[stomachmonkey]

Uhm, stop terrorism?

Sorry, not gonna happen.

What I get from this thread is that terrorism is derived primarily from peoples of middle eastern descent or Islamic religion.

Sept 11 is the most horrific act of terrorism ever commited anywhere, period, no question. And it needed to be dealt with in the strongest manner possible, no question, we all agree.

And while middle easterners probably pose the single greatest threat right now let us not forget that other threats have, still do and will always exist. Some of them might even be your blue eyed christian neighbor.

Don't forget that before 9/11 the worst act of terrorism in the US was Oklahoma City.

1950
Assasination attempt on President Truman. Puerto Rican nationalists kill one District of Columbia policeman during an attempted assasination of President Harry S. Truman outside of Blair House in Washington, D.C.

1954
Shooting in the U.S. House of Representatives. Five members of Congress are wounded by gunfire during an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the U.S. House of Representatives.

1972
Fraunces Tavern Bombing. Four people die in this bombing at a historic tavern in downtown New York City. The Puerto Rican nationalist group FALN is blamed for the attack, one of 49 bombings in New York attributed to them between 1974 and 1977.

1975
LaGuardia Airport Bombing. Eleven are killed, 75 are injured, in this attack by Croation nationalists at this New York City airport.

1976
Letelier Assassination. Orlando Letelier, the former Chilean ambassador to the United States, is killed by a car bomb in Washington, D.C. The bomb, planted by Chile's Pinochet government, also kills one of Letelier's associates while injuring another.

1981
Kennedy Airport Bombing. One man is killed when a bomb planted by a group calling itself the Puerto Rican Armed Resistance goes off in a men's bathroom at New York City's international ariport.

1983
U.S. Senate Bombing. A bomb goes off in the cloak room next to the U.S. Senate in the Capitol Building. Two left-wing radicals plead guilty to the attack.

1993
World Trade Center Bombing. Six people are killed, and over 1,000 are injured, in this attack by Islamic radicals on New York's 110-story twin towers. Eventually, four men are convicted in the case.

1995
Oklahoma City Bombing. One hundred and sixty-nine die after a truck bomb is detonated across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Two men, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, are indicted for the crime; both are affilitated with right-wing militia movements.

1996
The Olympic Bombing. During the Summer Olympic Games, less than two weeks after the TWA Flight 800 disaster, a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, killing two people and injuring more than one hundred others. The FBI said that the pipe bomb looked "homemade" with "nails and screws attached." They suspected domestic terrorists, and members of local militia groups were questioned without any results.

Identifying the Unabomber: A Possible Breakthrough. In April 1996, federal agents arrested Theodore Kaczynski and charged him with the crimes committed by the so-called "Unabomber." The Unabomber, who targeted university scientists and airline employees among others, had evaded authorities for over 18 years. According to the FBI, the suspect had killed three people and injured 23 others with package bombs. In a 35,000-word manifesto, which was published in The Washington Post and The New York Times at his insistence, the Unabomber stated that he believed that technological advances have dehumanized society. That is why scientists and researchers, at the forefront of the technological revolution, were targets for his anger.

Not to mention the regular acts of terrorism conducted by radical anti abortion groups, ELF, White Supremicists etc....

It's going to get uglier before it gets better.

I hope to god I'm wrong.

Scott