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The present war on Islamic terror is not America’s first
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1073058:MV8xMTYzNzQ1XzE4ODI2OTc5X0JGNUFENTEw] [b] Did you know ?[/b] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1070819] The present war on terror is not our first war against [color=red]Islamic fundamentalist terrorists[/color]. No, ruthless, unconventional foes are not new to the United States of America. More than two hundred years ago the newly established United States made its first attempt to fight an overseas battle to protect its private citizens by building an international coalition against [color=red]Islamic fundamentalist terrorists.[/color] The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War was the [color=red]first war waged by the United States [/color]outside national boundaries after gaining independence and unification of the country. This was the first of two wars fought between the United States of America and Arab-speaking pirates, taking cargoes and enslaving crews. The Arab-speaking pirates were of the North African states known collectively as the Barbary States. They sold many Christians into slavery. In March 1785, [b]Thomas Jefferson and John Adams [/b]went to negotiate with Tripoli’s envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman (or Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). Upon inquiring “concerning the ground of the pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury”, [color=red]the ambassador replied: “It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise. “ [/color] Read more there is lot to this and more to the story than that which appears on the surface New link New link New link New link http://godssecret.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/the-present-war-on-islamic-terror-is-not-americas-first/ [/quote] [/quote]
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The present war on terror is not our first war against
Islamic fundamentalist terrorists
. No, ruthless, unconventional foes are not new to the United States of America. More than two hundred years ago the newly established United States made its first attempt to fight an overseas battle to protect its private citizens by building an international coalition against
Islamic fundamentalist terrorists.
The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War was the
first war waged by the United States
outside national boundaries after gaining independence and unification of the country.
This was the first of two wars fought between the United States of America and Arab-speaking pirates, taking cargoes and enslaving crews. The Arab-speaking pirates were of the North African states known collectively as the Barbary States.
They sold many Christians into slavery.
In March 1785,
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
went to negotiate with Tripoli’s envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman (or Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). Upon inquiring “concerning the ground of the pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury”,
the ambassador replied:
“It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise. “
Read more there is lot to this
and more to the story than that
which appears on the surface
[
link to godssecret.wordpress.com
]
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