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March 3, 2010

Report: Right-Wing Extremist Groups Grew 244% in 2009
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A new report says the United States is seeing a major rise in the number
of domestic right-wing extremist groups. According to the Southern
Poverty Law Center, anti-government “Patriot” groups grew to 512 in
2009, an increase of 244 percent. Right-wing militias tripled over the
same period to 127.



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