[KentuckyWoman]

Yes, the Barbary pirates DO count. They believe in a cult that has at its' core world domination

Oh PUHLEZE.....The Barbary pirates were just that...PIRATES. Granted they were operating with the blessings of the Bey of Algiers but there were NOT suicide bombers or going into other nations to blow things up in retaliation for perceived misdeeds. You know full well what I was asking and yet you chose to obfuscate with your side-track into piracy. Since you insist on going back that far, you must realize that the reason we took action in that case was to rescue AMERICANS who had been taken as hostages and that we did not leave our military there to police the region once the hostilities ended......

I resubmit my original question....name the first time..........

[mnehring]

Oh, and if you are referring to when the first attack against the West was by Muslims, I think the root of a lot of this can be traced back to the invasion of Vienna by the Turks in 1683.. most of this war really traces itself back to the Ottoman Empire’s attempt to take back what they originally saw as their land, from Spain all the way to India.

[mnehring]

Oh PUHLEZE.....The Barbary pirates were just that

Oh, and the Barbary Pirates should count because they were tools of the Ottoman sultan in his war against the 'Holy Roman Empire'.