re: What is your earliest recollection of an Islamic terror attack?

Barbary Pirates from Tripoli attacking and extorting American merchant ships in the early 1800's

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But one cannot get around what Jefferson heard when he went with John Adams to wait upon Tripoli’s ambassador to London in March 1785. When they inquired by what right the Barbary states preyed upon American shipping, enslaving both crews and passengers, America’s two foremost envoys were informed that “it was written in the Koran, that all Nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon whoever they could find and to make Slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.” 

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Does Jonestown count?

If not, the hostages in Iran a year later.

When the CIA was formed

The Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, IIRC.

You forgot the numbers at the end of your alter username.

38 posts

Over or under?

Don't care

1993 WTC bombing

Beirut marine barracks bombing was when I was 3, so I probably don't remember that, but I do remember the PanAm bombing over Scotland. My parents watched the local news every evening at 5p and the NBC nightly news with Tom Brokaw at 5:30. That was the only TV in the house, so I had to sit through that too. That story was talked about for a long time.

Looking back on it, there were a bunch of big events going down in the late 80's: Challenger, Chernobyl, PanAm Flight 103, Exxon Valdez, San Francisco Earthquake, Tiananmen Square, Berlin Wall Falling. The nightly news was must see tv.

Why are you a Muslim repent and accept Jesus

We aren’t debating. You can’t even speak English lol nice wording genius