' terrorism, expansion of ISIS 'toxic ideology' originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

The State Department is warning about a "rise in racially or ethnically motivated terrorism" that is "learning from their jihadist predecessors," according to its top official for counter-terrorism.

In its annual report on terrorism, the department also highlighted Iran's enduring support for terrorism and terrorist groups and the end of ISIS's hold on territory, but the spread of its "toxic ideology" -- even warning of "vengeance" from its members over the recent death of its leader during a U.S. raid.

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Feds now tracking 850 possible domestic terrorists, as white supremacy cases jump
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The FBI is currently investigating nearly 850 people across the United States as possible domestic terrorists, and the number of cases targeting white supremacists, white nationalists and other racially-motivated extremists has jumped in the past six months, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

“In fact, there have been more arrests and deaths in the United States caused by domestic terrorists than international terrorists in recent years,” the head of the FBI's counterterrorism division, Assistant Director Michael McGarrity, told a House panel Wednesday.

Read more at: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/feds-now-investigating-850-domestic-terrorists-us-fbi/story?id=62907157
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