A Virginia court found John Allen Muhammad guilty of killing "pursuant to the direction or order" of terrorism, but I think Vice President Cheney meant "terrorist plot from Al Queda that was organized and launched from overseas." What about those? That doesn't quite hold up either.
The anthrax scare. Shortly after 9/11, letters laced with anthrax began appearing in the U.S. mail. Letters went to U.S. senators and news organizations. Before it was over, five Americans were killed and another 17 were injured. "The nation was terrorized in what became the worst biological attacks in U.S. history," according to the FBI.
The shoe bomber. In December 2001, admitted al-Qaida member Richard Reid boarded a plane in Miami with plastic explosives packed in special hollowed-out shoes. The bomb failed to ignite properly and no passengers were hurt. The incident, however, led to Americans having to remove their shoes during airport security screening.
The D.C. sniper case. John Allen Muhammad was convicted on capital terrorism charges for his part in the shooting of 16 people in and around the D.C. area in September and October 2002. Muhammad was executed last year. His 17-year-old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, was sentenced to life in prison.
All three events occurred after Sept. 11 and have been considered terror plots by the federal and state governments.
Media Matters For America, a liberal group that analyzes the news media, documented other examples of U.S. terrorism:
2002 attack against El Al ticket counter at LAX. Hesham Mohamed Hadayet opened fire at an El Al Airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport, killing two people and wounding four others before being shot dead. Media Matters found a 2004 Justice Department report that Hadayet's case had been "officially designated as an act of international terrorism."
Campus attack at UNC. In March 2006, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate drove an SUV onto campus, striking nine pedestrians. Reza Taheri-azar reportedly stated in a letter: "I was aiming to follow in the footsteps of one of my role models, Mohammad Atta, one of the 9/11/01 hijackers, who obtained a doctorate degree."
Don't count unsuccessful ones. I would agree about Anthrax, though the perpetrators never were caught and that is why motives are unclear, UNC and LAX. You're right - he should of say "no major" or something like that.
I don't know her personally, so could be very nice or horrible person. As far as I remember, she was joking about that. But I have to see the it to be able to explain it to you what she meant. You know that she likes irritating liberals, right? Because liberals lack sense of humor, they really get irritated when she says something like that. Very funny. Though that's true, that sometimes she misses it and says something stupid.
And I suppose you're conceding that the DC snipers were charged with terrorism? The Detroit incident wasn't caught by intelligence; and the only reason it failed was due to good luck.
Yes, they were charged, but the exact charges are disputable to me. Of course I don't know all the details. Son of Sam terrorized NY too, would you charge him with terrorism? As I said, I concede that the statement was incorrect.
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A Virginia court found John Allen Muhammad guilty of killing "pursuant to the direction or order" of terrorism, but I think Vice President Cheney meant "terrorist plot from Al Queda that was organized and launched from overseas." What about those? That doesn't quite hold up either.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jan/08/rudy-giuliani/giuliani-says-there-were-no-domestic-attacks-durin/
The anthrax scare. Shortly after 9/11, letters laced with anthrax began appearing in the U.S. mail. Letters went to U.S. senators and news organizations. Before it was over, five Americans were killed and another 17 were injured. "The nation was terrorized in what became the worst biological attacks in U.S. history," according to the FBI.
The shoe bomber. In December 2001, admitted al-Qaida member Richard Reid boarded a plane in Miami with plastic explosives packed in special hollowed-out shoes. The bomb failed to ignite properly and no passengers were hurt. The incident, however, led to Americans having to remove their shoes during airport security screening.
The D.C. sniper case. John Allen Muhammad was convicted on capital terrorism charges for his part in the shooting of 16 people in and around the D.C. area in September and October 2002. Muhammad was executed last year. His 17-year-old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, was sentenced to life in prison.
All three events occurred after Sept. 11 and have been considered terror plots by the federal and state governments.
Media Matters For America, a liberal group that analyzes the news media, documented other examples of U.S. terrorism:
2002 attack against El Al ticket counter at LAX. Hesham Mohamed Hadayet opened fire at an El Al Airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport, killing two people and wounding four others before being shot dead. Media Matters found a 2004 Justice Department report that Hadayet's case had been "officially designated as an act of international terrorism."
Campus attack at UNC. In March 2006, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate drove an SUV onto campus, striking nine pedestrians. Reza Taheri-azar reportedly stated in a letter: "I was aiming to follow in the footsteps of one of my role models, Mohammad Atta, one of the 9/11/01 hijackers, who obtained a doctorate degree."
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I would agree about Anthrax, though the perpetrators never were caught and that is why motives are unclear, UNC and LAX.
You're right - he should of say "no major" or something like that.
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Here is a hint: don't.
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Have you heard her say women shouldn't be allowed to vote?
Yeah, she's open about that. She's a century or more behind the times. And that's being kind to her.
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This is why you cannot be taken seriously.
You are CONSISTENTLY wrong about basic things.
Ann Coulter has been asked, and responded, in multiple open forums, easily findable on Youtube and other internet searches.
She is ENTIRELY serious about it. Her rationale? She has explicitly said WHY several times and the reason is:
Because if women had not been voting, the GOP would have won every presidential election since the 70's.
I'd hate to hear what she thinks about black people voting. Given that we know that blacks vote, like 95%, for the dems.....
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The Detroit incident wasn't caught by intelligence; and the only reason it failed was due to good luck.
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