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Originally posted by AceOfBase
Were there any in the last 100 years?
Originally posted by deltaboy
havent taken ani history classes?, how about the famous SAS raid on the Iranian embassy in 1980 in London. or attacks on France. i can spill out more if u like.
Originally posted by centurion1211
The fact that native-born Muslim Europeans are committing terrorist acts in their own countries shows that this Islamist malignancy long predates Iraq, long predates Afghanistan and long predates Sept. 11, 2001. What Europe had incubated is an enemy within, a threat that for decades Europe simply refused to face.
Early news reports of the London bombings mentioned that police found no suspects among known Islamist cells in Britain. Come again? Why in God's name is a country letting known Islamist cells thrive, instead of just rolling them up?
Originally posted by AceOfBase
He can say that the Iraq war was not behind the recent attacks in Europe but how many muslim attacks were there in Western Europe before the Iraq war?
Were there any in the last 100 years?
EDIT: Ok, there were a few but the majority seemed to coincide with military actions in other countries, like the bombings of Libya.
2nd of June Movement attacked Government target (Feb. 27, 1975, Federal Republic of Germany)
2nd of June Movement attacked Military target (Feb. 2, 1972, Federal Republic of Germany)
2nd of June Movement attacked Military target (June 2, 1976, Federal Republic of Germany)
al-Fatah attacked Utilities target (Apr. 28, 1979, Federal Republic of Germany)
Amal attacked Airports & Airlines target (Apr. 17, 1988, Federal Republic of Germany)
Amal attacked Business target (June 28, 1988, Federal Republic of Germany)
Amal attacked Other target (Apr. 17, 1988, Federal Republic of Germany)
Anti-American Arab Liberation Front attacked Military target (Apr. 5, 1986, Federal Republic of Germany)
Anti-Imperialist Cell (AIZ) attacked Diplomatic target (Dec. 23, 1995, Federal Republic of Germany)
Anti-Imperialist Group Liberty for Mumia Abu Jamal attacked Business target (Aug. 10, 1995, Federal Republic of Germany)
Arab Liberation Front (ALF) attacked Military target (Oct. 31, 1986, Federal Republic of Germany)
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) attacked Airports & Airlines target (Aug. 27, 1979, Federal Republic of Germany)
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) attacked Diplomatic target (Aug. 25, 1983, Federal Republic of Germany)
Autonomous Cells attacked Transportation target (Feb. 15, 1987, Federal Republic of Germany)
Baader-Meinhof Group attacked Military target (Aug. 20, 1982, Federal Republic of Germany)
Baader-Meinhof Group attacked Military target (June 1, 1976, Federal Republic of Germany)
Baader-Meinhof Group attacked Military target (May 11, 1972, Federal Republic of Germany)
Baader-Meinhof Group attacked Military target (May 24, 1972, Federal Republic of Germany)
Basque Fatherland and Freedom attacked Business target (July 11, 1991, Federal Republic of Germany)
Basque Fatherland and Freedom attacked Business target (Oct. 12, 1984, Federal Republic of Germany)
Terrorist Incidents > by Region Range: 01/01/1968 - 07/27/2005
Region/Incidents/Injuries/Fatalities
Western Europe/5244/5372/1389
The Uzbek government obviously believes the Pentagon has been dealing with terrorist groups and decided to deny the Americans a base from which they might be using to foment Islamist terrorist operations in Uzbekistan and in surrounding countries