"The suspicion was that people on this boat fired a missile and then fled the scene."
If it was a terrorist act, they would have claimed credit for it.
If it was a terrorist act, they would have claimed credit for it.Bull. That sort of thing was true of the IRA and is true of ETA (Spain) both of which had/have political objectives: independence. The Islamists simply want to kill Americans. That's their objective.
Was there a claim for credit issued following September 11th?
On July 17, 1996, a TWA flight bound for Paris exploded off Long Island, N.Y., killing 230 people. Investigations concluded that what happened to Flight 800 was not a terrorist attack. Nonetheless, one day after that crash, the Movement for Islamic Change claimed responsibility, telling the world: "We carried out our promise with the plane attack of yesterday."
In retaliation for such a claim-just the claim-we should have taken that organization's headquarters and training centers off the map. Nothing lost except bases of terrorism.That would have been given terrorists something to consider, and such action would have helped all U.S. citizens to be more secure overseas and at home.
---------- "What Proof? Terrorism Alone Is Cause for Action," COMMENTARY By BRUCE HERSCHENSOHN, LA Times, October 5, 2001
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An official international terrorist organization, represented by Iran, Libya and Syria, was said to have been formed. It is to be called the "Movement for Islamic Change." Other members are said to be from the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.---- 'ORGANIZED TERRORISM; "Movement for Islamic Change"; ' By Steve Macko, ENN Editor; Excerpted from EmergencyNet NEWS Service Daily Report, Saturday, August 3, 1996, Vol. 2 - 216