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It Didn’t Start With bin Laden
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| 2001
| Chris Jeub
Posted on 07/25/2005 12:15:26 AM PDT by abu afak
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:15:26 AM PDT
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abu afak
To: SJackson; Alouette; Cindy; Yehuda; CHARLITE; F15Eagle; tomahawk; sheik yerbouty
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:17:59 AM PDT
by
abu afak
(abuafak@yahoo.ie)
To: abu afak
bump for later, thanks; lots of timely material here
To: abu afak
Interesting stuff. Thanks.
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:22:16 AM PDT
by
adaven
To: abu afak
Thank you abu afak for the ping.
I'm always interested in history.
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:26:59 AM PDT
by
Cindy
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To: abu afak
Well dang -- I'll be.
I remember reading the biography of Stephen Decatur as a kid, and his adventures defeating the pirates.
I don't recall them mentioning that this was a religious war, with the Christian Americans fighting the Islamic Terrorists who thought they could go to heaven by killing Christians, and with the Americans having to save the European backsides.
Somethings never change. And somethings never seem to get reported honestly.
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:58:25 AM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(To err is human; to moo is bovine.)
To: abu afak
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posted on
07/25/2005 12:59:13 AM PDT
by
nopardons
To: abu afak
Cartoons by Bentley Boyd
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:04:54 AM PDT
by
endthematrix
("an ominous vacancy"...I mean, JOHN ROBERTS now fills this space!)
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To: endthematrix
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:07:42 AM PDT
by
endthematrix
("an ominous vacancy"...I mean, JOHN ROBERTS now fills this space!)
To: abu afak
The Muslim faith took root in northwestern Africa in the seventh century, and for generations the region served as a base for piracy — the looting and confiscation of ships as well as the murder of crew members. The more things change the more they remain the same. ROP alert.
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:19:28 AM PDT
by
konaice
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To: endthematrix
To: freeair
I must have missed something - why do you mention Falwell here?
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posted on
07/25/2005 1:58:15 AM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(To err is human; to moo is bovine.)
To: abu afak
I thought that the Barbary pirates took Americans as slaves.
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posted on
07/25/2005 3:40:04 AM PDT
by
tkathy
(Tyranny breeds terrorism. Freedom breeds peace.)
To: The Drowning Witch
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posted on
07/25/2005 3:45:35 AM PDT
by
Jackknife
(No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.-MacArthur)
To: endthematrix
The ending didn't happen that way...according to the history channel. We still had problems with them.
It's like dealing with a play ground bully who steals your lunch money.
I found out the hard way. "If I'm nice to you...will you go away?"
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posted on
07/25/2005 4:31:38 AM PDT
by
Milligan
To: abu afak
" the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli declared the United States’ religious neutrality, “in an attempt to prevent further escalation of a ‘Holy War’ between Christians and Muslims.” Article XI of the treaty states that “the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion . . . it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of [Muslims].” But the 1797 treaty failed"
No surprise there.
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