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[Treasure_Hunter]

it is all Obama's fault...stinky shoes, chewed gum on the sidewalk, stray cats, damn Obama.

Fast and Furious, Benghazi, NSA spying, IRS used to harass political opponents, illegal seizure of millions of Americans medical records, illegal seizure of journalist phone records, attack on Bill of Rights, trying to railroad America into another middle east war with false evidence, glad to see you see the light and agree......:thumbup:

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[pippinwhitepaws]

BATF was doing spookie things prior to Obama.
NSA was spying on americans prior to Obama.
IRS has harassed people regardless of race, creed, color or religion for decades.

do read some history...not blogs for accurate information.

 

[jerseyben]

Fast and Furious, Benghazi, NSA spying, IRS used to harass political opponents, illegal seizure of millions of Americans medical records, illegal seizure of journalist phone records, attack on Bill of Rights, trying to railroad America into another middle east war with false evidence, glad to see you see the light and agree......:thumbup:

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Benghazi is only still being held on to (bitterly I might add) by a few right wingers.

The rest of those scandals were not even talked about until what, April or May of 2013?

Obama has been taking the blame and been badmouthed for every single little thing that could possibly be pinned on him.

I am 100% convinced that there is (and has been for quite some time) an active campaign to turn the American people against him.

All this negativity serves to do is further polarize this fine nation and breed more negativity. Unfortunately, I find that this is also radicalizing otherwise normal people due to being constantly bombarded with negativity that the big bad government is out to get you.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Benghazi is only still being held on to (bitterly I might add) by a few right wingers.

The rest of those scandals were not even talked about until what, April or May of 2013?

Obama has been taking the blame and been badmouthed for every single little thing that could possibly be pinned on him.

I am 100% convinced that there is (and has been for quite some time) an active campaign to turn the American people against him.

All this negativity serves to do is further polarize this fine nation and breed more negativity. Unfortunately, I find that this is also radicalizing otherwise normal people due to being constantly bombarded with negativity that the big bad government is out to get you.

A few right wingers? Wake up..... There are millions of us concerned about Benghazi not a few. The death of 4 Americans serving this country may mean nothing to you, it means a great deal to us.

Seems you were more concerned about the death of a gangster wannabe thug than the Americans killed in Benghazi as obama and company sat and did nothing but try to hide it ..

The rest of the SCANDALS have been here liberals just been ignoring them. Fast and Furious, the little dictator has been dodging and trying to keep hidden since it happen. Why do you think he asks the courts to not force the release of the documents?

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[pippinwhitepaws]

millions out of hundreds of millions...

who knows the first international treaty signed an ratified by congress?
really?
it is the treaty of Tripoli. 1791.
do read carefully, since it deals with both the state of Christianity in the united states, and our behavior towards muslims.
article 11.} is of special interest to those who continually berate others over how Christians founded the nation for Christians by Christians.




Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary.

Article 1.

There is a firm and perpetual Peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and subjects of Tripoli of Barbary, made by the free consent of both parties, and guaranteed by the most potent Dey & regency of Algiers.

Article 2.

If any goods belonging to any nation with which either of the parties is at war shall be loaded on board of vessels belonging to the other party they shall pass free, and no attempt shall be made to take or detain them.

Article 3.

If any citizens, subjects or effects belonging to either party shall be found on board a prize vessel taken from an enemy by the other party, such citizens or subjects shall be set at liberty, and the effects restored to the owners.

Article 4.

Proper passports are to be given to all vessels of both parties, by which they are to be known. And, considering the distance between the two countries, eighteen months from the date of this treaty shall be allowed for procuring such passports. During this interval the other papers belonging to such vessels shall be sufficient for their protection.

Article 5.

A citizen or subject of either party having bought a prize vessel condemned by the other party or by any other nation, the certificate of condemnation and bill of sale shall be a sufficient passport for such vessel for one year; this being a reasonable time for her to procure a proper passport.

Article 6.

Vessels of either party putting into the ports of the other and having need of provisions or other supplies, they shall be furnished at the market price. And if any such vessel shall so put in from a disaster at sea and have occasion to repair, she shall be at liberty to land and reembark her cargo without paying any duties. But in no case shall she be compelled to land her cargo.

Article 7.

Should a vessel of either party be cast on the shore of the other, all proper assistance shall be given to her and her people; no pillage shall be allowed; the property shall remain at the disposition of the owners, and the crew protected and succoured till they can be sent to their country.

Article 8.

If a vessel of either party should be attacked by an enemy within gun-shot of the forts of the other she shall be defended as much as possible. If she be in port she shall not be seized or attacked when it is in the power of the other party to protect her. And when she proceeds to sea no enemy shall be allowed to pursue her from the same port within twenty four hours after her departure.

Article 9.

The commerce between the United States and Tripoli, — the protection to be given to merchants, masters of vessels and seamen, — the reciprocal right of establishing consuls in each country, and the privileges, immunities and jurisdictions to be enjoyed by such consuls, are declared to be on the same footing with those of the most favoured nations respectively.

Article 10.

The money and presents demanded by the Bey of Tripoli as a full and satisfactory consideration on his part and on the part of his subjects for this treaty of perpetual peace and friendship are acknowledged to have been received by him previous to his signing the same, according to a receipt which is hereto annexed, except such part as is promised on the part of the United States to be delivered and paid by them on the arrival of their Consul in Tripoli, of which part a note is likewise hereto annexed. And no presence of any periodical tribute or farther payment is ever to be made by either party.

Article 11.

As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen, — and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

Article 12.

In case of any dispute arising from a notation of any of the articles of this treaty no appeal shall be made to arms, nor shall war be declared on any pretext whatever. But if the consul residing at the place where the dispute shall happen shall not be able to settle the same, an amicable reference shall be made to the mutual friend of the parties, the Dey of Algiers, the parties hereby engaging to abide by his decision. And he by virtue of his signature to this treaty engages for himself and successors to declare the justice of the case according to the true interpretation of the treaty, and to use all the means in his power to enforce the observance of the same.

Signed and sealed at Tripoli of Barbary the 3rd day of Jumad in the year of the Higera 1211 - corresponding with the 4th day of November 1796 by

JUSSUF BASHAW MAHOMET Bey
SOLIMAN Kaya
MAMET Treasurer
GALIL Genl of the Troops
AMET Minister of Marine
MAHOMET Coml of the city
AMET Chamberlain
MAMET Secretary
ALLY-Chief of the Divan

Signed and sealed at Algiers the 4th day of Argib 1211 - corresponding with the 3rd day of January 1797 by

HASSAN BASHAW Dey
and by the Agent plenipotentiary of the United States of America Joel BARLOW

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

millions out of hundreds of millions...

who knows the first international treaty signed an ratified by congress?
really?
it is the treaty of Tripoli. 1791.
do read carefully, since it deals with both the state of Christianity in the united states, and our behavior towards muslims.
article 11.} is of special interest to those who continually berate others over how Christians founded the nation for Christians by Christians.




Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary.

Article 1.

There is a firm and perpetual Peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and subjects of Tripoli of Barbary, made by the free consent of both parties, and guaranteed by the most potent Dey & regency of Algiers.

Article 2.

If any goods belonging to any nation with which either of the parties is at war shall be loaded on board of vessels belonging to the other party they shall pass free, and no attempt shall be made to take or detain them.

Article 3.

If any citizens, subjects or effects belonging to either party shall be found on board a prize vessel taken from an enemy by the other party, such citizens or subjects shall be set at liberty, and the effects restored to the owners.

Article 4.

Proper passports are to be given to all vessels of both parties, by which they are to be known. And, considering the distance between the two countries, eighteen months from the date of this treaty shall be allowed for procuring such passports. During this interval the other papers belonging to such vessels shall be sufficient for their protection.

Article 5.

A citizen or subject of either party having bought a prize vessel condemned by the other party or by any other nation, the certificate of condemnation and bill of sale shall be a sufficient passport for such vessel for one year; this being a reasonable time for her to procure a proper passport.

Article 6.

Vessels of either party putting into the ports of the other and having need of provisions or other supplies, they shall be furnished at the market price. And if any such vessel shall so put in from a disaster at sea and have occasion to repair, she shall be at liberty to land and reembark her cargo without paying any duties. But in no case shall she be compelled to land her cargo.

Article 7.

Should a vessel of either party be cast on the shore of the other, all proper assistance shall be given to her and her people; no pillage shall be allowed; the property shall remain at the disposition of the owners, and the crew protected and succoured till they can be sent to their country.

Article 8.

If a vessel of either party should be attacked by an enemy within gun-shot of the forts of the other she shall be defended as much as possible. If she be in port she shall not be seized or attacked when it is in the power of the other party to protect her. And when she proceeds to sea no enemy shall be allowed to pursue her from the same port within twenty four hours after her departure.

Article 9.

The commerce between the United States and Tripoli, — the protection to be given to merchants, masters of vessels and seamen, — the reciprocal right of establishing consuls in each country, and the privileges, immunities and jurisdictions to be enjoyed by such consuls, are declared to be on the same footing with those of the most favoured nations respectively.

Article 10.

The money and presents demanded by the Bey of Tripoli as a full and satisfactory consideration on his part and on the part of his subjects for this treaty of perpetual peace and friendship are acknowledged to have been received by him previous to his signing the same, according to a receipt which is hereto annexed, except such part as is promised on the part of the United States to be delivered and paid by them on the arrival of their Consul in Tripoli, of which part a note is likewise hereto annexed. And no presence of any periodical tribute or farther payment is ever to be made by either party.

Article 11.

As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen, — and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.

Article 12.

In case of any dispute arising from a notation of any of the articles of this treaty no appeal shall be made to arms, nor shall war be declared on any pretext whatever. But if the consul residing at the place where the dispute shall happen shall not be able to settle the same, an amicable reference shall be made to the mutual friend of the parties, the Dey of Algiers, the parties hereby engaging to abide by his decision. And he by virtue of his signature to this treaty engages for himself and successors to declare the justice of the case according to the true interpretation of the treaty, and to use all the means in his power to enforce the observance of the same.

Signed and sealed at Tripoli of Barbary the 3rd day of Jumad in the year of the Higera 1211 - corresponding with the 4th day of November 1796 by

JUSSUF BASHAW MAHOMET Bey
SOLIMAN Kaya
MAMET Treasurer
GALIL Genl of the Troops
AMET Minister of Marine
MAHOMET Coml of the city
AMET Chamberlain
MAMET Secretary
ALLY-Chief of the Divan

Signed and sealed at Algiers the 4th day of Argib 1211 - corresponding with the 3rd day of January 1797 by

HASSAN BASHAW Dey
and by the Agent plenipotentiary of the United States of America Joel BARLOW

A state of war exist between radical Muslim religion and America.

As far as that treaty goes, it means nothing today, ask the American Indians about US. treaties.

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[pippinwhitepaws]

A state of war exist between radical Muslim religion and America.

As far as that treaty goes, it means nothing today, ask the American Indians about US. treaties.

this statement clearly shows you missed the point...
the content
not the treaty is intact or enforceable.
good day.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

this statement clearly shows you missed the point...
the content
not the treaty is intact or enforceable.
good day.

Just because I don't agree with the point doesn't mean I missed it.

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[davest]

apparently Article 11 was overlooked when the Agent plenipotentiary signed it, along with those other guys that were in charge.

Why are we at war with the Muslim religion TH? They haven't tried to invade us or make us convert. Can you not see that there always has to be a boogyman
in order to keep the war machine humming and the arms merchants in millions? While the rest of the United States suffers from sequestration, and bad roads, terrible bridges, lack of healthcare, education that makes other countries laugh, we have to support the Military Industrial Complex

why do they call it the Department of Defense when we seem to be the only country invading others? I'm open to anyones suggestion as to who invaded us the last time.

If you are going to toss 9/11/2001 out there remember that was 10 Saudis, a Yemeni and 2 other mideasterners. Then check out the date of our sponsored overthrow of Allende in Chile and what we replaced him with.

Our country has a lot of blood on its hands to go around throwing stones at any other

.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

in the framers of the constitution, and the signatory's to the constitutions, their own words...

As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,

agreeing or not agreeing is irrelevant...this is fact rearing its ugly mug.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I say let Texas go (good riddance) I am soooo tired of the cowboys

 

[Dave44]

I say let Texas go (good riddance) I am soooo tired of the cowboys

I really hope you are talking about the football team?

 

[Peyton Manning]

I really hope you are talking about the football team?

LOL of course (romo stinks)

 

[olroy70]

apparently Article 11 was overlooked when the Agent plenipotentiary signed it, along with those other guys that were in charge.

Why are we at war with the Muslim religion TH? They haven't tried to invade us or make us convert. Can you not see that there always has to be a boogyman
in order to keep the war machine humming and the arms merchants in millions? While the rest of the United States suffers from sequestration, and bad roads, terrible bridges, lack of healthcare, education that makes other countries laugh, we have to support the Military Industrial Complex

why do they call it the Department of Defense when we seem to be the only country invading others? I'm open to anyones suggestion as to who invaded us the last time.

If you are going to toss 9/11/2001 out there remember that was 10 Saudis, a Yemeni and 2 other mideasterners. Then check out the date of our sponsored overthrow of Allende in Chile and what we replaced him with.

Our country has a lot of blood on its hands to go around throwing stones at any other

.

I remember 9/11 I remember the massacre at Ft. Hood........ they have attacked us over and over for years............. are YOU a muslim?

 

[Peyton Manning]

olroy, read the rules. name calling is not allowed

 

[olroy70]

apparently Article 11 was overlooked when the Agent plenipotentiary signed it, along with those other guys that were in charge.

Why are we at war with the Muslim religion TH? They haven't tried to invade us or make us convert. Can you not see that there always has to be a boogyman
in order to keep the war machine humming and the arms merchants in millions? While the rest of the United States suffers from sequestration, and bad roads, terrible bridges, lack of healthcare, education that makes other countries laugh, we have to support the Military Industrial Complex

why do they call it the Department of Defense when we seem to be the only country invading others? I'm open to anyones suggestion as to who invaded us the last time.

If you are going to toss 9/11/2001 out there remember that was 10 Saudis, a Yemeni and 2 other mideasterners. Then check out the date of our sponsored overthrow of Allende in Chile and what we replaced him with.

Our country has a lot of blood on its hands to go around throwing stones at any other

.

all muslims, you might add. like some religions are not bound my any nationality, neither is the one that preaches death to all others!!!!!!!!!!!!

yep......... I am an infidel with a gun, I might add......... just because you think only the bad guys should have em!!!!!!!!!!

 

[olroy70]

olroy, read the rules. name calling is not allowed

thought being a muslim meant your were annointed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry bout that\

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

apparently Article 11 was overlooked when the Agent plenipotentiary signed it, along with those other guys that were in charge.

Why are we at war with the Muslim religion TH? They haven't tried to invade us or make us convert. Can you not see that there always has to be a boogyman
in order to keep the war machine humming and the arms merchants in millions? While the rest of the United States suffers from sequestration, and bad roads, terrible bridges, lack of healthcare, education that makes other countries laugh, we have to support the Military Industrial Complex

why do they call it the Department of Defense when we seem to be the only country invading others? I'm open to anyones suggestion as to who invaded us the last time.

If you are going to toss 9/11/2001 out there remember that was 10 Saudis, a Yemeni and 2 other mideasterners. Then check out the date of our sponsored overthrow of Allende in Chile and what we replaced him with.

Our country has a lot of blood on its hands to go around throwing stones at any other

.

1983
April 18, Beirut, Lebanon: U.S. embassy destroyed in suicide car-bomb attack; 63 dead, including 17 Americans. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility

Oct. 23, Beirut, Lebanon: Shiite suicide bombers exploded truck near U.S. military barracks at Beirut airport, killing 241 marines. Minutes later a second bomb killed 58 French paratroopers in their barracks in West Beirut.

Dec. 12, Kuwait City, Kuwait: Shiite truck bombers attacked the U.S. embassy and other targets, killing 5 and injuring 80.

1984
Sept. 20, east Beirut, Lebanon: truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. embassy annex, killing 24, including 2 U.S. military.

Dec. 3, Beirut, Lebanon: Kuwait Airways Flight 221, from Kuwait to Pakistan, hijacked and diverted to Tehran. 2 Americans killed.

1985
April 12, Madrid, Spain: Bombing at restaurant frequented by U.S. soldiers, killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82.

June 14, Beirut, Lebanon: TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome hijacked to Beirut by Hezbollah terrorists and held for 17 days. A U.S. Navy diver executed.

Oct. 7, Mediterranean Sea: gunmen attack Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro. One U.S. tourist killed. Hijacking linked to Libya.
Dec. 18, Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria: airports in Rome and Vienna were bombed, killing 20 people, 5 of whom were Americans. Bombing linked to Libya.

1986
April 2, Athens, Greece:A bomb exploded aboard TWA flight 840 en route from Rome to Athens, killing 4 Americans and injuring 9.

April 5, West Berlin, Germany: Libyans bombed a disco frequented by U.S. servicemen, killing 2 and injuring hundreds.

1988
Dec. 21, Lockerbie, Scotland: N.Y.-bound Pan-Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight from a terrorist bomb and crashed into Scottish village, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground. Passengers included 35 Syracuse University students and many U.S. military personnel. Libya formally admitted responsibility 15 years later (Aug. 2003) and offered $2.7 billion compensation to victims' families.

1993
Feb. 26, New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995, militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected.

Nov. 13, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: car bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military servicemen.

1996
June 25, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah, were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001.

1998
Aug. 7, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and injuring about 4,500. 4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received training at al-Qaeda camps inside Afghanistan, were convicted of the killings in May 2001 and later sentenced to life in prison. A federal grand jury had indicted 22 men in connection with the attacks, including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, who remained at large.

2000
Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden, or members of al-Qaeda terrorist network.

2001
Sept. 11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa. Total dead and missing numbered 2,9921: 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. (See September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism.)

2002
June 14, Karachi, Pakistan: bomb explodes outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12. Linked to al-Qaeda.

2003 1
May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: suicide bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected.

2004
May 29–31, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential compound, leaving 22 people dead including one American.

June 11–19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 other Americans and BBC cameraman killed by gun attacks.

Dec. 6, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: terrorists storm the U.S. consulate, killing 5 consulate employees. 4 terrorists were killed by Saudi security.

2005
Nov. 9, Amman, Jordan: suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt, and Days Inn, in Amman, Jordan, killing 57. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.

2006
Sept. 13, Damascus, Syria: an attack by four gunman on the American embassy is foiled.

2007
Jan. 12, Athens, Greece: the U.S. embassy is fired on by an anti-tank missile causing damage but no injuries.

Dec. 11, Algeria: more than 60 people are killed, including 11 United Nations staff members, when Al Qaeda terrorists detonate two car bombs near Algeria's Constitutional Council and the United Nations offices.

2008
May 26, Iraq: a suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills six U.S. soldiers and wounds 18 others in Tarmiya.
June 24, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills at least 20 people, including three U.S. Marines, at a meeting between sheiks and Americans in Karmah, a town west of Baghdad.

June 12, Afghanistan: four American servicemen are killed when a roadside bomb explodes near a U.S. military vehicle in Farah Province.

July 13, Afghanistan: nine U.S.soldiers and at least 15 NATO troops die when Taliban militants boldly attack an American base in Kunar Province, which borders Pakistan. It's the most deadly against U.S. troops in three years.

Aug. 18 and 19, Afghanistan: as many as 15 suicide bombers backed by about 30 militants attack a U.S. military base, Camp Salerno, in Bamiyan. Fighting between U.S. troops and members of the Taliban rages overnight. No U.S. troops are killed.

Sept. 16, Yemen: a car bomb and a rocket strike the U.S. embassy in Yemen as staff arrived to work, killing 16 people, including 4 civilians. At least 25 suspected al-Qaeda militants are arrested for the attack.

Nov. 26, India: in a series of attacks on several of Mumbai's landmarks and commercial hubs that are popular with Americans and other foreign tourists, including at least two five-star hotels, a hospital, a train station, and a cinema. About 300 people are wounded and nearly 190 people die, including at least 5 Americans.

2009
Feb. 9, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi translator near a police checkpoint.

April 10, Iraq: a suicide attack kills five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen.

June 1, Little Rock, Arkansas: Abdulhakim Muhammed, a Muslim convert from Memphis, Tennessee, is charged with shooting two soldiers outside a military recruiting center. One is killed and the other is wounded. In a January 2010 letter to the judge hearing his case, Muhammed asked to change his plea from not guilty to guilty, claimed ties to al-Qaeda, and called the shooting a jihadi attack "to fight those who wage war on Islam and Muslims."

Dec. 25: A Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit attempted to ignite an explosive device hidden in his underwear. The explosive device that failed to detonate was a mixture of powder and liquid that did not alert security personnel in the airport. The alleged bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, told officials later that he was directed by the terrorist group Al Qaeda. The suspect was already on the government's watch list when he attempted the bombing; his father, a respected Nigerian banker, had told the U.S. government that he was worried about his son's increased extremism.

Dec. 30, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills eight Americans civilians, seven of them CIA agents, at a base in Afghanistan. It's the deadliest attack on the agency since 9/11. The attacker is reportedly a double agent from Jordan who was acting on behalf of al-Qaeda.

2010
May 1, New York City: a car bomb is discovered in Times Square, New York City after smoke is seen coming from a vehicle. The bomb was ignited, but failed to detonate and was disarmed before it could cause any harm. Times Square was evacuated as a safety precaution. Faisal Shahzad pleads guilty to placing the bomb as well as 10 terrorism and weapons charges.

May 10, Jacksonville, Florida: a pipe bomb explodes while approximately 60 Muslims are praying in the mosque. The attack causes no injuries.

Oct. 29: two packages are found on separate cargo planes. Each package contains a bomb consisting of 300 to 400 grams (11-14 oz) of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism. The bombs are discovered as a result of intelligence received from Saudi Arabia's security chief. The packages, bound from Yemen to the United States, are discovered at en route stop-overs, one in England and one in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

2011
Jan. 17, Spokane, Washington: a pipe bomb is discovered along the route of the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial march. The bomb, a "viable device" set up to spray marchers with shrapnel and to cause multiple casualties, is defused without any injuries.

2012
Sept. 11, Benghazi, Libya: militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fire upon the American consulate, killing U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials. U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton said the U.S. believed that Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a group closely linked to Al Qaeda, orchestrated the attack.

2013
Feb. 1, Ankara, Turkey: Ecevit Sanli detonates a bomb near a gate at the U.S. Embassy. Sanli dies after detonating the bomb. One Turkish guard is also killed. Didem Tuncay, a respected television journalist, is injured in the blast. Unlike the bombing at the embassy in Benghazi last September, the U.S. government immediately calls the bombing a terrorist attack. According to Turkish officials, the attack is from the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party, which has been labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S. and other nations.

April 15, Boston, Mass.: multiple bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Two bombs go off around 2:50 in the afternoon as runners finish the race. At least three people are killed. One is an eight year old boy. More than 170 people are injured. Three days later, the FBI releases photos and video of two suspects in the hope that the public can help identify them. Just hours after the FBI releases the images, the two suspects rob a gas station in Central Square then shoot and kill a MIT police officer in his car. Afterwards, the two men carjack a SUV and tell the driver that they had set off the explosions at the marathon. Police pursue the vehicle into Watertown. During the shootout, a MBTA officer is shot and one of the suspects, identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, age 26, is killed. A suicide vest is found on his body. The other suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, age 19, remains at large for several hours, causing a massive manhunt and lockdown for all of Boston, Cambridge, and many other surrounding communities. The manhunt ends when he is found alive, but seriously injured, hiding in a boat behind a house in Watertown. The two suspects are brothers and had been living together on Norfolk Street in Cambridge. They have lived in the U.S. for about a decade, but are from an area near Chechnya, a region

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[Dave44]

From Davest "why do they call it the Department of Defense when we seem to be the only country invading others? I'm open to anyones suggestion as to who invaded us the last time. "

Dang.. TH made it pretty easy to look like a lot of invasions and attacks against the US, huh?

 

[Peyton Manning]

thought being a muslim meant your were annointed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry bout that\

well, as T_H had no comment to the contrary I guess name calling is ok if you are against all muslims and want to call anyone who has a different opinion names