List of Terrorist Attacks Show that War on Terror Been Since 1979
War on Terror Since 1979
• 1979 - The US Embassy in Iran was overrun by Islamic extremists who captured 66 Americans and held 53 of them for 444 days.
• 1983 - The US Embassy in Beirut was targeted by a truck bomb that killed 63.
• 1983 - The US Marine barracks in Beirut was destroyed by a truck bomb that killed 242 Americans.
• 1988 - US Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins, on a UN mission in Lebanon, was abducted, tortured, and hanged.
• 1988 - A bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 went off over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 on board and 11 people on the ground.
• 1993 - Terrorists drove an explosives-laden truck into the basement of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six.
• 1993 - Followers of Osama bin Laden killed 18 American soldiers in an ambush on the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia.
• 1996 - The Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia was destroyed by a tanker-truck bomb killing 19 Americans.
• 1998 - US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were simultaneously attacked by truck bombs killing 301.
• 2000 - The USS Cole was attacked in the port city of Yemen; 17 died.
Christian Science Monitor December 30, 2003 edition
• 2001 – September 11th World Trade Center & Pentagon almost 3,000 dead
From A Democrat breaks with tradition by P. Amy MacKinnon who wrote on December 30, 2003 in The Christian Science Monitor “For nearly 25 years, America has been under attack by Muslim fundamentalists - attacks virtually unanswered by all presidents as far back as Jimmy Carter.
We've somehow confused the systematic massacre of Americans for random acts of violence, though the collective onslaught - catalogued even incompletely - seems in retrospect to be a clear declaration of war:
“Halfhearted rescue attempts, trade embargoes, and a smattering of cruise missiles thrown at the problem by former leaders had no follow-through, no long-term commitment necessary to stave off the continued systematic attacks. Not until George Bush vowed to protect the US from those who sought to destroy it - even if he had to stand without the support of UN allies.
“Bush isn't timid about disappointing a nation used to instant gratification. He has reminded us repeatedly that the war on terror will be long, and people will die in the process.”
Perhaps the War started August 1996. See Osama bin Laden fatwa "Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places."
See Prior Post:
Jihadists Duty to Kill the Infidels
• 1979 - The US Embassy in Iran was overrun by Islamic extremists who captured 66 Americans and held 53 of them for 444 days.
• 1983 - The US Embassy in Beirut was targeted by a truck bomb that killed 63.
• 1983 - The US Marine barracks in Beirut was destroyed by a truck bomb that killed 242 Americans.
• 1988 - US Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins, on a UN mission in Lebanon, was abducted, tortured, and hanged.
• 1988 - A bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 went off over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 on board and 11 people on the ground.
• 1993 - Terrorists drove an explosives-laden truck into the basement of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six.
• 1993 - Followers of Osama bin Laden killed 18 American soldiers in an ambush on the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia.
• 1996 - The Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia was destroyed by a tanker-truck bomb killing 19 Americans.
• 1998 - US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were simultaneously attacked by truck bombs killing 301.
• 2000 - The USS Cole was attacked in the port city of Yemen; 17 died.
Christian Science Monitor December 30, 2003 edition
• 2001 – September 11th World Trade Center & Pentagon almost 3,000 dead
From A Democrat breaks with tradition by P. Amy MacKinnon who wrote on December 30, 2003 in The Christian Science Monitor “For nearly 25 years, America has been under attack by Muslim fundamentalists - attacks virtually unanswered by all presidents as far back as Jimmy Carter.
We've somehow confused the systematic massacre of Americans for random acts of violence, though the collective onslaught - catalogued even incompletely - seems in retrospect to be a clear declaration of war:
“Halfhearted rescue attempts, trade embargoes, and a smattering of cruise missiles thrown at the problem by former leaders had no follow-through, no long-term commitment necessary to stave off the continued systematic attacks. Not until George Bush vowed to protect the US from those who sought to destroy it - even if he had to stand without the support of UN allies.
“Bush isn't timid about disappointing a nation used to instant gratification. He has reminded us repeatedly that the war on terror will be long, and people will die in the process.”
Perhaps the War started August 1996. See Osama bin Laden fatwa "Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places."
See Prior Post:
Jihadists Duty to Kill the Infidels
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