Partial
list of Moslem assaults just against US assets, citizens or
territory. By all means live in the fiction that the cult of
Muhammad is peace and love. Let's juxtapose this list against the
'terror' incidents incited by Catholics – all zero of them. Source
and bold highlights are mine.
1970
Sept.
6, 1970, Jordan: –
The first mass aircraft hijackings occurred in 1970, the
so-called Dawson’s
Field hijackings,
when the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seized control
of two American planes and one Swiss airliner, all bound from Europe
to the United States, to punish the United States for supporting
Israel. The Pan Am, TWA and Swissair planes were blown up on the
ground in Jordan and Egypt.
1979
- Nov.
4, Tehran, Iran: Iranian
radical students seized the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages. 14
were later released. The remaining 52 were freed after 444 days on
the day of President Reagan’s inauguration. United
States Embassy in Pakistan attacked by mob mistakenly blaming the US
for radical Islamic faction hostage
crisis in Mecca.
1982–1991
- Lebanon: Thirty
US and other Western hostages kidnapped in Lebanon by Hezbollah.
Some were killed, some died in captivity, and some were eventually
released. Terry Anderson was held for 2,454 days.
1983
- April
18, Beirut, Lebanon: U.S.
embassy destroyed in suicide
car-bomb attack; 63 dead, including 17 Americans. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility.
-
Oct.
23, Beirut, Lebanon: Shiite
suicide bombers exploded truck near U.S. military barracks at Beirut
airport, killing 241 marines. Minutes later a second bomb killed 58
French paratroopers in their barracks in West Beirut.
-
Dec.
12, Kuwait City, Kuwait: Shiite
truck bombers attacked the U.S. embassy and other targets, killing 5
and injuring 80.
1984
- Jan.
18, Beirut: Malcolm
Kerr, president of the American University in Beirut (AUB), was
assassinated near his office. He had replaced AUB president David
Dodge, who was kidnapped six months earlier. A telephone message
claiming to represent Islamic Jihad proclaimed: “We are
responsible of the assassination of the president of AUB … We also
vow that not a single American or French will remain on this soil.
We shall take no different course. And we shall not waver.”
March
16, Beirut: William
Francis Buckley, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Beirut chief of
station, was abducted on this date. Islamic Jihad claims to have
killed him on 3 October 1985, and later released to a Beirut
newspaper a photograph purporting to depict his corpse. Press
reports stated that Buckley had been transferred to Iran, where he
was tortured and killed.
May
1984, West Beirut: Presbyterian
minister Benjamin Weir
is kidnapped by three armed men. Weir may have thought he was safe
from harm from Muslims because he had lived in Lebanon since 1958.
He
lived in Shiite West Beirut working “closely with various
Muslim-oriented charity and relief groups”.
Two days after his abduction, a telephone message allegedly from
Islamic Jihad, claiming responsibility for the abduction “in order
to renew our acceptance of Reagan’s challenge and to confirm our
commitment of the statement … that we will not leave any American
on Lebanese soil.” Weir was freed sixteen months later. -
Sept.
20, east Beirut, Lebanon: truck
bomb exploded outside the U.S. embassy annex, killing 24, including
2 U.S. military.
-
Dec.
3, Beirut, Lebanon: Kuwait
Airways Flight 221, from Kuwait to Pakistan, hijacked and diverted
to Tehran. 2 Americans killed.
1985
- April
12, Madrid, Spain: Bombing
at restaurant frequented by U.S. soldiers, killed 18 Spaniards and
injured 82.
-
June
14, Beirut, Lebanon: TWA
Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome hijacked to Beirut by
Hezbollah terrorists and held for 17 days. A U.S. Navy diver
executed.
-
Aug.
9, Frankfurt, Germany: The
car bomb planted at Rhein-Main Air Base exploded, killing two and
wounding eleven.
Oct,
7, Alexandria, Egypt: Achille
Lauro hijacking, wheel-chair bound American killed by Palestinian
militants.
Nov.
25, Frankfurt, Germany: A
car bomb exploded outside of the Post Exchange complex in Frankfurt,
Germany, wounding 34. -
Dec.
12, Newfoundland: Arrow
Air Flight 1285 taking off from Gander, Newfoundland, crashes and
burns about half a mile from the runway, killing all 256 passengers
and crew on board. In an anonymous caller to a French news agency in
Beirut, Islamic Jihad claims it destroyed the plane to prove “our
ability to strike at the Americans anywhere.”
-
Dec.
18, Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria: airports
in Rome and Vienna were bombed, killing 20 people, 5 of whom were
Americans. Bombing linked to Libya.
1986
- April
2, Athens, Greece: A
bomb exploded aboard TWA flight 840 en route from Rome to Athens,
killing 4 Americans and injuring 9.
-
April
5, West Berlin, Germany: Libyans
bombed a disco frequented by U.S. servicemen, killing 2 and injuring
hundreds.
1988
- Dec.
21, Lockerbie, Scotland: N.Y.-bound
Pan-Am
Boeing 747 exploded in flight from a terrorist bomb and crashed into
Scottish village, killing all 259 aboard
and 11 on the ground. Passengers included 35 Syracuse University
students and many U.S. military personnel. Libya formally admitted
responsibility 15 years later (Aug. 2003) and offered $2.7 billion
compensation to victims’ families.
1993
- Feb.
26, New York City: bomb
exploded in basement garage of World
Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995,
militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman
and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998,
Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of
the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected.
1995
- Nov.
13, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: car
bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military
servicemen.
1996
- June
25, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck
bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19
American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others. 13 Saudis and a
Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah,
were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001.
1998
- Aug.
7, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck
bombs exploded almost simultaneously near
2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and
injuring about 4,500.
4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received training at
al-Qaeda camps inside Afghanistan, were convicted of the killings in
May 2001 and later sentenced to life in prison. A federal grand jury
had indicted 22 men in connection with the attacks, including Saudi
dissident Osama bin Laden, who remained at large.
2000
- Oct.
12, Aden, Yemen: U.S.
Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily
damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside
it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden, or members of
al-Qaeda terrorist network.
2001
- Sept.
11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers
crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2
more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in
rural Pa. Total
dead and missing numbered 2,9921: 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the
Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda
terrorist group blamed. (See September
11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism.)
2002
- June
14, Karachi, Pakistan: bomb
explodes outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing
12. Linked to al-Qaeda.
2003
- May
12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: suicide
bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans,
at housing compounds for Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected.
2004
- May
29–31, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists
attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia,
take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential compound,
leaving 22 people dead including one American.
-
June
11–19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists
kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. 2 other Americans and BBC cameraman killed by gun attacks.
-
Dec.
6, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: terrorists
storm the U.S. consulate, killing 5 consulate
employees. 4 terrorists were killed by Saudi security.
2005
- Nov.
9, Amman, Jordan: suicide
bombers hit 3 American hotels,
Radisson, Grand Hyatt, and Days Inn, in Amman, Jordan, killing 57.
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.
2006
- Sept.
13, Damascus, Syria: an
attack by four gunman on the American embassy is foiled.
2007
- Jan.
12, Athens, Greece: the
U.S. embassy is fired on by an anti-tank missile causing damage but
no injuries.
-
Dec.
11, Algeria: more
than 60 people are killed, including 11 United Nations staff
members, when Al Qaeda terrorists detonate two car bombs near
Algeria’s Constitutional Council and the United Nations offices.
2008
- May
26, Iraq: a
suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills six U.S. soldiers and wounds 18
others in Tarmiya.
-
June
24, Iraq: a
suicide bomber kills at least 20 people, including three U.S.
Marines, at a meeting between sheiks and Americans in Karmah, a town
west of Baghdad.
-
June
12, Afghanistan: four
American servicemen are killed when a roadside bomb explodes near a
U.S. military vehicle in Farah Province.
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July
13, Afghanistan: nine
U.S.soldiers and at least 15 NATO troops die when Taliban militants
boldly attack an American base in Kunar Province, which borders
Pakistan. It’s the most deadly against U.S. troops in three years.
-
Aug.
18 and 19, Afghanistan: as
many as 15 suicide bombers backed by about 30 militants attack a
U.S. military base, Camp Salerno, in Bamiyan.
Fighting between U.S. troops and members of the Taliban rages
overnight. No U.S. troops are killed.
-
Sept.
16, Yemen: a
car bomb and a rocket strike the U.S. embassy in Yemen as staff
arrived to work, killing 16 people, including 4 civilians. At least
25 suspected al-Qaeda militants are arrested for the attack.
-
Nov.
26, India: in
a series of attacks on several of Mumbai’s
landmarks and commercial hubs that are popular with Americans and
other foreign tourists, including at least two five-star hotels, a
hospital, a train station, and a cinema. About 300 people
are wounded and nearly 190 people die, including at least 5
Americans.
2009
- Feb.
9, Iraq: a
suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi
translator near a police checkpoint.
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April
10, Iraq: a
suicide attack kills five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen.
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June
1, Little Rock, Arkansas: Abdulhakim
Muhammed, a Muslim convert from Memphis, Tennessee, is charged with
shooting two soldiers outside a military recruiting center. One is
killed and the other is wounded. In a January 2010 letter to the
judge hearing his case, Muhammed asked to change his plea from not
guilty to guilty, claimed ties to al-Qaeda, and called the shooting
a jihadi attack “to fight those who wage war on Islam and
Muslims.”
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November
5 2009, Fort Hood Texas: Nidal
Hassan an army doctor, screaming Allahu Akhbar which means the moon
idol of Mecca, Hub'Al is first amongst all the gods, murdered 13 and
wounded 34 at a US military base.
The Obama administration called this act 'workplace violence' and
the media obsessed with his mental issues, not with Islam.
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Dec.
25: A
Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit attempted to
ignite an explosive device hidden in his underwear. The explosive
device that failed to detonate was a mixture of powder and liquid
that did not alert security personnel in the airport. The alleged
bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, told officials later that he was
directed by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. The suspect was already on
the government’s watch list when he attempted the bombing; his
father, a respected Nigerian banker, had told the U.S. government
that he was worried about his son’s increased extremism.
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Dec.
30, Iraq: a
suicide bomber kills eight Americans civilians, seven of them CIA
agents, at a base in Afghanistan. It’s the deadliest attack on the
agency since 9/11. The attacker is reportedly a double agent from
Jordan who was acting on behalf of al-Qaeda.
2010
- May
1, New York City: a
car bomb is discovered in Times Square, New York City after smoke is
seen coming from a vehicle. The bomb was ignited, but failed to
detonate and was disarmed before it could cause any harm. Times
Square was evacuated as a safety precaution. Faisal Shahzad pleads
guilty to placing the bomb as well as 10 terrorism and weapons
charges.
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May
10, Jacksonville, Florida: a
pipe bomb explodes while approximately 60 Muslims are praying in the
mosque. The attack causes no injuries.
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Oct.
29: two
packages are found on separate cargo planes. Each package contains a
bomb consisting of 300 to 400 grams (11-14 oz) of plastic explosives
and a detonating mechanism. The bombs are discovered as a result of
intelligence received from Saudi Arabia’s security chief. The
packages, bound from Yemen to the United States, are discovered at
en route stop-overs, one in England and one in Dubai in the United
Arab Emirates.
2011
- Jan.
17, Spokane, Washington: a
pipe bomb is discovered along the route of the Martin Luther King,
Jr. memorial march. The bomb, a “viable device” set up to spray
marchers with shrapnel and to cause multiple casualties, is defused
without any injuries.
2012
Sept.
11, Benghazi, Libya: militants
armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fire
upon the American consulate, killing U.S. ambassador to Libya
Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials. U.S. secretary
of state Hillary Clinton said the U.S. believed that Al Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghreb, a group closely linked to Al Qaeda, orchestrated the
attack.
2013
Feb.
1, Ankara, Turkey: Ecevit
Sanli detonates a bomb near a gate at the U.S. Embassy. Sanli dies
after detonating the bomb. One Turkish guard is also killed. Didem
Tuncay, a respected television journalist, is injured in the blast.
Unlike the bombing at the embassy in Benghazi last September, the
U.S. government immediately calls the bombing a terrorist attack.
According to Turkish officials, the attack is from the Revolutionary
People’s Liberation Party, which has been labeled a terrorist
organization by the U.S. and other nations.
April
15, Boston, Mass.: multiple
bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Two bombs
go off around 2:50 in the afternoon as runners finish the race. Three
people are killed. One is an eight year old boy. More than 260 people
are injured. The two Moslems are brothers and had been living
together in Cambridge. They have lived in the U.S. for about a
decade, but are from a Moslem area near Chechnya, a region in Russia.
See
a pattern ? Lots more to come from the Moslem cult of death.