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They say that terrorism is our fault....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1180668561.shtml


   ....that we haven't tried to [1]understand the motivations of our
   attackers, that we need to [2]negotiate with them and find out [3]what
   they want. All of these statements betray an ignorance of history.
   Islamic terrorism didn't start on 9/11. It didn't start in 1993. It
   started [4]much earlier than that.

     Ambassador to Sudan Assassinated, March 2, 1973:
     U.S. Ambassador to Sudan Cleo A. Noel and other diplomats were
     assassinated at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum by members of
     the Black September organization.
     Attack and Hijacking at the Rome Airport, December 17, 1973:
     Five terrorists pulled weapons from their luggage in the terminal
     lounge at the Rome airport, killing two persons. They then attacked
     a Pan American 707 bound for Beirut and Tehran, destroying it with
     incendiary grenades and killing 29 persons, including 4 senior
     Moroccan officials and 14 American employees of the
     Arabian-American Oil Company (ARAMCO). They then herded 5 Italian
     hostages into a Lufthansa airliner and killed an Italian customs
     agent as he tried to escape, after which they forced the pilot to
     fly to Beirut. After Lebanese authorities refused to let the plane
     land, it landed in Athens, where the terrorists demanded the
     release of 2 Arab terrorists. In order to make Greek authorities
     comply with their demands, the terrorists killed a hostage and
     threw his body onto the tarmac. The plane then flew to Damascus,
     where it stopped for two hours to obtain fuel and food. It then
     flew to Kuwait, where the terrorists released their hostages in
     return for passage to an unknown destination. The Palestine
     Liberation Organization disavowed the attack, and no group claimed
     responsibility for it.
     Ambassador to Cyprus Assassinated, August 19, 1974:
     U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Rodger P. Davies and his Greek Cypriot
     secretary were shot and killed by snipers during a demonstration
     outside the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia.
     Ambassador to Afghanistan Assassinated, February 14, 1979:
     Four Afghans kidnapped U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs in Kabul and
     demanded the release of various "religious figures." Dubs was
     killed, along with four alleged terrorists, when Afghan police
     stormed the hotel room where he was being held.
     Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979:
     After President Carter agreed to admit the Shah of Iran into the
     US, Iranian radicals seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66
     American diplomats hostage. Thirteen hostages were soon released,
     but the remaining 53 were held until their release on January 20,
     1981.
     Assassination of Egyptian President, October 6, 1981:
     Soldiers who were secretly members of the Takfir Wal-Hajira sect
     attacked and killed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a troop
     review.
     Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983:
     Sixty-three people, including the CIA's Middle East director, were
     killed and 120 were injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb
     attack on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad
     claimed responsibility.
     Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983:
     Simultaneous suicide truck-bomb attacks were made on American and
     French compounds in Beirut, Lebanon. A 12,000-pound bomb destroyed
     the U.S. compound, killing 242 Americans, while 58 French troops
     were killed when a 400-pound device destroyed a French base.
     Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
     Naval Officer Assassinated in Greece, November 15, 1983:
     A U.S. Navy officer was shot by the November 17 terrorist group in
     Athens, Greece, while his car was stopped at a traffic light.
     Kidnapping of Embassy Official, March 16, 1984:
     The Islamic Jihad kidnapped and later murdered Political Officer
     William Buckley in Beirut, Lebanon. Other U.S. citizens not
     connected to the U.S. government were seized over a succeeding
     two-year period.
     Restaurant Bombing in Spain, April 12, 1984:
     Eighteen U.S. servicemen were killed and 83 people were injured in
     a bomb attack on a restaurant near a U.S. Air Force Base in
     Torrejon, Spain.
     TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985:
     A Trans-World Airlines flight was hijacked en route to Rome from
     Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah terrorists and forced to fly to
     Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 passengers were held for
     seventeen days, during which one American hostage, a U.S. Navy
     sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to Algiers, the
     aircraft was returned to Beirut after Israel released 435 Lebanese
     and Palestinian prisoners.
     Achille Lauro Hijacking, October 7, 1985:
     Four Palestinian Liberation Front terrorists seized the Italian
     cruise liner in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, taking more than 700
     hostages. One U.S. passenger was murdered before the Egyptian
     government offered the terrorists safe haven in return for the
     hostages' freedom.
     Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, November 23, 1985:
     An EgyptAir airplane bound from Athens to Malta and carrying
     several U.S. citizens was hijacked by the Abu Nidal Group.
     Airport Attacks in Rome and Vienna, December 27, 1985:
     Four gunmen belonging to the Abu Nidal Organization attacked the El
     Al and Trans World Airlines ticket counters at Rome's Leonardo da
     Vinci Airport with grenades and automatic rifles. Thirteen persons
     were killed and 75 were wounded before Italian police and Israeli
     security guards killed three of the gunmen and captured the fourth.
     Three more Abu Nidal gunmen attacked the El Al ticket counter at
     Vienna's Schwechat Airport, killing three persons and wounding 30.
     Austrian police killed one of the gunmen and captured the others.
     Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986:
     A Palestinian splinter group detonated a bomb as TWA Flight 840
     approached Athens airport, killing four U.S. citizens.
     Berlin Discothèque Bombing, April 5, 1986:
     Two U.S. soldiers were killed and 79 American servicemen were
     injured in a Libyan bomb attack on a nightclub in West Berlin, West
     Germany. In retaliation U.S. military jets bombed targets in and
     around Tripoli and Benghazi.
     Bus Attack, April 24, 1987:
     Sixteen U.S. servicemen riding in a Greek Air Force bus near Athens
     were injured in an apparent bombing attack, carried out by the
     revolutionary organization known as November 17.
     Kidnapping of William Higgins, February 17, 1988:
     U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel W. Higgins was kidnapped and
     murdered by the Iranian-backed Hizballah group while serving with
     the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) in
     southern Lebanon.
     Naples USO Attack, April 14, 1988:
     The Organization of Jihad Brigades exploded a car-bomb outside a
     USO Club in Naples, Italy, killing one U.S. sailor.
     Attack on U.S. Diplomat in Greece, June 28, 1988:
     The Defense Attaché of the U.S. Embassy in Greece was killed when
     a car-bomb was detonated outside his home in Athens.
     Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988:
     Pan American Airlines Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie,
     Scotland, by a bomb believed to have been placed on the aircraft by
     Libyan terrorists in Frankfurt, West Germany. All 259 people on
     board were killed.
     Assassination of U.S. Army Officer, April 21, 1989:
     The New People's Army (NPA) assassinated Colonel James Rowe in
     Manila. The NPA also assassinated two U.S. government defense
     contractors in September.
     Attempted Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Posts, January 18-19, 1991:
     Iraqi agents planted bombs at the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia's
     home residence and at the United States Information Service (USIS)
     library in Manila.

   Arab/Islamic terrorism has been taking American lives for more than
   thirty years. Through the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford,
   Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton and
   both Democrat and Republican majorities in Congress, Arab/Islamic
   terrorists have been killing Americans. Conservative or liberal,
   pro-Israel or pro-Palestine, at war in the mideast, completely
   detached from the mideast or working toward peace in the mideast, it
   has mattered not. Only one thing has remained consistent -- the
   murderous behavior of the savages who take advantage of our good will
   and patient nature.
   The only American President to do anything substantial about it is the
   sitting President, George W. Bush.
   Now, just six short years after these savages took almost 3,000 lives
   (less than one-fifth the time that they've been killing us), some
   Americans have [5]grown impatient. They want the war to end now.
   Some Americans, once again, think [6]we should negotiate with
   terrorists.
   Some Americans even think that the loss of life to terrorism [7]is
   inconsequential, much less so than drunken driving deaths, for
   example.
   What all these Americans share in common is a terrible ignorance of
   the price that Americans are paying and have paid for our lack of will
   in the past.
   Tags: [8]anti-war [9]liberal [10]terrorism [11]lack of will

References

   1. http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/116.html
   2. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/07/MNG1FNEEHB1.DTL
   3. http://theredhunter.com/2007/05/islamistleft_alliance_meets_in_cairo.php
   4. http://www.army.mil/terrorism/1969-1960/index.html
   5. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/washington/04cong.html?ex=1180756800&en=fe7e45bd460e059f&ei=5070
   6. http://www.democrats.com/node/12187
   7. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/05/rare_risk_and_o.html
   8. http://technorati.com/tag/anti-war
   9. http://technorati.com/tag/liberal
  10. http://technorati.com/tag/terrorism
  11. http://technorati.com/tag/lack%20of%20will