Let's take a look at some terrorist activities for the last 27 years. (h/t: as documented by Ann Coulter)
November 1979: Iranian Muslim extremist attacked and seized the US Embassy in Iran and held 52 hostages for 444 days.
1982: Muslim Extremist (mostly Hezbollah) start kidnapping American hostages in Lebanon.
April 1983: Muslim Extremist bombed the US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon killing 16 Americans.
October 1983: Muslim Extremist (Hezbollah) blew up a US Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon killing 241 Marines.
December 1983: Muslim Extremist blew up the US Embassy in Kuwait killing 5 and injuring 80.
September 1984: Muslim Extremist (Hezbollah) blew up a bomb at the US Embassy Annex in Beirut, Lebanon killing 24 people including two US Servicemen.
December 1984: Muslim extremists hijacked a Kuwait Airways airplane, landed in Iran and demanded the release of the 17 members of al-Dawa who had been arrested for the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, killing two Americans before the siege was over.
June 14, 1985: Muslim extremists (Hezbollah) hijacked TWA Flight 847 out of Athens, diverting it to Beirut, taking the passengers hostage in return for the release of the Kuwait 17 as well as another 700 prisoners held by Israel. When their demands were not met, the Muslims shot U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem and dumped his body on the tarmac.
October 1985: Muslim extremists (Palestine Liberation Front backed by Libya) seized an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, killing 69-year-old wheelchair bound American Leon Klinghoffer (who was Jewish) by shooting him and then tossing his body overboard.
December 1985: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed airports in Rome and Vienna, killing 20 people, including five Americans.
April 1986: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed a discotheque frequented by U.S. servicemen in West Berlin, injuring hundreds and killing two, including a U.S. soldier.
December 1988: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 on board and 11 on the ground.
February 1993: Muslim extremists (al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, possibly with involvement of friendly rival al-Qaida) set off a bomb in the basement of the World Trade Center, killing six and wounding more than 1,000.
November 1995: Muslim extremists (possibly Iranian "Party of God") explode a car bomb at U.S. military headquarters in Saudi Arabia, killing five U.S. military servicemen.
June 1996: Muslim extremists (13 Saudis and a Lebanese member of Hezbollah, probably with involvement of al-Qaida) explode a truck bomb outside the Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds.
August 1998: Muslim extremists (al-Qaida) explode truck bombs at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 and injuring thousands.October 2000: Muslim extremists (al-Qaida) blow up the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole, killing 17 U.S. sailors.
Sept. 11, 2001: Muslim extremists (al-Qaida) hijack commercial aircraft and fly planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 Americans.
July 2006: Hezbollah crosses over the Israeli border, kills two soldiers and kidnaps another 2 soldiers. They start launching rockets into Israel and now want a cease fire after the Israeli Army stormed into Lebanon and started wiping out Hezbollah.
Notice a pattern? So why are we so hesitant from engaging in muslim profiling?
Labels: media bias, political correctness, terrorism