[nopardons]

No, they didn't ! They issue it against a Caliph ( sp ? ) and wound up paying him off, even though Jefferson said that the USA would NEVER do so.

Last October, when a battle was ragging here, about how Congress should declare war against OBL / the Taliban, whomever, someone posted the actual documentation, about the Barbary Pirates. Go find that, in the FR archives; don't just take my word for it. What you posted, is incorrect. LOL

[Boomer Geezer]

FYI, here's a few that I've found:

Was there a Congressional Declaration of War on the Barbary Pirates? ( Maybe not!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/575174/posts

The War On Terror Isn’t The First: Young U.S. Faced ‘Barbary Pirates’ ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/539836/posts

America and the Barbary Pirates: An International Battle Against an Unconventional Foe ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/626671/posts

Barbary pirates still at it: Richard Grenier finds interesting parallel to current war efforts ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/529902/posts

Don't know if this will help the discussion ... not fast here with posting all this fancy stuff. I believe there were a few more articles along these lines, but these were the only ones where "Barbary Pirates" showed up in the search of titles. I don't know if there is a way of doing a search of the post itself.