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== Domestic terrorism ==

[[Domestic terrorism in the United States|American domestic terrorists]] [[Timothy McVeigh]] and [[Terry Nichols]] claimed that their desire for revenge for the federal government's poor handling of the Ruby Ridge and Waco sieges motivated them to perpetrate the [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. On April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the fire that ended the Waco siege, they detonated a truck bomb in front of the [[Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building]] during business hours. 168 people were killed and 680 people were injured, mostly US government employees. 19 of the victims were babies and children, many in the building's day-care center. The effects of the blast were equivalent to over 5,000 pounds (2,300&nbsp;kg) of TNT, and could be heard and felt up to 55 miles (89&nbsp;km) away; over a third of the building was destroyed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timothy McVeigh Biography.com|url=http://www.biography.com/people/timothy-mcveigh-507562|website=The Biography.com website|publisher=A&E Television Networks|access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref>