Article: 318403 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "IvAn" Subject: Need schematics for SHARP BP-103 Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:58:49 +0200 Message-ID: Need schematics for SHARP BP-103 micro radio. Thanks in advance Ivan Article: 318404 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil (J. B. Wood) Subject: Re: Antique VCR Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:26:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: <11cj7n5fqm1re77@corp.supernews.com> <1120515809.287730.79810@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <4dnye.16395$pa3.14737@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> <7rmdnRJ_1_HiW1ffRVn-vw@sigecom.net> <11conpqdp65np2d@corp.supernews.com> In article <11conpqdp65np2d@corp.supernews.com>, "William Sommerwerck" wrote: > I had one of the Panasonic RCA VCRs ca. 1981. The picture quality was poor, > but the unit was built like a tank. Wired remote, too, shortly before the > switch to IR. Hello, and since this thread is digressing a bit to VCR nostalgia I will add that of the VCRs that I have purchased over the years the best built (heavy metal case) and most reliable was a 1985 RCA SectaVision model that was also 35-channel cable-ready. Had a large footprint but the big circuit boards and easily accessible mechanical components facilitated servicing. Cost was around $500 IIRC. Sincerely, John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail: wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20375-5337 Article: 318405 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <42CA2966.4070301@socal.rr.com> From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Happy 4th of July! References: <8790-42CA23D2-204@storefull-3256.bay.webtv.net> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 06:32:34 GMT Ken G. wrote: > .... pop...pop...pop .. fiz .. pop...pop...pop bang..pop...fiz...bang > going on 5 hours now . I live in Torrance California. It's a No Fireworks at all city, as is most of the surrounding area. So.... I drove out to Covina to a friends house. I think I watched them and their neighbors set of several thousand dollars worth of imported no no stuff. Quite impressive. Especially (a) when a fountain fell over sideways and launched flaming balls of crap up the driveway into the garage and (b) when the neighbors in back set fire to their palm tree. All in all, a good time was had for all. Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin "A life lived in fear is a life half lived." Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom" Article: 318406 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <42CD2051.2050507@ix.netcom.com> From: David Stinson Subject: Re: Back again for professional help/advice. References: <06dpc1psefhvh6f65l9q9icave8jfo5mo0@4ax.com> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:30:29 GMT William Holohan wrote: > I Have a WWII TBY 8 transmitter Reciever..... > The set has been modified some. Ham use I'm sure. I want to list it on > Ebay so that it doesn't hit a dumpster when I'm gone. Have no idea > what I should set as starting bid...... Good morning, and thank you for your thoughtful care of the unit. It has been heavily modified, removing the entire transmitter section. This will greatly reduce its potential sale price. However, this is a "bad news/good news" situation. Strapped to the bottom of the unit is a home-brew battery box connected to a TBY vibrator power supply. These power supplies are prized by collectors- I'd certainly bid on it. It will make the winning bidder happy. As a long-time ebay seller, I suggest separating the radio from the power supply. List them under "Militaria, WWII,U.S.,Field Gear,Other Field Gear." Be sure to mention "WWII Marine Corps Radio" somewhere in your description. Put them both up with good photos and descriptions and start the bidding at $1 (yep). Don't worry; it won't stay at $1, although you won't see the "big bids" until the very last seconds of the auction. The radio, less supply, will likely go somewhere between $40-$60 (the handset with it will make it more interesting; I would bid just to get the handset). The vibrator power supply and battery box will likely go between $80-$100. If you keep them together, about $80-$110. Another way to look at it: if you seperate them, you're going to make two collectors happy instead of just one. These are just estimates, of course; Ebay prices are notoriously fickle. But they're "experienced" estimates. Good luck, and thanks for offering them. Kindly, David S. Article: 318407 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Pete_O" Subject: Re: YOW! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:51:14 -0400 Message-ID: <95a43ecaba62b12a6905198dab229b72@localhost.talkaboutcollecting.com> References: But all that silver paint!!! -Pete O Article: 318408 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <1120738871.494818.66580@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Another interesting old Stromberg Carlson Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:51:42 GMT wrote in message news:1120738871.494818.66580@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38034&item=6542737199&rd=1 > > Does this radio have 2 old FM bands? What are those bands? Neither > one > looks like the old FM band to me. > > Is the seller right on 1941? I think not.... and check out the > transparent dial bezel! > I just parted out one of those last week. The cabinet was a mess (lots of water damage), the chassis had been a mouse den for years, the wiring was all shot, the speaker missing, etc. I saved the dial, escutcheon, knobs, buttons, tubes, grille, etc., the rest went to the curb. The 11-tube radio is in the December 1946 Sam's Photofact number 10-31. The band coverage is AM 540-1620KC, SW 8.8-10.2MC, FM 42-50MC and 88-108MC. I suspect the dial numbers are the old channel allocation numbers. The chassis used a glass 5U4 and a pair of 6V6's, the rest were all Cunningham metal tubes. jim menning Article: 318409 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: OK all aboard for LANSING! From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <6MKdnZI6OZhc9FbfRVn-pA@comcast.com> <1120706500.090376.302390@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:59:15 GMT In article <1120706500.090376.302390@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, michaeljack@sympatico.ca says... > > > > > >I think the Charlie you're talking about is my travelling companion to >Lansing. >I'm one of the other two Canadians who'll be doing the 8 hour drive! Hi Michael... yes say Hello to Avela and tell her Jean is sorry that she can't make the trip!.. Looking forward to meeting you also... John & Jean Article: 318410 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: Subject: Re: YOW! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:04:06 GMT "David Stinson" wrote in message news:Ar9ze.1976$BK1.934@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Mark Oppat wrote: > >> OK, >> I should be sleeping so I get up early and do some more MARC >> publicity and >> loading for Lansing.. but.... just look at this price.... > > And people say poly doesn't pay..... > (ugly radio, BTW) "Restored back to original condition using the best lacquers and toners". Look at the price his Philco 53C is getting. With over 6 days to go it is already up to $100. There is so much finish on this one that it still looks wet! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6544639936 jim menning Article: 318411 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:06:14 GMT All I know is, I'm getting more disgusted by the minute. Last week I got stuck with an overpayment thanks to a software bug. I had to put a stop payment on my bank account. I was able to talk with a "real" person at Paypal ONCE and he told me I'm doing everything right. I have been totally unable to contact the seller, and have made a claim. I'm told the claim may take up to 30 days to process. I received an automated e-mail stating my Paypal accound has been suspended. It shows a case number, with a message "awaiting your response." I cannot find the response they're waiting for, have NOT received any e-mails other than the automated type, and I STILL have no idea whether I'll actually get the items I bid for. This is absolutely amazing, if not insane. I'm frozen, and about to go out of business. Meanwhile the seller is still selling . . .and if I could get so much as a phone call, this could all be resolved immediately. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "Art's Antique Radios" wrote in message news:8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com... > Look at this seller's listing > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6544085690 > > I thought it was against both EBay and PayPal's policy to allow passing > fees onto the buyer. Although I cannot find that policy listed anywhere. > I do know some sellers just pad shipping and handling to cover. > > If this is allowed, I may just starting doing it, especially on large > dollar items > > Article: 318412 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Randy or Sherry Guttery Subject: Re: OT: Outsourcing of labor from the USA. References: <0oWye.35952$qm.21496@bignews5.bellsouth.net> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:09:33 -0500 toBot wrote: > And don't forget the KKK and Strom Thurmond and his Confederate flag > waving buddies too! Lucky for you that you're not a black man. :^) Plonk! -- randy guttery A Tender Tale - a page dedicated to those Ships and Crews so vital to the United States Silent Service: http://tendertale.com Article: 318413 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: OT: Outsourcing of labor from the USA. From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <0oWye.35952$qm.21496@bignews5.bellsouth.net> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:09:55 GMT In article , thisis@notmyaddy.com says... > > It isn't just the south... believe me.. I live in Indiana and visit a few other states. Real culprit is the Educational System has allowed kids for some 25+ years to get what we call up here.. "The Social Pass" ... thats where the kid didn't get 2nd grade... but they passed the little suckers onto 3rd grade anyway... because it might hurt their poor little ego's... well if they didn't get 2nd... they sure aren't going to get 3 or much of anything else beyond that either... so now we are finally trying to correct a little of this... Indiana is having fits with it... all of a sudden a kid is in 10th or 11th grade.. and the system is changing the rules.. no pass... means no pass... do it again till U get it right! That will take a few years to correct itself.. and in the meantime we have kids that are 30 somethings all the way down to 12 year olds that can't add 2 + 2 and get 4 ..... One nice young lady a daughter of an old friend here in Ft Wayne has been canned from her last 3 jobs because she can't make change with a cash register... and she has a 4 year college education .... Then like the comments about the south... I think all states have areas with people that do NOT want an education.... I Have a brother-in-law who is teaching in an eastern KY church school... he says that it is as bad or worse than his last place... which was an Indian Reservation in NM .... John Article: 318414 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:12:15 GMT "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:aN9ze.17448$pa3.8833@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... > All I know is, I'm getting more disgusted by the minute. > > Last week I got stuck with an overpayment thanks to a software bug. > I had to put a stop payment on my bank account. I was able to talk > with a "real" person at Paypal ONCE and he told me I'm doing > everything right. I have been totally unable to contact the seller, > and have made a claim. Was the seller's phone number good? If not, eBay usually will shut him down almost immediately on a "bad contact info" complaint. jim menning Article: 318415 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Supreme model 585 Toob and Diagnometer From: k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF (John Goller, k9uwa) References: <1120737365.674190.226910@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:29:59 GMT In article <1120737365.674190.226910@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, electron@grapevine.net says... > > > > Hi Robert ... well sounds like maybe we shouldn't set it out at Lansing. Sorry when my buddy was here yesterday I didn't take any pictures of it.. two meters... very large wooden box... about 2 feet or better wide... row of tube sockets across the top ... I'll get some pictures of the piece and bring it back with us.. box is in excellent condition.. I got this far on Nostalgia Site... but all the rest of the clickable links 404'ed out... Supreme Models 500, 505 & 585 DeLuxe Series Tube Testers # Panel Layout # Meter Ranges # General Information # Adjustments & Leakage Tests # Quality & Open Element Tests # Tube Variations & Accuracy # Future Tubes # Electrolytic & Electrostatic Capacitor Leakage Tests # D.C. Milliameter & Voltmeter Connections # Ohmmeter Connections # A.C. Voltmeter & Output Meter Connections # D.B. Decibel Measurements # Guarantee & Service Information Will have pictures etc when we return from Lansing... John k9uwa >Hi John, > >I tried to locate a pic of a 585 via Google search, which brought up >Nostalgia Air but the links for the 500/585 page aren't working for me. >Steve Johnson's Supreme page(s) don't list a 585 either. Mr. Douglas's >famed reference ('Tube Testers and Classic Electronic Test Gear') is >void of reference to a 585... > >I tried to see how a 585 compares to a 385; having scored a 385 this >year at auction (MAARC event in the Kansas City area), I'll extend that >I wasn't the only antique radio equipment collector (FWIW I specialize >in test equipment) that thought an intact 385 (a handsome two meter set >tester) is worth ~$200 (I won the auction at $205). Not proud of what I >paid, but satisfied; both meter movements are intact, the unit needs >general restoration work (new power cord, case needs refinishing, etc.) >People were all over it until it got past ~$150... > >I'm seriously curious what a 585 looks like; I freely admit that the >only reason I went so high on the 385 was its' 'looks' (I normally bid >based on performance.) > >My 2c- >-Robert >QTS >http://www.Braught.com > Article: 318416 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:30:48 GMT Seller has NO PHONE NUMBER! Only an e-mail they doesn't get responded to. I've complained to eBay, no response. "jim menning" wrote in message news:PS9ze.10512$H41.1637@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... > > "Gary Tayman" wrote in message > news:aN9ze.17448$pa3.8833@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... >> All I know is, I'm getting more disgusted by the minute. >> >> Last week I got stuck with an overpayment thanks to a software bug. I had >> to put a stop payment on my bank account. I was able to talk with a >> "real" person at Paypal ONCE and he told me I'm doing everything right. >> I have been totally unable to contact the seller, and have made a claim. > > Was the seller's phone number good? If not, eBay usually will shut him > down almost immediately on a "bad contact info" complaint. > > jim menning > Article: 318417 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: Ebay Feedback Changes. From: "Haggis" telus.net> References: <1120611852.966121.243030@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1120706401.729365.93110@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1120707988.b4ca180678d2f4b4ebba641a08264e6c@teranews> Message-ID: <_Daze.139848$on1.25416@clgrps13> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:04:42 GMT On 6-Jul-2005, "Paul Dietenberger" wrote: snip> Did your reserve inquisitor really "demand" to know, or just ask? I ask > sometimes, just to see if the seller is even in my ballpark. If they don't > answer or won't reveal it I don't mind, but if they do and it's out of > bounds then I don't have to waste my time watching the item. I see no > issue - with asking politely...... How about this for a reply, after politely answering "I don't give out my reserve"? "In other words, you want the moon for a $500 max price radio ? I always give my reserve when asked, it makes it convenience for the bidders where they don’t have to screw around and get right to the point. If another bidder really wants it, he will bid up on the auction. You not giving the reserve is detrimental to your auction success. I am inclined to think that your reserve is at $600. Too much for your radio, but seeing how some radios have gone for astronomical prices lately, you might get that for it." (BTW, he finally bought it for a little less than $500.00! - and appeared to be happy) You meet all kinds........... Haggis Article: 318418 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: invalid@example.com Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:15:13 +0000 Message-ID: <11cqe7s7q0efb2e@corp.supernews.com> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Hawke wrote: >The most disturbing thing about this thread is the way the majority of >people responding have attacked the original poster personally but virtually >ignored the actual veracity of his allegations. What did you expect from someone who sends another I-Hate-Bush post into groups like alt.coffee, alt.food.mexican-cooking, and alt.home.repair? People are getting really tired of this sort of thing. You don't post about drywall in alt.food.mexican-cooking, and yiu don't post about tamales in alt.home.repair, but certain antisocial personalities have decided that they aren't allowed to just read posts about home repair or mexican cooking - they have to be subjected to bush posts even if they don't live in the USA! There are certain topics of discussion that rude people think should be in every single newsgroup. They are: Abortion. Gun Control. Creationism. My religion is better than yours. My politicians are better than yours. Whatever the latest war is. Windows vs. Mac vs Linux/ Those who discuss the above topics simply won't let anyone alone. They have newsgroups dedicated to those topics, but they just have to preach to everyone else. Don't be surprised if folks become annoyed. And yes, you are one of those rude people. Don't think that you aren't. You pretend to be nice, but yiu really don't give a shit whether you are bothering people who just want to talk about drywall or tamales. >I think that says a lot >about what's gone wrong with this country. People viscously attack anyone >that has the nerve to express a point that they don't like and they never >even consider whether what he said is true or not. What's even worse is that >even if what is said is true people refuse to accept it. They would also refuse to accept it if he stood on their lawn at 3AM shouting it at them with a bullhorn - and for the same reasons. >If you carefully examine the allegations about what Bush has done while >president, any fair-minded person would have to agree there is some truth >there. Bush did start a war and was shown to be wrong about the true nature >of the supposed threat. He has spent us into a tremendous deficit. His >decision to attack Iraq has cost us over 1,700 troops killed and 30,000 >wounded so far, as well as causing the deaths of countless innocent Iraqis. Please explain to me why I should care. I live in Bombay, by the way. How would you feel if a million Indians started filling all of your favorite newsgroups with posts about Indian politics? Article: 318419 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: invalid@example.com Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:18:17 +0000 Message-ID: <11cqedjibnv4vab@corp.supernews.com> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> Gunner wrote: >Hint there Hawke...its been the Left doing the dividing. Read any >newspaper article, watch any news report..and you will find the same >slanted reporting that was used in the 1960s during Nam. Hint there Gunner...its been the Right doing the dividing. Listen to talk radio, read some blogs and newsgroups..and you will find the same slanted reporting that was used in the 1950s during Mararthyism. . Article: 318420 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:18:48 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4ru8Fo67s1U3@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> Gort wrote: > The rest of your crap is already being flushed. > amen. Article: 318421 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:19:13 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4rv1Fo67s1U4@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> cowboy wrote: > so you are just a whining > piece of shit! > > amen. Article: 318422 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:19:34 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4rvmFo67s1U5@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Hawke wrote: > The most disturbing thing about this thread is the way the majority of amen. Article: 318423 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:19:52 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4s08Fo67s1U6@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Gunner wrote: > > Think of it as having your older brother knock the shit out of you > for torturing the cat." Gunner amen. Article: 318424 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:20:18 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4s12Fo67s1U7@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Rick wrote: >>You say that like its a bad thing. Why would you do that? amen. Article: 318425 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:20:45 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4s1tFo67s1U8@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> Gunner wrote: > > Gunner, who likes Liberals and thinks everyone should own one. amen. Article: 318426 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: invalid@example.com Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:21:52 +0000 Message-ID: <11cqekeajdd3e3d@corp.supernews.com> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Rick wrote: >Here's the bottom line, sparky. Pope John Paul II said Bush >was neither legally nor morally justified in invading Iraq. He >therefore declared your hero to be a mass murdering criminal. Thats the Pope of the Catholic church, right? The same chuch that refused to say anything bad about Hitler even though they knew about the killing of Jews? Get real. Article: 318427 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Message-ID: <1Vaze.10515$H41.8107@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:22:53 GMT "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:c8aze.5843$aY6.4883@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net... > Seller has NO PHONE NUMBER! Only an e-mail they doesn't get > responded to. > > I've complained to eBay, no response. > > Is this the page ("Report" link at bottom) that you reported him at? http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/identity-false.html jim menning Article: 318428 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: invalid@example.com Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:26:34 +0000 Message-ID: <11cqet4ouii65f5@corp.supernews.com> References: <_62dne1XOcKmAlffRVn-pA@comcast.com> <11cl8ummj4fsc07@corp.supernews.com> <11cm83623950c60@corp.supernews.com> Gort wrote: > >_@_._ wrote: > >> Gort wrote: >> >>>FOAD, and the world will have a nice day. >> >> Post your address, brave boy. > >See my previous post, and comply with it. > >-- > If you find a posting or message from myself offensive, >inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know >how to ignore a posting,complain to me and I will demonstrate. Having trouble following the advice above, are you? Article: 318429 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Robert Murrell" References: <6MKdnZI6OZhc9FbfRVn-pA@comcast.com> <1m%ye.128981$_o.45477@attbi_s71> Subject: Re: OK all aboard for LANSING! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:29:39 GMT I just finished packing. There will be a surprise after the session, like last year. Maybe two. "John Goller, k9uwa" wrote in message news:O50ze.129360$_o.39986@attbi_s71... > In article , > murrellr-dummy@ameritech.net says... >> >> >> >>Sorry, you won't see that. >> >> > Well I can always hope... but yes we are looking forward to the > seminar.... and the yak session that always happens later in the > tent!... thats where the really good stories are told! > > John k9uwa > Article: 318430 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <42CD3BE7.F3E96B86@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: OT: Outsourcing of labor from the USA. References: <0oWye.35952$qm.21496@bignews5.bellsouth.net> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:30:21 GMT "John Goller, k9uwa" wrote: > > In article , > thisis@notmyaddy.com says... > > > > > It isn't just the south... believe me.. I live in Indiana and > visit a few other states. Real culprit is the Educational System > has allowed kids for some 25+ years to get what we call up here.. > "The Social Pass" ... thats where the kid didn't get 2nd grade... > but they passed the little suckers onto 3rd grade anyway... > because it might hurt their poor little ego's... well if they didn't > get 2nd... they sure aren't going to get 3 or much of anything else > beyond that either... so now we are finally trying to correct a > little of this... Indiana is having fits with it... all of a sudden > a kid is in 10th or 11th grade.. and the system is changing the > rules.. no pass... means no pass... do it again till U get it right! > That will take a few years to correct itself.. and in the meantime > we have kids that are 30 somethings all the way down to 12 year olds > that can't add 2 + 2 and get 4 ..... One nice young lady a daughter > of an old friend here in Ft Wayne has been canned from her last > 3 jobs because she can't make change with a cash register... and > she has a 4 year college education .... Then like the comments > about the south... I think all states have areas with people that > do NOT want an education.... I Have a brother-in-law who is > teaching in an eastern KY church school... he says that it is > as bad or worse than his last place... which was an Indian Reservation > in NM .... > John John, the different education level are obvious online. The number of unreadble newsgroup posts seems to be going up. The worst offenders often rant that its your fault if you don't understand what they post. Then there are websites so bad that they are a complete waste of time. Tools like Front Page allow anyone who can copy and paste to build a crappy website. Florida has been working to improve the situation but they say that it will be six more years before the first class makes it all the way through the tighter standards. The kids don't like it, but if they don't pass their tests, or pass on a second attempt, they fail. -- http://home.earthlink.net/~computersforvets/ Michael A. Terrell Central Florida From stephanie-at-gordsven-dot-com Sat Jul 9 09:23:33 EDT 2005 Article: 318431 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Stephanie Weil Subject: Re: Another interesting old Stromberg Carlson References: <1120738871.494818.66580@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: stephanie-at-gordsven-dot-com Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 14 Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:23:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.65.49.245 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyc.rr.com 1120746194 66.65.49.245 (Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:23:14 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:23:14 EDT Organization: Road Runner - NYC Path: news1.isis.unc.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!cyclone.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-out.nyc.rr.com!twister.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: news1.isis.unc.edu rec.antiques.radio+phono:318431 In article <1120738871.494818.66580@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, tschw10117@aol.com wrote: > Does this radio have 2 old FM bands? What are those bands? Neither one > looks like the old FM band to me. The bottom red number scale looks like a band stretching from the old Armstrong band, through the Eastern European OIRT FM band (now obsolete also), the Japanese FM band and part of the "standard" FM band. Could the top part be for VHF communications? Two-way land-mobile radio? But why would a home-entertainment system have such a band? -- Stephanie Weil New York City, U.S.A. Article: 318432 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:37:39 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4t1jFnvml8U2@individual.net> References: <_62dne1XOcKmAlffRVn-pA@comcast.com> <11cl8ummj4fsc07@corp.supernews.com> <11cm83623950c60@corp.supernews.com> <11cqet4ouii65f5@corp.supernews.com> invalid@example.com wrote: > > > Having trouble following the advice above, are you? > > amen. Article: 318433 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:38:00 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4t28Fnvml8U3@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <11cqekeajdd3e3d@corp.supernews.com> invalid@example.com wrote: > > Get real. > amen. Article: 318434 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:38:17 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4t2pFnvml8U4@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cqedjibnv4vab@corp.supernews.com> invalid@example.com wrote: > > > . > amen. Article: 318436 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:43:52 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4td8Fnvml8U8@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <11cqekeajdd3e3d@corp.supernews.com> <42CD3E2F.3030501@adelphia.net> Roger D Johnson wrote: Go figure. > > Roger > amen. Article: 318437 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: invalid@example.com Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:46:40 +0000 Message-ID: <11cqg2s6c75sh3f@corp.supernews.com> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> Stubby wrote: > >invalid@example.com wrote: > >> Stubby wrote: >> >>>You're right: Brain damage is easy to spot. I see it every day in people >>>that continue to support the policies of the neo-cons against their own >>>economic self interests. Rather insane, actually. >> >> Still bitter about your man getting caught telling lies about his >> swift boat service, I see. http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php >> >Be more specific, please. What lies are you talking about? > >Are you saying that the entire US Navy lied about Kerry's service? How would you know? Senator Kerry refuses to authorize access to his military records. All he has to do is to file a standard two page realease Form 180, but he refuses. What does he have to hide? Senator Kerry will not disclose the records leading to the award of the three purple hearts, the Silver Star and the Bronze Star. There are also missing performance evaluations/Fitness Reports for certain periods of his service. It goes without saying that the liberal media isn't clamoring for him to comply although they hounded President George Bush relentlessly to release his Air National Guard records. Bush, by the way, did the right thing - he signed his Form 180. But those aren't the important lies. As a leader of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), Kerry testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 22, 1971, telling the Senators and a national audience that American troops "...had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Ghengis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam..." and accused the U.S. military of committing war crimes "on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command." Kerry's charges were based on a VVAW conference called the "Winter Soldier Investigation" -- a leftist propaganda event funded primarily by Jane Fonda. None of the Winter Soldier "witnesses" Kerry cited were willing to sign affadavits, and their gruesome stories lacked the names, dates and places that would allow their claims to be tested. Few were willing to cooperate with military investigators. The Naval Investigative Service found that several of the veterans said to have given statements at Winter Soldier were in fact imposters using the name of real veterans. False testimony and exaggerations were primary characteristics of the war crimes disinformation campaign, and also of the VVAW itself. Executive Secretary Al Hubbard, for example, claimed to have been an Air Force Captain wounded in Vietnam piloting a transport plane. In fact, Hubbard had been a staff sergeant who was not a pilot and who was never assigned to Vietnam. John Kerry and the VVAW worked closely with America's wartime enemies, arranged multiple meetings with the North Vietnamese and Vietcong leadership, and consistently supported their positions. Kerry and his radical comrades also played a key role in defining the false, damaging image of Vietnam veterans as psychologically disabled alcoholics and addicts, haunted by the crimes they had been forced to commit in a "racist" war. Detailed information about the anti-war activities of John Kerry and the VVAW can be found at WinterSoldier.com. >For that matter, who are you to question Mr. >Kerry's waar record? Were you there? I served in the armed forces of my own country - India. I have an interest in these lies simply because rude people keep filling all of the Internet with talk about them, not caring whether anyone wants to hear it. Article: 318438 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:48:20 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4tlkFnvml8U11@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cqg2s6c75sh3f@corp.supernews.com> invalid@example.com wrote: > > Detailed information about the anti-war activities of John Kerry > and the VVAW can be found at WinterSoldier.com. amen. Article: 318439 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:49:33 -0400 From: -ex- Subject: Re: Another interesting old Stromberg Carlson References: <1120738871.494818.66580@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <3ee1e$42cd40fe$4232bda8$12257@COQUI.NET> Stephanie Weil wrote: > In article <1120738871.494818.66580@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, tschw10117@aol.com wrote: > >>Does this radio have 2 old FM bands? What are those bands? Neither one >>looks like the old FM band to me. > > > The bottom red number scale looks like a band stretching from the old > Armstrong band, through the Eastern European OIRT FM band (now obsolete > also), the Japanese FM band and part of the "standard" FM band. > > Could the top part be for VHF communications? Two-way land-mobile radio? > But why would a home-entertainment system have such a band? > The dial uses channels numbers on the FM bands. 20-99 for the 42.0-49.9 range and 200-300 for the 88-108 range. -Bill Article: 318440 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: invalid@example.com Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:04:24 +0000 Message-ID: <11cqh439sk7def2@corp.supernews.com> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> Rick wrote: >>>For that matter, who are you to question Mr. >>>Kerry's waar record? Were you there? >> >> You don't have to be there to pay attention to the news reports. > >What news reports would those be? How about these? http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39795 http://www.americandaily.com/article/2559 http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20040808-110043-3085r.htm http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39963 http://www.townhall.com/columnists/nealboortz/nb20040813.shtml http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/article.php?story=20041101085140465 http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040812-090520-8656r.htm http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/article.php?story=20041030202443631 http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/article.php?story=20041027075323715 http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/news/2004/07/19/Politics/Vietnam.Pows.Say.Kerrys.Words.And.Deeds.Were.Used.By.Guards.To.Torture.Them-697393.shtml Any questions? Article: 318441 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: invalid@example.com Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:06:46 +0000 Message-ID: <11cqha8eu8v1e62@corp.supernews.com> >B.S. ( bullshit sniped) amen. Article: 318442 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: invalid@example.com Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:09:51 +0000 Message-ID: <11cqhe9tkv27td5@corp.supernews.com> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> cowboy wrote: >he proved you wrong with a definite reference link above, snopes.com is the >worlds largest repository of "urban legends" aka myths (such as the swift >boat veterans scam) Why won't kerry release his military records? Bush did. Article: 318443 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:12:07 -0700 Message-ID: <3j4v28Fobm7cU1@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> <11cqhe9tkv27td5@corp.supernews.com> invalid@example.com wrote: > > > Why won't kerry release his military records? Bush did. > > > amen. Article: 318444 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:09:57 -0500 From: Stubby Subject: Re: thanks, George! References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> <11cqh439sk7def2@corp.supernews.com> Message-ID: <42cd53d6$0$251$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> invalid@example.com wrote: > Rick wrote: > > >>>>For that matter, who are you to question Mr. >>>>Kerry's waar record? Were you there? >>> >>>You don't have to be there to pay attention to the news reports. >> >>What news reports would those be? > > > How about these? > > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39795 > > http://www.americandaily.com/article/2559 > > http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20040808-110043-3085r.htm > > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39963 > > http://www.townhall.com/columnists/nealboortz/nb20040813.shtml > > http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/article.php?story=20041101085140465 > > http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040812-090520-8656r.htm > > http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/article.php?story=20041030202443631 > > http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/article.php?story=20041027075323715 > > http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/news/2004/07/19/Politics/Vietnam.Pows.Say.Kerrys.Words.And.Deeds.Were.Used.By.Guards.To.Torture.Them-697393.shtml > > Any questions? > First time I've ever seen WorldNet Daily described a a legitimate news source. Article: 318445 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:19:51 -0700 Message-ID: <3j5318Foe85sU1@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> <11cqhe9tkv27td5@corp.supernews.com> <42cd4ece$2$rguvpny$mr2ice@news.speakeasy.net> not-my-name@die-spam-die wrote: >>Why won't kerry release his military records? > amen. Article: 318446 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:20:18 -0700 Message-ID: <3j5322Foe85sU2@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> <11cqh439sk7def2@corp.supernews.com> <42cd53d6$0$251$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> Stubby wrote: >> Any questions? amen. Article: 318447 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:32:34 -0500 From: Stubby Subject: Re: thanks, George! References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cqg2s6c75sh3f@corp.supernews.com> Message-ID: <42cd5924$0$248$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> invalid@example.com wrote: > Stubby wrote: > >>invalid@example.com wrote: >> >> >>>Stubby wrote: >>> >>> >>>>You're right: Brain damage is easy to spot. I see it every day in people >>>>that continue to support the policies of the neo-cons against their own >>>>economic self interests. Rather insane, actually. >>> >>>Still bitter about your man getting caught telling lies about his >>>swift boat service, I see. http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php >>> >> >>Be more specific, please. What lies are you talking about? >> >>Are you saying that the entire US Navy lied about Kerry's service? > > > How would you know? I don't know. But if the collective wisdom of the US Navy says that Mr. Kerry served honorably, then who am I to question their judgement? You were referred to Snopes once before. Check this out, and do some of your own research before you go off half-cocked. http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/service.asp > > Senator Kerry refuses to authorize access to his military records. Get over it. > > I served in the armed forces of my own country - India. I see. Since you're an Indian, why the hell do you care? PLONK Article: 318448 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: CalBubba Subject: Steinfeld Date: 7 Jul 2005 11:39:02 -0500 Message-ID: <42cd5a30$0$16836$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com> Anybody know what happened to Richard Steinfeld. Haven't seen him posting for awhile. I heard something bad happened to him. Bubba Article: 318449 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:14:50 -0700 Message-ID: <3j568aFobr4pU1@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cqg2s6c75sh3f@corp.supernews.com> <42cd5924$0$248$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> Stubby wrote: > > > I see. Since you're an Indian, why the hell do you care? PLONK amen. Article: 318450 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <1120746141.999931.127190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: 1937 Crosley Console 1129/1199 Schematics.. Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:47:04 GMT "SHOCKLEY" wrote in message news:1120746141.999931.127190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >I am restoring a 1937 Crosley 1126/1199 and I cannot find the correct > schematics... The schematics that I continue to get from the > different > groups differs from the Chassis that I have.. > What are the sources of the schematics you have that are wrong? I'd hate for everyone to waste their time looking in the usual places and only find the ones you already have. jim menning Article: 318451 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: Subject: Re: YOW! Message-ID: <8Meze.64570$go.41951@fed1read05> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:46:25 -0400 "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:F7OdndTeCOTjUlHfRVn-jg@comcast.com... > OK, > I should be sleeping so I get up early and do some more MARC publicity and > loading for Lansing.. but.... just look at this price.... > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38034&item=6541646783&rd=1 > > holy ACDC early 5 tuber Batman! > > I have the even earlier Dewald "Dynette" in same condition... maybe I should > quick list it??? > > Mark Oppat > > > No rust?? Why the silver paint?? Article: 318452 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jakdedert" References: <11cj7n5fqm1re77@corp.supernews.com> <1120515809.287730.79810@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <4dnye.16395$pa3.14737@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> <7rmdnRJ_1_HiW1ffRVn-vw@sigecom.net> <11clvop2n184h58@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: Antique VCR Message-ID: Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:04:51 -0500 Scott W. Harvey wrote: > robert casey wrote: >> >>> >>> Not all of SONY's products are things to write home about. >>> >>> The last SONY product I bought was a Walkman from Target Dept. >>> Stores back >>> in January 2005. >> >> >>> The tuner drifts on MW (the dial is too tight apparently) and is >>> pretty deaf, except on local stations. >>> >>> The sound is horrendous. Very boomy and muddy, even with the Mega >>> Bass control turned off. At least the tape player part is fine. >>> >> Sony product ain't as good as it used to be. They >> lost it some years ago. > > Agreed. With the possible exception of some of their digital still > cameras, SW radios and very high-end TVs, contemporary Sony consumer > stuff can best be described only as serviceable. > Did an event a few weeks ago which was recorded on client-supplied Sony standalone DVD recorders...about 30 of them, two in each room for for redundancy, with VHS for backup. We used at least four or five of the VHS tapes, as at least a fourth of the DVD's went south during the four day event...all brand new, straight out of the box. > -Scott Article: 318453 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <8Meze.64570$go.41951@fed1read05> Subject: Re: YOW! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:09:24 GMT " Uncle Peter" wrote in message news:8Meze.64570$go.41951@fed1read05... > > > No rust?? Why the silver paint?? > > > Ever look at the "rust free" ads in eBay motors? They don't charge extra for rust. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7984799065 jim menning Article: 318454 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Pagan" Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 12:38:02 -0700 Message-ID: <11cr0uaq0t7s235@corp.supernews.com> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cqg2s6c75sh3f@corp.supernews.com> wrote in message news:11cqg2s6c75sh3f@corp.supernews.com... > > > > Stubby wrote: > > > >invalid@example.com wrote: > > > >> Stubby wrote: > >> > >>>You're right: Brain damage is easy to spot. I see it every day in people > >>>that continue to support the policies of the neo-cons against their own > >>>economic self interests. Rather insane, actually. > >> > >> Still bitter about your man getting caught telling lies about his > >> swift boat service, I see. http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php > >> > >Be more specific, please. What lies are you talking about? > > > >Are you saying that the entire US Navy lied about Kerry's service? > > How would you know? > > Senator Kerry refuses to authorize access to his military records. > All he has to do is to file a standard two page realease Form 180, > but he refuses. He has finally done so. > What does he have to hide? Nothing about his so-called 'war' record, where he 'earned' his purple heart by having a splinter removed by a medic with a pair of tweezers. Fortunately, this brave soldier pulled out of that crisis with one of those tiny round bandages and some sympathy. What he DID have to hide was his college record, which showed he got some pretty crumby grades when compared to Bush. Yup, the same Bush whom the Left and the media had spent millions of dollars and much time in showing how he wasn't as smart as Kerry, apparently wiped the floor with him when it came to getting good grades in school. This is why he was too scared to show his military records, despite trying to sieze power of this country by riding on the backs of real war heroes. I snipped the obvious stuff, because rather than showing malice towards soldiers, Kerry was simply bending with the wind, or in other words, he thought public opinion was, at the time, against soldiers, and he wanted to go with the flow. This is a fact that Kerry himself has proven time and again by flip/flopping on every issue, instead of standing his ground. This is, of course, why the US military won't vote for him, or any other Democrat that's currently in the spotlight. They know full well that Democrats will jump and shout in support for you, as long as it's in their best interest. They'll take a stinky dump on you when it's not. Soldiers like to know that at least some politicians are on their side. > Detailed information about the anti-war activities of John Kerry > and the VVAW can be found at WinterSoldier.com. > > >For that matter, who are you to question Mr. > >Kerry's waar record? Were you there? > > I served in the armed forces of my own country - India. You are going to take some heat for saying that. Despite what Democrats claim, that is to support different races and seek opinions from other countries, they are by far the most racist and facist people in the world, and the last thing they need is some guy from another country badmouthing their failure of a candidate. They only want to hear you agree with them. This is true, even when they're talking to a soldier of India, who's basically on the same side as the US. > I have an > interest in these lies simply because rude people keep filling all > of the Internet with talk about them, not caring whether anyone > wants to hear it. Compared to Indian culture, they are indeed rude, but compared to American culture they're....well....rude. Pagan Article: 318455 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:50:20 -0700 Message-ID: <3j5fbsFo2tntU1@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cqg2s6c75sh3f@corp.supernews.com> <11cr0uaq0t7s235@corp.supernews.com> Pagan wrote: . > > > Compared to Indian culture, they are indeed rude, but compared to American > culture they're....well....rude. > > Pagan > > amen. Article: 318456 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:51:03 -0700 Message-ID: <3j5fd7Fo2tntU2@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com> Pagan wrote: > Sucks to have your guy fail, eh? heh > > Pagan > > amen. Article: 318457 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:02:38 GMT "Pagan" wrote in message news:11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com... > Sucks to have your guy fail, eh? heh Sucks even worse having a President who's been an unqualified and unprecedented disaster for America, in every conceivable respect. Article: 318458 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:03:58 -0700 Message-ID: <3j5g5fFoeme1U1@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com> Rick wrote: > Sucks even worse having a President > > > > amen. Article: 318459 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:12:16 -0700 Message-ID: <3j5gl1Foeme1U2@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com> the Moderator wrote: > > > I could not agree more. Bill Clinton was a disgrace. > > amen. Article: 318460 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:27:09 -0400 From: -ex- Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! References: <1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Vince Incardona wrote: > > Obviously, something from the oscillator section is getting in where it > shouldn't, but I'll be damned if I can figure out where. Normally, I'd > look for a bad bypass cap, bad tube, or bad sheild ground, but they > have all been replaced with new components that have been tested and > confirmed good. This one has got me stumped--I've had radios do this > before, but fixing bad caps and resistors has always cured it. Power > supply caps have all been replaced, and plate and grid voltages on > tubes are pretty close to nominal all across the radio. > > Has anyone even seen this? Anyone have any suggestions where to look > next? I'm about to pull the IF cans apart, but would like to avoid > that if I can. Its pretty common...unfortunately. Suspect the IF stage is oscillating. You only notice it when there's a station present for it to beat against. Focus on the IF stage(s)..watch out for riveted ground connections. It might be worth a look inside the cans to see if there are any paper caps still hiding inside them. As a last resort, detuning the IF xfmrs slightly may cure it. (lower gain) GL, Bill Article: 318461 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:31:44 -0400 "Vince Incardona" wrote in message news:1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > I'm trying to fix up an old Silvertone five-tube wonder that was > originally made by Colonial. Typical 6a8g, 6k7g, 6b6g, 6v6g lineup. > It Are pins 1 grounded on the tube sockets?? If they are, put in metal tubes instead of Gs. If not, is the IF tube shield missing, or not making good connection? Pete Article: 318462 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:37:32 -0700 Message-ID: <3j5i4dFofk0iU1@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com> <11cr4hhsgd950a2@corp.supernews.com> SC_Tom wrote: > > > But he knew how to get women on their knees. Ha! > > >> > > AMEN! From stephanie-at-gordsven-dot-com Sat Jul 9 09:23:40 EDT 2005 Article: 318463 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Stephanie Weil Subject: Re: Another interesting old Stromberg Carlson References: <1120738871.494818.66580@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <3ee1e$42cd40fe$4232bda8$12257@COQUI.NET> Reply-To: stephanie-at-gordsven-dot-com Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 13 Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:02:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.65.49.245 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyc.rr.com 1120770169 66.65.49.245 (Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:02:49 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:02:49 EDT Organization: Road Runner - NYC Path: news1.isis.unc.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!cyclone.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-out.nyc.rr.com!twister.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: news1.isis.unc.edu rec.antiques.radio+phono:318463 In article <3ee1e$42cd40fe$4232bda8$12257@COQUI.NET>, -ex- wrote: > The dial uses channels numbers on the FM bands. 20-99 for the 42.0-49.9 > range and 200-300 for the 88-108 range. Interesting. I've never seen a radio calibrated like that! It would sure make it easy to find stations like W276AQ (103.1 FM in Fort Lee, NJ), however. -- Stephanie Weil New York City, U.S.A. Article: 318464 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:15:00 GMT Don't overlook the obvious. This sounds like a classic example of the AGC cap opening up.Verify that you changed, this, and if so, verify your solder connections -- and make sure you connected it to the right eyelet on the terminal strip. Clip lead another cap on the AGC, and see what happens. Can't hurt. "Vince Incardona" wrote in message news:1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > I'm trying to fix up an old Silvertone five-tube wonder that was > originally made by Colonial. Typical 6a8g, 6k7g, 6b6g, 6v6g lineup. > It could be a really a nice radio, but I can't seem to chase the > birdies out of it. I've recapped and re-tubed this radio, tested every > resistor, and replaced any that are more than 10% out of tolerance. > Original wiring is all good (amazingly, some of it is even done with > shielded wire), so I haven't had to mess with the original lead dress. > > When I tune across the broadcast band, I get an odd oscillation that > starts as high-pitched and faint as soon as you tune into the sideband > of a station. It gets lower in frequency and louder as you approach > the station's nominal frequency, and disappears when you are tuned dead > center. Then as you tune through the other sideband, it starts out low > and loud and gradually disappears up and out as you tune out of the > sideband. > > This is, of course, repeated just about every 10 KHz across the whole > broadcast band. (Probably because of the presence of stations just > about everywhere at night--it's hooked up to a sixty foot longwire, so > has plenty of antenna gain.) > > Obviously, something from the oscillator section is getting in where it > shouldn't, but I'll be damned if I can figure out where. Normally, I'd > look for a bad bypass cap, bad tube, or bad sheild ground, but they > have all been replaced with new components that have been tested and > confirmed good. This one has got me stumped--I've had radios do this > before, but fixing bad caps and resistors has always cured it. Power > supply caps have all been replaced, and plate and grid voltages on > tubes are pretty close to nominal all across the radio. > > Has anyone even seen this? Anyone have any suggestions where to look > next? I'm about to pull the IF cans apart, but would like to avoid > that if I can. > Article: 318465 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: Subject: Re: looking for old Pop Science article Message-ID: <0bhze.5$9S1.4@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:31:40 GMT "Michael Hamilton" wrote in message news:B5dze.18792$eM6.5476@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... > It's been a while since I've posted... but I know many of us radio > collectors hang on to old electronics magazines. > > I'm looking for an article from Popular Science of October 1980 > about > Cadillac's 368 modulated displacement engine. If someone could scan > a copy, > or I would be willing to pay for a photocopy, please email me: > mjh850830 at > mindspring dot com > > Thanks in advance, > -Michael > > Hey Michael --- it's already available online! http://www.sfu.ca/~ajgee/mags/864.html jim menning Article: 318466 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: OT: Outsourcing of labor from the USA. From: Larry References: <0oWye.35952$qm.21496@bignews5.bellsouth.net> <1120683039.015393.108950@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1120759300.080090.117670@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:36:52 -0400 "Peter Wieck" wrote in news:1120759300.080090.117670@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: > You seem to be on some sort of consumer crusade, >From one post pointing to webpages? ML is an American-made POS made to sell to the Bubbas in the States. There aren't any skilled German craftsmen, who worked at the factory their fathers and grandfathers worked in, in an extensive apprentice program that goes on for years....IN ALABAMA. Come on! The damned thing is slapped together by a bunch of computer automation, not careful craftsmen who make REAL Mercedes cars in Stuttgart. -- Larry This jerk called my cellphone and was nasty. Continental Warranty -- MCG Enterprises -- Mepco- 24955 Pacific Coast HWY Suite C303 Malibu California 90265 888-244-0925 Fax: 310-456-8844 Email: help@continentalwarranty.com Read about them here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp?id=92243&view=printer Article: 318467 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Subject: Re: OT: Outsourcing of labor from the USA. From: Larry References: <0oWye.35952$qm.21496@bignews5.bellsouth.net> <1120683039.015393.108950@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1120759300.080090.117670@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:43:25 -0400 "Peter Wieck" wrote in news:1120759300.080090.117670@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: > My wife drives a 2001 Saab 9.5SE wagon. She loves it. Our second Saab, > and if it treats us even half as well as the first (no trouble at all > in over 100K miles) we will be happy with it. > Saab, or most any Scandinavian car, is a great machine. Its only problem is you have to pay for the socialism in the country every time you buy a part. I wanted a Volvo a few years back, so I ambled into the dealer's parts department and asked the price of the plastic air cleaner box, a non- descript little rectangular box that sells for $300! I told the guy I didn't want the 22K gold plated "Presentation Model" aircleaner, just the cheap grey plastic one that's sure to crack. $300. Shaking my head on the way to my trusty old car-at-the-time, I stopped by the Jiffy Lube and bought it a full service oil change...(c; By the way, they all lost me as a customer soon after I confused the $6000 "discount" on TV with the selling prices. I don't think a 2005 Chevy is 2 1/2 times as much car as it was back in 1980 for the money....do you? -- Larry This jerk called my cellphone and was nasty. Continental Warranty -- MCG Enterprises -- Mepco- 24955 Pacific Coast HWY Suite C303 Malibu California 90265 888-244-0925 Fax: 310-456-8844 Email: help@continentalwarranty.com Read about them here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp?id=92243&view=printer Article: 318468 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: robert casey Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! References: <1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:07:51 GMT > Has anyone even seen this? Anyone have any suggestions where to look > next? I'm about to pull the IF cans apart, but would like to avoid > that if I can. > The IF amp is probably oscillating. Some older radios used a series resonant trap LC circuit as a bypass. These look like ordinary wax capacitors. But looking at the tube lineup in your post, this looks to be a power transformer powered set and not a hot chassis design. The LC trap circuits were usually found in hot chassis sets where the line was connected not to the chassis itself but to a B- bus that was bypassed to the chassis. The LC trap was to make the bypass have very low impedance at the IF frequency but a high impedance at 60Hz. As others mentioned, check for shields being properly grounded. The object is to reduce the amount of amplified IF signal finding its way back into the input side of the IF stage. Or reduce the gain of the IF stage. Check to see if it's a metal tube that's called for, and that its shield is grounded. Article: 318469 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: oldcoot@webtv.net (Bill Sheppard) Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:27:17 -0700 Message-ID: <1383-42CDAC45-149@storefull-3175.bay.webtv.net> References: Vince, Are you sure you're not picking up radiation from a switchmode power supply either in your home or a neighbor's? At this moment, i am duplicating the exact same effects you describe by holding a radio next to a running computer power supply. With that longwire antenna, you may well be picking up switcher junk. Try 'way shortening the antenna and turning off all suspect devices, and see if the birdies remain. Bill(oc) Article: 318470 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Mike Schultz" References: Subject: Re: YOW! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:35:36 GMT Maybe the wrong knobs are the reason it went so high. -- Mike Schultz "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:F7OdndTeCOTjUlHfRVn-jg@comcast.com... > OK, > I should be sleeping so I get up early and do some more MARC publicity and > loading for Lansing.. but.... just look at this price.... > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38034&item=6541646783&rd=1 > > holy ACDC early 5 tuber Batman! > > I have the even earlier Dewald "Dynette" in same condition... maybe I > should > quick list it??? > > Mark Oppat > > > Article: 318471 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <1120746141.999931.127190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1120775352.521512.327440@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: 1937 Crosley Console 1129/1199 Schematics.. Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:50:51 GMT "SHOCKLEY" wrote in message news:1120775352.521512.327440@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > > jim menning wrote: >> "SHOCKLEY" wrote in message >> news:1120746141.999931.127190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >> >I am restoring a 1937 Crosley 1126/1199 and I cannot find the >> >correct >> > schematics... The schematics that I continue to get from the >> > different >> > groups differs from the Chassis that I have.. >> > >> >> What are the sources of the schematics you have that are wrong? >> I'd >> hate for everyone to waste their time looking in the usual places >> and >> only find the ones you already have. >> >> jim menning > > Every source that I have come across has the same schematics listed > for > this Radio... > > I have yet to find one that differs from the usual sources.. Again, what were those sources? Riders, Crosley factory literature, etc.? Since you won't tell us what you've looked at, we don't know where we should look next. If you looked in the Rider and Crosley factory schematics and they were wrong, then we wouldn't have to waste our time looking through them. > > What makes it rare is the existence of the Auto Expressionator > Tube.. There's one shown on the right side of the Rider schematic, and its operating description is on the previous page. > > The Tube Number is # W 41187... These tubes were apparently only > used > for a very short time... That's the same number listed in the Rider schematic. > > I suppose at this point that I could just go thru ANY Schematic that > has this Tube and maybe I will find the right schem.. > > Since I am a newbie at this radio restore thing, it makes it > tough... > It also makes it tough for us to help you without you giving us the proper cues. I'm even more curious now what sources you looked at if you didn't find it in Rider. There is no more universally used source other than Rider manuals, so I am bewildered as to what sources you have been looking at. jim menning Article: 318472 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <0bhze.5$9S1.4@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Subject: Re: looking for old Pop Science article Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:56:34 GMT "Michael Hamilton" wrote in message news:Ncize.17696$pa3.15152@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net... > > Thanks a million! That's the article I was looking for. > You're welcome. All I did was enter your phrase "Cadillac's 368 modulated displacement engine" in the Google search box, and that article was referenced on the first link displayed. > > Now I just need to find an article from 1982 that describes all the > trouble > that system caused :-) > If you do the following search, you may have some luck: http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&q=Cadillac+368+engine&qt_s=Search jim menning Article: 318473 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: Subject: Re: Newbie Question #234,542-B Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:02:39 GMT "Wes Jacson" wrote in message news:caSdnXg6H51uL1DfRVn-jQ@rockisland.com... > Howdy Group, > Well as I learn more the less I seem to know. > So here is a question for all the folks in the know. > How the heck do you get solder to take to those old transformer > leads? Try one of these: http://www.google.com/froogle?q=solder+flux jim menning Article: 318474 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! References: <1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:06:01 -0400 Have you aligned the IF??? Ken Vince Incardona wrote: > I'm trying to fix up an old Silvertone five-tube wonder that was > originally made by Colonial. Typical 6a8g, 6k7g, 6b6g, 6v6g lineup. > It could be a really a nice radio, but I can't seem to chase the > birdies out of it. I've recapped and re-tubed this radio, tested every > resistor, and replaced any that are more than 10% out of tolerance. > Original wiring is all good (amazingly, some of it is even done with > shielded wire), so I haven't had to mess with the original lead dress. > > When I tune across the broadcast band, I get an odd oscillation that > starts as high-pitched and faint as soon as you tune into the sideband > of a station. It gets lower in frequency and louder as you approach > the station's nominal frequency, and disappears when you are tuned dead > center. Then as you tune through the other sideband, it starts out low > and loud and gradually disappears up and out as you tune out of the > sideband. > > This is, of course, repeated just about every 10 KHz across the whole > broadcast band. (Probably because of the presence of stations just > about everywhere at night--it's hooked up to a sixty foot longwire, so > has plenty of antenna gain.) > > Obviously, something from the oscillator section is getting in where it > shouldn't, but I'll be damned if I can figure out where. Normally, I'd > look for a bad bypass cap, bad tube, or bad sheild ground, but they > have all been replaced with new components that have been tested and > confirmed good. This one has got me stumped--I've had radios do this > before, but fixing bad caps and resistors has always cured it. Power > supply caps have all been replaced, and plate and grid voltages on > tubes are pretty close to nominal all across the radio. > > Has anyone even seen this? Anyone have any suggestions where to look > next? I'm about to pull the IF cans apart, but would like to avoid > that if I can. > Article: 318475 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <1383-42CDAC45-149@storefull-3175.bay.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! Message-ID: Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 19:10:36 -0400 "Bill Sheppard" wrote in message news:1383-42CDAC45-149@storefull-3175.bay.webtv.net... > Vince, > Are you sure you're not picking up radiation from a > switchmode power supply either in your home or a neighbor's? At this > moment, i am duplicating the exact same effects you describe by holding > a radio next to a running computer power supply. > With that longwire antenna, you may well be picking up > switcher junk. Try 'way shortening the antenna and turning off all > suspect devices, and see if the birdies remain. > Bill(oc) > Hi Bill For supply harmonics, I'd think the "whistle" (beat, etc.) frequency would remain constant. The OP mentioned that the whistle went from a high frequency to zero beat... Pete Article: 318476 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Subject: Re: Newbie Question #234,542-B References: Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:13:11 -0400 Yes, liquid solder flux is the best way. I flatten and scrape the wires, then twist all into a tight group, scrape the outside some more, dip in flux and solder. You won't get em all, but enough to make a connection. Ken jim menning wrote: > "Wes Jacson" wrote in message > news:caSdnXg6H51uL1DfRVn-jQ@rockisland.com... > >>Howdy Group, >>Well as I learn more the less I seem to know. >>So here is a question for all the folks in the know. >>How the heck do you get solder to take to those old transformer >>leads? > > > Try one of these: > > http://www.google.com/froogle?q=solder+flux > > jim menning > > > Article: 318477 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" Subject: Hey Mark Oppat Message-ID: Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 19:19:51 -0400 Here's a RCA 10T on steroids!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4673&item=5787539705&rd=1 Now, that is one I wouldn't mind owning.... Article: 318478 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: spam replies Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:16:43 -0600 Message-ID: References: <1120779343.010244.171990@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> if spam falls in the woods but its blocked does it make a sound? it does if people reply to it.... Article: 318479 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jim Adney Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:00:52 -0500 Message-ID: <648pc19ofn45nvefhk86b5j555b19plgv7@4ax.com> References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 08:36:54 -0500 "Art's Antique Radios" wrote: >Look at this seller's listing > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6544085690 > >I thought it was against both EBay and PayPal's policy to allow passing >fees onto the buyer. Although I cannot find that policy listed anywhere. I >do know some sellers just pad shipping and handling to cover. Once PayPal started charging fees, I started a fee schedule of my own to pass them on to the buyer. I'm happy to accept payment in other ways, but if someone wants to pay via paypal, I expect them to pay for that convenience. I state my policy up front and let them make the choice. That seems to meet with universal approval. - ----------------------------------------------- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711 USA ----------------------------------------------- Article: 318480 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: oldcoot@webtv.net (Bill Sheppard) Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:48:12 -0700 Message-ID: <1384-42CDCD4C-24@storefull-3175.bay.webtv.net> References: >From Uncle Peter: >The OP mentioned that the whistle went >from a high frequency to zero beat... That's *exactly* what i get tuning thru every station; the whistle goes to zero beat at center then all the way up to inaudiability as you tune out of the sideband, excatly as the OP described. Strange indeed. In any case, i would try to eliminate switchers as the source, before tearing into the radio. Bill(oc) Article: 318481 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: " Uncle Peter" References: <1384-42CDCD4C-24@storefull-3175.bay.webtv.net> Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! Message-ID: <2rkze.64664$go.20318@fed1read05> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:13:31 -0400 "Bill Sheppard" wrote in message news:1384-42CDCD4C-24@storefull-3175.bay.webtv.net... > From Uncle Peter: > > >The OP mentioned that the whistle went > >from a high frequency to zero beat... > > That's *exactly* what i get tuning thru every station; the whistle goes > to zero beat at center then all the way up to inaudiability as you tune > out of the sideband, excatly as the OP described. Strange indeed. In any > case, i would try to eliminate switchers as the source, before tearing > into the radio. > Bill(oc) > Aha... I bet the switching supply garbage is getting into the IF through the power lead wiring then!! Acting more like a BFO signal than on channel interference.. I have a Philco 16B for a daily player this week. I've noticed that the electrical interference is horrid on the radio, and finally surmised the darn noise is actually being carried into the radio via the power cord, and not through the antenna. Pete Article: 318482 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jim Adney Subject: Re: Newbie Question #234,542-B Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:40:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:56:00 -0700 "Wes Jacson" wrote: >How the heck do you get solder to take to those old transformer leads? >I clean and heat and curse and........ >The solder beads off like... well it just beads off. I have 2 solutions which have usually worked for me. You can buy a little tin of that brown paste flux and just use a little dab of that. It's much more agressive than the rosin flux in the solder so it will usually do the job. The first few times I did this I worried that this flux would cause corrosion later on, but that hasn't happened to me yet, although I do try to wipe as much of it off afterwards as possible. The second solution is to just dip the part in a small bit of Muriatic (industrial grade hydrochloric) acid. This will clean off the part and it evaporates completely. It's just a little more difficult to use. I generally keep some in a plastic 35mm film can. - ----------------------------------------------- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711 USA ----------------------------------------------- Article: 318483 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: what is a good paint stripper for painted white metal Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 19:20:58 -0600 Message-ID: References: <1Kadndz4LIf2T1DfRVn-rA@adelphia.com> try paint remover/stripper after a light sanding to scuff the surface. is this a trick question? randy "David" wrote in message news:1Kadndz4LIf2T1DfRVn-rA@adelphia.com... >A white metal part from the early 50s painted black. Not sure the type of >paint. Acetone worked somewhat but not entirely. > What would be a better solvent to try? > Dave > > Article: 318484 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Dave Burson" Subject: M.A.R.S. tablets Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:23:37 GMT I have 2 paper tablets with the header MARS Military Radio Affiliate Radiogram and dated 1 Oct 55. Maybe these are worthless, but if any of you ham operators value this kind of stuff get in touch and I'll send it to you. Otherwise they are scratch paper for me. I just hate to trash something that someone else might think was cool. Dave Burson Article: 318485 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: David Stinson Subject: What Are They Thinking?? Message-ID: <0ykze.227$dU3.72@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:21:00 GMT What are some people thinking when they pick their User ID for Ebay?? userid = dead-peoples-things ( ewwwwwwwww....) Article: 318486 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Pagan" Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:42:17 -0700 Message-ID: <11crm9a89ddlq2d@corp.supernews.com> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com> "Rick" wrote in message news:yTfze.2102$BK1.451@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > "Pagan" wrote in message news:11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com... > > Sucks to have your guy fail, eh? heh > > Sucks even worse having a President who's been an > unqualified and unprecedented disaster for America, > in every conceivable respect. Looks like I was beaten to the punch with the Clinton comments...twice. Oh well, if "unqualified and unprecedented disaster for America" means a safe, secure America, with an upwardly mobile economy, more freedoms than ever before, and basically an improvement on everything from standard of living to pissing off the French, then yes, what a disaster. Hopefully this 'disaster' will continue until the next Republican moves into the White House. Pagan Article: 318487 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: philsvintageradios Subject: Re: Newbie Question #234,542-B Message-ID: <82mrc1dh9li7ti797l3jjcq0m2e2roii69@4ax.com> References: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:43:24 GMT I agree. I have heard people post "never ever use acid flux" because it causes corrosion. I don't usually, but sometimes I think there is a place, then I use as little as I can and tin the wire, then wash with alcohol after finishing the joint. make sure the tip of your soldering iron is tinned properly too , and that the connections are tight if you use a soldering gun.. Otherwise it will get hot but won't transfer the heat right if it isn't tinned properly. Phil Article: 318488 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: oldcoot@webtv.net (Bill Sheppard) Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:30:57 -0700 Message-ID: <1383-42CDD751-173@storefull-3175.bay.webtv.net> References: <2rkze.64664$go.20318@fed1read05> >From Uncle Peter: >Aha... I bet the switching supply garbage >is getting into the IF through >the >power lead wiring then!! Yeah but the radio i'm using is a Walkman type with no connection to the power line. I figgered if the OP's problem is switcher noise, it must be being radiated and picked up by his longwire, and leaked into the IF strip. Hence the suggestion of a much shorter antenna. Bill(oc) Article: 318489 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Gary Tayman" References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> <1Vaze.10515$H41.8107@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:54:46 GMT I finally, with the help of an eBay rep at the 800 number, was able to retireve the seller's address and phone. Even this took some doing, but on the third try we did it. I called, and some woman answered. She told me she hasn't been on the computer for several days, but will check it out and call me right back. She had an "I could care less" attitude. She never called back. Not much of a seller, to be sure. -- Gary E. Tayman/Tayman Electrical Sound Solutions For Classic Cars http://www.taymanelectrical.com "jim menning" wrote in message news:1Vaze.10515$H41.8107@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... > > "Gary Tayman" wrote in message > news:c8aze.5843$aY6.4883@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net... >> Seller has NO PHONE NUMBER! Only an e-mail they doesn't get responded >> to. >> >> I've complained to eBay, no response. >> >> > > Is this the page ("Report" link at bottom) that you reported him at? > > http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/identity-false.html > > jim menning > Article: 318490 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ken Scharf Subject: Re: Bill Turner missing References: Message-ID: Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:59:42 -0400 John Goller, k9uwa wrote: > In article , > k9uwaREMOVE@THISarrl.netSTUFF says... > >> >> >>John k9uwa >> > > > Update on Bill Turner.. > > Bill has been moved from the Hospital to a Nursing Home where he > isn't happy about it but has to stay there for the next three weeks > in Re-Hab .. Therapy etc. > > I talked to him on the phone this evening... and he is the usual > worried about getting stuff out the door that people have ordered > and are probably wondering why they haven't heard from him. > A bit upset as he won't be able to make it to Lansing. Sounds like he is quite lucid and still has all his marbles. Hope to read his ravings on this NG real soon again. Get well soon Bill! Article: 318491 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> <1Vaze.10515$H41.8107@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:06:48 GMT "Gary Tayman" wrote in message news:G1lze.19028$eM6.13178@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... > Not much of a seller, to be sure. > > Well, there's still hope. Don't give up yet. jim menning Article: 318492 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <1Kadndz4LIf2T1DfRVn-rA@adelphia.com> Subject: Re: what is a good paint stripper for painted white metal Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:19:22 GMT "David" wrote in message news:1Kadndz4LIf2T1DfRVn-rA@adelphia.com... >A white metal part from the early 50s painted black. Not sure the >type of paint. Acetone worked somewhat but not entirely. > What would be a better solvent to try? > Dave > > Is it just painted on, or is it baked on? If it's baked, you may not want to/be able to remove it. jim menning Article: 318493 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Keith Park" References: Subject: Re: YOW! Message-ID: <5qlze.24105$0i3.1020@twister.nyroc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 02:20:49 GMT Yow! I think I have one of these! -- Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El BajaRojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary "Rextur" "Mark Oppat" wrote in message news:F7OdndTeCOTjUlHfRVn-jg@comcast.com... > OK, > I should be sleeping so I get up early and do some more MARC publicity and > loading for Lansing.. but.... just look at this price.... > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38034&item=6541646783&rd=1 > > holy ACDC early 5 tuber Batman! > > I have the even earlier Dewald "Dynette" in same condition... maybe I should > quick list it??? > > Mark Oppat > > > Article: 318494 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Ish Subject: Re: Skippy Buy the Farm? Message-ID: References: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 03:22:35 GMT On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 21:29:06 -0700, "Phil Nelson" wrote: >> "He's dead, Jim!" > >Absent that, a killfile (or Outlook message rule) is a delightful thing. >Just as in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, it's as if it never >happened, and you can go on about your business :-) > >Another powerful antidote against trolls & other pests is to never, ever, >respond. > >Trolls live for response. So starve 'em out. > >Never, ever respond, regardless of subject matter. > >Never again . . . starting now. > >P. > I am with Phil. I posted this solution a while back and, if we all stick to it, he will vaporize(at least leave this group) I believe he used to haunt some Australian group, but left and came here.. Be that as it may, I am with Phil.....I will NEVER AGAIN RESPOND TO SKIPPYS POSTS. Ish Article: 318495 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Tim Mullen Subject: Re: What Are They Thinking?? Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 03:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <0ykze.227$dU3.72@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> In <0ykze.227$dU3.72@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> David Stinson writes: >What are some people thinking when they pick their User ID for Ebay?? > userid = dead-peoples-things > ( ewwwwwwwww....) Oh, pshaw! Got me to check it out. :) Now, you want spooky, the RCA-on-steroids that was a recent subject was bought by "radiograveyard", one of our own, I think. A friend sold a large disk array a few years back and, in frustration over picking a name that wasn't already in use, wound up with something like "whydoyoumakethissohard" as a user ID. I told him that was probably not the best choice when peddling a six-figure item. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- Article: 318496 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Hawke" Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:56:53 -0700 Message-ID: <11crua8bdu6h565@corp.supernews.com> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> > >If you carefully examine the allegations about what Bush has done while > >president, any fair-minded person would have to agree there is some truth > >there. Bush did start a war and was shown to be wrong about the true nature > >of the supposed threat. He has spent us into a tremendous deficit. His > >decision to attack Iraq has cost us over 1,700 troops killed and 30,000 > >wounded so far, as well as causing the deaths of countless innocent Iraqis. > > > You say that like its a bad thing. Why would you do that? Because even the most simple-minded person would know those things are bad without anyone having to explain it to them. If you don't understand why you're in serious need of professional help. It's also hard to believe any sane person would ask such a question, but here's the short answer. First off, Bush was wrong about his reason for starting the war in the first place. You can make all the excuses you want, but the bottom line is when you're wrong you have made an error. When you make an error there is a penalty, even if your name is Bush. The U.K. found out today why it was an error to sign on to a war based on aggression and not self defense. So the war was started in error, and when one starts off with an incorrect premise everything that follows is also wrong. Second, everyone, even the most die-hard conservative knows that Bush is sending us into a tremendous debt with his incompetence in fiscal affairs, which any responsible person knows is also a mistake. And last, a lot of people said it was impeachable for a president to lie in court about his sex life. By that line of reasoning it follows that if a president lies to get his country into a war with the accompanying loss of thousands of lives and immense casualties, then that surely is a cause for impeachment. You can't have it both ways. If lying about sex is an impeachable offense then surely lying about invading another country is too. That's why those things are bad, but something tells me that no amount of explanation will be sufficient for you to comprehend it. Being that there are none so blind as those who will not see. Hawke Article: 318497 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Hawke" Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:08:18 -0700 Message-ID: <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> "Gunner" You have one major flaw in your argument about the people being against the Left. In the last election almost 57 million voters cast their votes for the Democratic candidate, and I'll guarantee you that a lot more Kerry voters stayed home than Bush voters did. So don't be so sure that you speak for what Americans want. Nearly half of them wanted Bush to go home, and that doesn't mean they are out of touch with reality, it means they don't like where Bush is taking the country. What about them? You aren't taking into account what nearly 50% of the population wants. That's what I call arrogance, thinking that because you have half the people on your side you have everyone. You don't, and neither does Bush. Hawke Article: 318498 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Pagan" Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:48:43 -0700 Message-ID: <11cs16s8oh85l80@corp.supernews.com> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <11crua8bdu6h565@corp.supernews.com> "Hawke" wrote in message news:11crua8bdu6h565@corp.supernews.com... > > > >If you carefully examine the allegations about what Bush has done while > > >president, any fair-minded person would have to agree there is some truth > > >there. Bush did start a war and was shown to be wrong about the true > nature > > >of the supposed threat. He has spent us into a tremendous deficit. His > > >decision to attack Iraq has cost us over 1,700 troops killed and 30,000 > > >wounded so far, as well as causing the deaths of countless innocent > Iraqis. > > > > > > You say that like its a bad thing. Why would you do that? > > Because even the most simple-minded person would know those things are bad > without anyone having to explain it to them. If you don't understand why > you're in serious need of professional help. > > It's also hard to believe any sane person would ask such a question, but > here's the short answer. First off, Bush was wrong about his reason for > starting the war in the first place. You can make all the excuses you want, > but the bottom line is when you're wrong you have made an error. When you > make an error there is a penalty, even if your name is Bush. The U.K. found > out today why it was an error to sign on to a war based on aggression and > not self defense. So the war was started in error, and when one starts off > with an incorrect premise everything that follows is also wrong. Most folks think the 'war' started on 9/11. Personally, I feel the war started with the USS Cole, the Embassy bombings, the numerous plane highjackings and bombings, and so forth, for the past 40 friggin years. I, for one, am sick of Americans getting blown up for the sake of a bunch of wackos in the Middle East. > Second, everyone, even the most die-hard conservative knows that Bush is > sending us into a tremendous debt with his incompetence in fiscal affairs, > which any responsible person knows is also a mistake. We are getting ourselves into debt, due to our uncontrolled spending and demands for welfare, police, and so forth, including demanding the same being provided for illegal aliens. Take a gander at California for an extreme example. > And last, a lot of people said it was impeachable for a president to lie in > court about his sex life. Sex life? If you have some sort of proof that Clinton was impeached for having sex, please provide it. You see, I was under the impression the impeachment was for purgery, dealing with Clinton's sexual harassment and rape charges. > By that line of reasoning it follows that if a > president lies to get his country into a war with the accompanying loss of > thousands of lives and immense casualties, then that surely is a cause for > impeachment. You can't have it both ways. If lying about sex is an > impeachable offense then surely lying about invading another country is too. That would mean not only Bush, but Congress (back when it was controlled by Democrats), as well as Clinton, nearly all of whom threw their full support behind Bush and the second Iraq invasion, which, by the way, was also due to Iraqi forces targeting and shooting at our aircraft, training terrorists, and so forth. > That's why those things are bad, but something tells me that no amount of > explanation will be sufficient for you to comprehend it. Being that there > are none so blind as those who will not see. Or those who distort facts. Sex life indeed. heh Pagan Article: 318499 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Pagan" Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:55:16 -0700 Message-ID: <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> "Hawke" wrote in message news:11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com... > > "Gunner" > > You have one major flaw in your argument about the people being against the > Left. In the last election almost 57 million voters cast their votes for the > Democratic candidate, and I'll guarantee you that a lot more Kerry voters > stayed home than Bush voters did. Cite? Of course, it wouldn't help if you actually provided one. All it would prove is that Kerry voters are a bunch of slugs who are too lazy to get up off their asses and vote. Most likely, since Bush won by even more votes on his reelection than the first election, it's been solidly proven that once most of the Left gets a taste of real leadership, they hesitate to go back to lying bullshitters who are just out to grab power. > So don't be so sure that you speak for > what Americans want. Nearly half of them wanted Bush to go home, and that > doesn't mean they are out of touch with reality, it means they don't like > where Bush is taking the country. What about them? You aren't taking into > account what nearly 50% of the population wants. That's why being in the "nearly 50%" kinda sucks. > That's what I call > arrogance, thinking that because you have half the people on your side you > have everyone. You don't, and neither does Bush. Not everybody, perhaps, but enough of the ones who count. Pagan Article: 318500 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:07:09 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Vince Incardona wrote: > I'm trying to fix up an old Silvertone five-tube wonder that was > originally made by Colonial. Typical 6a8g, 6k7g, 6b6g, 6v6g lineup. > It could be a really a nice radio, but I can't seem to chase the > birdies out of it. I've recapped and re-tubed this radio, tested every > resistor, and replaced any that are more than 10% out of tolerance. > Original wiring is all good (amazingly, some of it is even done with > shielded wire), so I haven't had to mess with the original lead dress. > > When I tune across the broadcast band, I get an odd oscillation that > starts as high-pitched and faint as soon as you tune into the sideband > of a station. It gets lower in frequency and louder as you approach > the station's nominal frequency, and disappears when you are tuned dead > center. Then as you tune through the other sideband, it starts out low > and loud and gradually disappears up and out as you tune out of the > sideband. > > This is, of course, repeated just about every 10 KHz across the whole > broadcast band. (Probably because of the presence of stations just > about everywhere at night--it's hooked up to a sixty foot longwire, so > has plenty of antenna gain.) > > Obviously, something from the oscillator section is getting in where it > shouldn't, but I'll be damned if I can figure out where. Normally, I'd > look for a bad bypass cap, bad tube, or bad sheild ground, but they > have all been replaced with new components that have been tested and > confirmed good. This one has got me stumped--I've had radios do this > before, but fixing bad caps and resistors has always cured it. Power > supply caps have all been replaced, and plate and grid voltages on > tubes are pretty close to nominal all across the radio. > > Has anyone even seen this? Anyone have any suggestions where to look > next? I'm about to pull the IF cans apart, but would like to avoid > that if I can. > Does the set show signs of being messed with? Your symptoms sound like the leads on one side of one of your IF cans are reversed. I had this problem on a Hallicrafters tabletop set that I replaced an IF can on....The symptoms were EXACTLY as you describe. reversing the primary leads of the 1st IF can that I replaced cured the problem (I found I could also get rid of it by detuning the IFs, but at the expense of a LOT of gain). -Scott Article: 318501 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:21:21 GMT "Pagan" wrote in message news:11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com... > "Hawke" wrote in message > news:11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com... > > > > "Gunner" > > > > You have one major flaw in your argument about the people being against > the > > Left. In the last election almost 57 million voters cast their votes for > the > > Democratic candidate, and I'll guarantee you that a lot more Kerry voters > > stayed home than Bush voters did. > > Cite? In 2004 there were 72 million registered Democrats in the U.S., and 55 million registered Republicans. http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=424164 The GOP literally wheeled people out from retirement homes, convalescent hospitals, and every other crevice of the U.S. where they could find easily-misled and even-more-easily- frightened voters. Article: 318502 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: Ebay Feedback Changes. Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:19:29 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1120611852.966121.243030@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1120706401.729365.93110@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <922ze.4602$8f7.306@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> <1120751754.934870.22590@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> lbrty4us@aol.com wrote: > BTW someone seemed to characterize WU payments as the province of > frauds. Did it for the 1st time on this one & loved it, also didn't > know it was so simple & everywhere now. Any better way of doing > international pmnts w/o PP? > I am curious about this "Western Union fraud" thing myself.....I sold a McIntosh pre-amp via eBay to a Hungarian diplomat a few years ago. He paid via WU and sent me a transaction number and I picked up the payment in cash the same day. All of this transpired before I shipped the item to him. How is it possible to rip someone off this way? -Scott Article: 318503 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: robert casey Subject: Re: Birdies...oh my! References: <1120767724.439926.277390@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 04:36:22 GMT Williams wrote: > This is common. Thanks for asking. > I have suspected 'twas the result of my own "alignment" efforts. I've > been too ashamed to ask the NG. > I have radios that I have not "aligned" that have no birdies at all. > > Sometimes I have found that if I set the IF trimers a little off peak (one peaked a little too high in frequency and another peaked a little too low) I sometimes can tame the oscillations. Another way to tame things in to increase the cathode resistor of the IF amp tube (this reduces its gain). Or try connecting a resistor across the primary of the IF transformer that is fed by the plate of the IF amp tube (cuts the gain and widens the IF response). But try the slight mistuning of the IF transformers first, easy to do and requires no extra parts or soldering. Manufacturers sometimes did this as well. This assumes that you checked that all shielding is present and grounded. Check that any shielding on the wires leading to any tube top caps are in fact grounded. Article: 318504 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gunner Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:04:58 GMT On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:13:09 GMT, "Rick" wrote: >"Gunner" wrote in message news:rrmpc19tfvr6ena5ltmv4108i20tcrqcg3@4ax.com... >> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:24:38 -0700, "Hawke" >> wrote: >> > >> >If you carefully examine the allegations about what Bush has done while >> >president, any fair-minded person would have to agree there is some truth >> >there. Bush did start a war and was shown to be wrong about the true nature >> >of the supposed threat. He has spent us into a tremendous deficit. His >> >decision to attack Iraq has cost us over 1,700 troops killed and 30,000 >> >wounded so far, as well as causing the deaths of countless innocent Iraqis. >> >> >> You say that like its a bad thing. Why would you do that? > >Heh, once again the true satanic nature of the Bush Faithful is >revealed in its full glory. Blind patriotism is good. Ignorance >is good. War is good. Death of innocents is good. Wrong >is right. > Tell that to the folks in London tonight. Im sure the survivors will approve of your supporting terrorism. >Here's the bottom line, sparky. Pope John Paul II said Bush >was neither legally nor morally justified in invading Iraq. He >therefore declared your hero to be a mass murdering criminal. How many divisions does the Pope have? (Stalin) Btw..Im Buddhist..so could really care less what the Pope says. > >> "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. >> Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) >> off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give >> them self determination under "play nice" rules. > >Pax Americana is a delusion which was dispelled once and >for all 30 years ago in Vietnam. The greatest superpower >the world has ever known, defeated by peasants with rakes. >There's your Pax Americana. > Seems your grasp of history is fataly flawed. But given the contents of your posts todate..its not surprising. Perhaps you would care to explain how the US lost? Be specific, use as much whitespace as you desire. Gunner "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown Article: 318505 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:22:06 GMT "Gunner" wrote in message news:bn5sc15a1f8r9dee99f18rvrmrj6sca121@4ax.com... > On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:13:09 GMT, "Rick" wrote: > > >"Gunner" wrote in message news:rrmpc19tfvr6ena5ltmv4108i20tcrqcg3@4ax.com... > >> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 23:24:38 -0700, "Hawke" > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >If you carefully examine the allegations about what Bush has done while > >> >president, any fair-minded person would have to agree there is some truth > >> >there. Bush did start a war and was shown to be wrong about the true nature > >> >of the supposed threat. He has spent us into a tremendous deficit. His > >> >decision to attack Iraq has cost us over 1,700 troops killed and 30,000 > >> >wounded so far, as well as causing the deaths of countless innocent Iraqis. > >> > >> > >> You say that like its a bad thing. Why would you do that? > > > >Heh, once again the true satanic nature of the Bush Faithful is > >revealed in its full glory. Blind patriotism is good. Ignorance > >is good. War is good. Death of innocents is good. Wrong > >is right. > > > Tell that to the folks in London tonight. Im sure the survivors will > approve of your supporting terrorism. Huh? You're the one who said death of innocent people is not a bad thing. > >Here's the bottom line, sparky. Pope John Paul II said Bush > >was neither legally nor morally justified in invading Iraq. He > >therefore declared your hero to be a mass murdering criminal. > > How many divisions does the Pope have? (Stalin) Yes indeed. Might replaces right. The entire foundation of the Bush Administration. > Btw..Im Buddhist..so could really care less what the Pope says. Ah ok, so now we know where your amorality comes from. > >> "Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. > >> Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) > >> off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give > >> them self determination under "play nice" rules. > > > >Pax Americana is a delusion which was dispelled once and > >for all 30 years ago in Vietnam. The greatest superpower > >the world has ever known, defeated by peasants with rakes. > >There's your Pax Americana. > > > Seems your grasp of history is fataly flawed. But given the contents > of your posts todate..its not surprising. > > Perhaps you would care to explain how the US lost? Be specific, use > as much whitespace as you desire. Why were we fighting in Vietnam, and what form of government have the Vietnamese people had for the last 30 years? Be specific, use as much whitespace as you desire. Article: 318506 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: OT: Outsourcing of labor from the USA. Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:53:33 -0700 Message-ID: References: <0oWye.35952$qm.21496@bignews5.bellsouth.net> <1120683039.015393.108950@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1120759300.080090.117670@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1120777867.936053.153630@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Peter Wieck wrote: > I have also found that > item-for-item, US-car parts are no less costly than foreign-car parts. > Most all of them source from the same makers anyway, a Mercedes > ball-joint is no more expensive than a Chevy ball-joint, the difference > being that the Benz dealer will likely have the part in stock, not so > of the Chevy. And, if you want a shock, price that same air-cleaner box > for your Chevy, and see how long you have to wait for it. Peter, I am gonna have to call you on this one....Your contention that the prices for car parts on an item-for-item basis are no less costly between foreign and domestic makes MIGHT work for SOME Japanese car parts, but in no way reflects reality for European parts. Unless you are talking about the most mundane parts, the difference can be, and often is, huge. I have repaired many vehicles for friends over the years as well as my own, and there have been more times than I care to remember when $1000.00 wasn't enough for some part for a Benz or Bimmer. (Ever spent $1500.00 of someone else's money for a sideview mirror? I have. How 'bout $800.00 for a set of plug wires? I've done that, too). The domestic parts are seldom more than about $500.00 per unit for anything unless you are trying to find some of the electronic parts. The difference is partly due to the existence of an aftermarket. Benzes are incredibly popular around here (Northern California), but they still represent only a tiny fraction of the cars on the road. Thus, there are far fewer recycled parts available for them, and it takes way longer for reasonable numbers of them to show up from other than OEM sources (and in some cases that NEVER happens). After a particular domestic model has been around for awhile (say, long enough to have an average use of about 50,000 miles or so) any equalization of prices for parts between the foreign and domestic cars goes out the window. It's a simple numbers game. One can possibly argue that the european car parts are better made and will last longer, but the fact remains that these are still man-made parts and will wear out eventually and when they do it can be a wallet-cleansing experience. As far as parts availablity goes, I can relate one of my own experiences....Had a radiator cap fall off during a trip from Oregon to California in a MBZ....The owner did not properly secure it. We estimate it was lost about 50 miles from the Oregon-California border. It should have been an easy part to find, right? Well, NO ONE closer than 50 miles >from the SF bay area had one. We wound up driving the rest of the way home with a trunkful of distilled water and a ziplock baggie attached to the radiator with a rubber band. (The Benz worked fine this way, BTW). Finally, remember that in spite of the most meticulous maintenance, there are still circumstances beyond the control of the owner that will necessitate repairs. About a year ago, a neighborhood a few miles away >from us had a rash of Airbag ripoffs (a very often stolen item here in CA) The bags were ripped from fairly high-end cars-Mercedes, Lexuses, Lincolns and Cadillacs. I heard through the auto-repair grapevine that the cost to replace the stolen Mercedes airbags was about $6000.00, in the Caddies it was somewhere around $3500.00 -Scott Article: 318507 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gunner Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <11crua8bdu6h565@corp.supernews.com> <11cs16s8oh85l80@corp.supernews.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:05:43 GMT On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:48:43 -0700, "Pagan" wrote: >> By that line of reasoning it follows that if a >> president lies to get his country into a war with the accompanying loss of >> thousands of lives and immense casualties, then that surely is a cause for >> impeachment. You can't have it both ways. If lying about sex is an >> impeachable offense then surely lying about invading another country is >too. > >That would mean not only Bush, but Congress (back when it was controlled by >Democrats), as well as Clinton, nearly all of whom threw their full support >behind Bush and the second Iraq invasion, which, by the way, was also due to >Iraqi forces targeting and shooting at our aircraft, training terrorists, >and so forth. Note the names..and the dates..... "[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." -- From a letter signed by Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara A. Milulski, Tom Daschle, & John Kerry among others on October 9, 1998 "This December will mark three years since United Nations inspectors last visited Iraq. There is no doubt that since that time, Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to refine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer- range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies." -- From a December 6, 2001 letter signed by Bob Graham, Joe Lieberman, Harold Ford, & Tom Lantos among others "Whereas Iraq has consistently breached its cease-fire agreement between Iraq and the United States, entered into on March 3, 1991, by failing to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction program, and refusing to permit monitoring and verification by United Nations inspections; Whereas Iraq has developed weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological capabilities, and has made positive progress toward developing nuclear weapons capabilities" -- From a joint resolution submitted by Tom Harkin and Arlen Specter on July 18, 2002 "Saddam's goal ... is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed." -- Madeline Albright, 1998 "(Saddam) will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and some day, some way, I am certain he will use that arsenal again, as he has 10 times since 1983" -- National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, Feb 18, 1998 "Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement." -- Barbara Boxer, November 8, 2002 "The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retained some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capability. Intelligence reports also indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons, but has not yet achieved nuclear capability." -- Robert Byrd, October 2002 "There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat... Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001... He is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn't have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we." -- Wesley Clark on September 26, 2002 "What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime did use such weapons in the past. Today, a number of evidences may lead to think that, over the past four years, in the absence of international inspectors, this country has continued armament programs." -- Jacques Chirac, October 16, 2002 "The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow." -- Bill Clinton in 1998 "In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security." -- Hillary Clinton, October 10, 2002 "I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons...I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out." -- Clinton's Secretary of Defense William Cohen in April of 2003 "Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people." -- Tom Daschle in 1998 "Saddam Hussein's regime represents a grave threat to America and our allies, including our vital ally, Israel. For more than two decades, Saddam Hussein has sought weapons of mass destruction through every available means. We know that he has chemical and biological weapons. He has already used them against his neighbors and his own people, and is trying to build more. We know that he is doing everything he can to build nuclear weapons, and we know that each day he gets closer to achieving that goal." -- John Edwards, Oct 10, 2002 "The debate over Iraq is not about politics. It is about national security. It should be clear that our national security requires Congress to send a clear message to Iraq and the world: America is united in its determination to eliminate forever the threat of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction." -- John Edwards, Oct 10, 2002 "I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction." -- Dick Gephardt in September of 2002 "Iraq does pose a serious threat to the stability of the Persian Gulf and we should organize an international coalition to eliminate his access to weapons of mass destruction. Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to completely deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." -- Al Gore, 2002 "We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction." -- Bob Graham, December 2002 "Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction." -- Jim Jeffords, October 8, 2002 "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." -- Ted Kennedy, September 27, 2002 "There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed." -- Ted Kennedy, Sept 27, 2002 "I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority to use force - if necessary - to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- John F. Kerry, Oct 2002 "The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last 4 years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. He has had a free hand for 4 years to reconstitute these weapons, allowing the world, during the interval, to lose the focus we had on weapons of mass destruction and the issue of proliferation." -- John Kerry, October 9, 2002 "(W)e need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime. We all know the litany of his offenses. He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. ...And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. That is why the world, through the United Nations Security Council, has spoken with one voice, demanding that Iraq disclose its weapons programs and disarm. So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but it is not new. It has been with us since the end of the Persian Gulf War." -- John Kerry, Jan 23, 2003 "We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandates of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them." -- Carl Levin, Sept 19, 2002 "Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States." -- Joe Lieberman, August, 2002 "Over the years, Iraq has worked to develop nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. During 1991 - 1994, despite Iraq's denials, U.N. inspectors discovered and dismantled a large network of nuclear facilities that Iraq was using to develop nuclear weapons. Various reports indicate that Iraq is still actively pursuing nuclear weapons capability. There is no reason to think otherwise. Beyond nuclear weapons, Iraq has actively pursued biological and chemical weapons.U.N. inspectors have said that Iraq's claims about biological weapons is neither credible nor verifiable. In 1986, Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran, and later, against its own Kurdish population. While weapons inspections have been successful in the past, there have been no inspections since the end of 1998. There can be no doubt that Iraq has continued to pursue its goal of obtaining weapons of mass destruction." -- Patty Murray, October 9, 2002 "As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am keenly aware that the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons is an issue of grave importance to all nations. Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." -- Nancy Pelosi, December 16, 1998 "Even today, Iraq is not nearly disarmed. Based on highly credible intelligence, UNSCOM [the U.N. weapons inspectors] suspects that Iraq still has biological agents like anthrax, botulinum toxin, and clostridium perfringens in sufficient quantity to fill several dozen bombs and ballistic missile warheads, as well as the means to continue manufacturing these deadly agents. Iraq probably retains several tons of the highly toxic VX substance, as well as sarin nerve gas and mustard gas. This agent is stored in artillery shells, bombs, and ballistic missile warheads. And Iraq retains significant dual-use industrial infrastructure that can be used to rapidly reconstitute large-scale chemical weapons production." -- Ex-Un Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter in 1998 "There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years. And that may happen sooner if he can obtain access to enriched uranium from foreign sources -- something that is not that difficult in the current world. We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction." -- John Rockefeller, Oct 10, 2002 "Saddam’s existing biological and chemical weapons capabilities pose a very real threat to America, now. Saddam has used chemical weapons before, both against Iraq’s enemies and against his own people. He is working to develop delivery systems like missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles that could bring these deadly weapons against U.S. forces and U.S. facilities in the Middle East." -- John Rockefeller, Oct 10, 2002 "Whether one agrees or disagrees with the Administration’s policy towards Iraq, I don’t think there can be any question about Saddam’s conduct. He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do. He lies and cheats; he snubs the mandate and authority of international weapons inspectors; and he games the system to keep buying time against enforcement of the just and legitimate demands of the United Nations, the Security Council, the United States and our allies. Those are simply the facts." -- Henry Waxman, Oct 10, 2002 "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown Article: 318508 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gunner Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:11:42 GMT On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:08:18 -0700, "Hawke" wrote: > >"Gunner" > >You have one major flaw in your argument about the people being against the >Left. In the last election almost 57 million voters cast their votes for the >Democratic candidate, and I'll guarantee you that a lot more Kerry voters >stayed home than Bush voters did. So don't be so sure that you speak for >what Americans want. Nearly half of them wanted Bush to go home, and that >doesn't mean they are out of touch with reality, it means they don't like >where Bush is taking the country. What about them? You aren't taking into >account what nearly 50% of the population wants. That's what I call >arrogance, thinking that because you have half the people on your side you >have everyone. You don't, and neither does Bush. > >Hawke > > > Hawke..if they didnt vote...they dont count. Simple concept, no? There are losers and there are winners. If "all the Kerry supporters who stayed home" cared enough..they wouldnt have stayed home now would they? You seem to be forgetting the large gains by the Right in Congress, in Governorships and in local elections as well. So Hawke...if "almost 50%" didnt get enough votes..then tough it out and deal with it. Perhaps you might find a 12 step program for your Sore/Loserman issues? Btw..it was more than half the people..and thats all that counts. As in gunfights..there is no second place winner. Deal with it. Deal with the fact the Left is a sinking ship, already deserted by the smart rats, leaving the dumb rats, and the Leftwing extremist fringe kooks to dance to the band as the bow slips under the water. Shrug...your denial is noted..and found a bit pitiful, but as they say..Denial is not a river in Egypt. Learn to live as a minority. It will teach you and yours some well deserved lessons in humility. Gunner "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown Article: 318509 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gunner Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:13:29 GMT On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:21:21 GMT, "Rick" wrote: >"Pagan" wrote in message news:11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com... >> "Hawke" wrote in message >> news:11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com... >> > >> > "Gunner" >> > >> > You have one major flaw in your argument about the people being against >> the >> > Left. In the last election almost 57 million voters cast their votes for >> the >> > Democratic candidate, and I'll guarantee you that a lot more Kerry voters >> > stayed home than Bush voters did. >> >> Cite? > >In 2004 there were 72 million registered Democrats in the U.S., >and 55 million registered Republicans. >http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=424164 > >The GOP literally wheeled people out from retirement homes, >convalescent hospitals, and every other crevice of the U.S. >where they could find easily-misled and even-more-easily- >frightened voters. > And the Left gave booze and cigarettes to the homeless to vote for Kerry. This of course does not count the felons in prisons the Left has bribed into voting..and then there is the Daleys.... Snicker Gunner "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown Article: 318510 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:33:22 -0400 From: -ex- Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> <648pc19ofn45nvefhk86b5j555b19plgv7@4ax.com> Message-ID: Bruce Mercer wrote: > > Jim, > how do you phrase that policy in your listings? How is your fee schedule > structured? > I'm all for passing these fees on but haven't known quite how to go about > it. > Thanks > > Bruce There's nothing technically wrong with passing along fees as a "handling charge" as long as it is stated upfront. What you can't do however, is make the fees specific to those paying via PayPal, credit card or whatever. It has to apply to everybody equally across the board. This whole aspect of add-on charges to "cover my costs of doing business" makes no logical sense. A business-minded person would assure that their "costs" are covered with a minimum bid price or reserve price. Otherwise it smells of petty-gouging. The least the gouger could do is gouge fairly and play by the rules. -Bill Article: 318511 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:34:51 GMT "Gunner" wrote in message news:cmjsc11976tdbvufa45g06pkcu968d8gah@4ax.com... > On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:22:06 GMT, "Rick" wrote: > > >> Perhaps you would care to explain how the US lost? Be specific, use > >> as much whitespace as you desire. > > > >Why were we fighting in Vietnam, and what form of government > >have the Vietnamese people had for the last 30 years? > > > >Be specific, use as much whitespace as you desire. > > Your weasel is noted. Please answer the question. Sure I'll answer your question. Our forces withdrew, Vietnam immediately went under Communist control, and has remained so for the past 30+ years. Now please explain why you think we didn't lose the war. We'll wait patiently for a coherent (if not specific) response. Article: 318512 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:44:13 -0400 From: -ex- Subject: Re: Newbie Question #163,593-F References: Message-ID: Wes Jacson wrote: > question is....Should I just buy 1 watters and not fool with half watters? I couldn't tell you the last time a 1/2-watter has graced my parts bin. I don't work on modern electronics so I have no need for the miniature size and the one-watters only cost about a penny more. Don't need a magnifying glass for reading them :) and I don't have to go second guessing the schematic to make sure its adequate. The larger values are a bit more problematic because of price. The 5-watters at Mouser are what, 49 cents?, and I'm slowly building up a stock. Usually buy 2 or 3 when I need one. Kits aren't really good for this wattage because in old radios the majority of the high wattage resistors are screen resistors in the 10-50k range or power supply resistors in AA5s in the 470-2k range. If you have those standard values in 5-watters you'll rarely need anything else. Same logic, it doesn't make sense to stock up on 2 and 3 watters. My 2c. -Bill Article: 318513 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:07:37 GMT "Pagan" wrote in message news:11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com... > "Rick" wrote in message > news:l3oze.2265$BK1.475@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Pagan" wrote in message > news:11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com... > > > "Hawke" wrote in message > > > news:11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com... > > > > > > > > "Gunner" > > > > > > > > You have one major flaw in your argument about the people being > against > > > the > > > > Left. In the last election almost 57 million voters cast their votes > for > > > the > > > > Democratic candidate, and I'll guarantee you that a lot more Kerry > voters > > > > stayed home than Bush voters did. > > > > > > Cite? > > > > In 2004 there were 72 million registered Democrats in the U.S., > > and 55 million registered Republicans. > > http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=424164 > > And that must mean...Registered Democrats voted for Bush as well. > > Simply because someone registers Democrat doesn't mean they vote Democrat. > Take Northern Florida for example. > > > The GOP literally wheeled people out from retirement homes, > > convalescent hospitals, and every other crevice of the U.S. > > where they could find easily-misled and even-more-easily- > > frightened voters. > > Typical of a Democrat to insult folks because of their age, completely > discounting the fact that the elderly by default have MUCH more experience > with the issues than younger folks. Do you expect these people to avoid > voting at all? If they were so easily misled and frightened, why didn't the > Kerry crown sooth and educate them? Why were they abandoned by the Dems? > > Even if that were the case, I do recall something about Rock the Vote, an > obvious ploy to get ill informed, less educated, mostly liberal youth to > vote Democrat. There were also HUGE drives to get illegals to vote in > California and elsewhere. Then there were the phony news stories bashing > Bush's National Guard service, which didn't work when the LA times did it to > Ahnold, and didn't work against Bush, backfiring nicely in both cases. > > Of course, those tactics failed miserably for Democrats as well, along with > the other dirty tricks I don't have time to include in this post. There's no question the Republicans had (and still have) the better propaganda machine. Hell, they even had (and still have) their own major media networks. 3 1/2 years of relentless (I use that word both advisedly and literally) fear and terror mongering by the Bush administration did wonders to coerce loyalty among the electorate. Or, as Karl Rove once put it, "In war, the polls are always jingoistically celestial." When historians search for reasons why a President who had one of the most disastrous performance records in U.S. history was re-elected to office, the first thing they'll do is go back and read his speeches. Mr. Bush will be noted as the first President ever to be re-elected by orchestrated, relentless fear and terror. If you doubt this, read any Bush or Cheney speech during their first term. Article: 318514 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "truegridtz" References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Subject: and the old farts won Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 06:13:36 -0500 Message-ID: <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> To all of the undaunted, infallible, and scientific masters of radio repair who took the time to use their magnanimous wisdom to accuse me of things that I haven't quite figured out yet. Sorry folks, but I had to make a decision and you were the test specemins. I needed to see how severely you are addicted to hazing people. I could have let you do what you usually do and let you overrun an issue with your standard hazing tactics. Sure, you don't see it that way, but you do this all day long everyday. You live on this NG. To you it is all a big game. You take a potential victim's statements and bounce them off of each other until you have a game of accusation going. Sure, you are going to win. It is usually 20 against one and you have it all rehearsed because you do it all day long. I knew what you were going to do that when you started referring to me as "troll-bait" early on. The standard "audiophool" accusations began to fly. Can you honestly say that you aren't calling someone a fool when you do that? I won't go into the details, but you accused me of many things that were simply generated by your imagination. If that isn't paranoia then what is? One point: the Black Beauty is not simply any molded paper cap. This is the Sprague designation for a Difilm mylar+paper cap. Their PS orange drops were also of the same dielectric well into the 1980s, as was the 118 hermetically sealed cap. You saw an opportunity to haze someone and you used the typical method to make it look like I was trying to sell you on the idea of using leaky paper caps because I thought the sound was superior. This was a totally erroneous perspective generated by YOU. I posted the original message so people around the world who may be interested could benefit from it. It was not intended for you. In close (don't worry, I won't post ever again: you win, you da baddest) I will raise two issues. First, I am quite sure that there are many thousands of people in this world who read the posts on this NG, but haven't the patience and/or stomach for what might await them if they break some of your delusory rules. Thus, this NG remains stale and confined to your personal issues. Your prime purpose for being here seems to be (1) an act of self-deification as some sort of ambassadors of science, and (2) to jump people, haze them, and then act as if you have done nothing. Secondly, I am going to open up a parts website and I needed to decide whether to stay away from this NG and old radios in general. The verdict, absolutely. I have some good stuff (such as hundreds of NOS tapped potentiomers), but I can't take the chance that you will start the haze job if you don't approve of something. I have seen what Bill Turner has endured. This is why I went ahead and pushed against your insults. You are relentlessly devoted to self-deification: far too poisonous for me. I did go back through the posts and there were a few who made objective comments. I thank them for that. So, in behalf of all those in the world who could bring some new blood to this NG......This is not YOUR newsgroup and you have no right to squelch out what you don't like or approve of. You guys need to realize just how rude and uncooperative you really are. No hard feelings, but I have had enough. Onward through the fog. Mark Article: 318515 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> <6NWdndyOpv3s_VPfRVn-gw@comcast.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:34:05 GMT "Bert Robbins" wrote in message news:6NWdndyOpv3s_VPfRVn-gw@comcast.com... > > "Rick" wrote in message > news:Z7tze.5001$8f7.2412@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Pagan" wrote in message > > news:11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com... > >> "Rick" wrote in message > >> news:l3oze.2265$BK1.475@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > >> > "Pagan" wrote in message > >> news:11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com... > >> > > "Hawke" wrote in message > >> > > news:11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com... > >> > > > > >> > > > "Gunner" > >> > > > > >> > > > You have one major flaw in your argument about the people being > >> against > >> > > the > >> > > > Left. In the last election almost 57 million voters cast their > >> > > > votes > >> for > >> > > the > >> > > > Democratic candidate, and I'll guarantee you that a lot more Kerry > >> voters > >> > > > stayed home than Bush voters did. > >> > > > >> > > Cite? > >> > > >> > In 2004 there were 72 million registered Democrats in the U.S., > >> > and 55 million registered Republicans. > >> > http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=424164 > >> > >> And that must mean...Registered Democrats voted for Bush as well. > >> > >> Simply because someone registers Democrat doesn't mean they vote > >> Democrat. > >> Take Northern Florida for example. > >> > >> > The GOP literally wheeled people out from retirement homes, > >> > convalescent hospitals, and every other crevice of the U.S. > >> > where they could find easily-misled and even-more-easily- > >> > frightened voters. > >> > >> Typical of a Democrat to insult folks because of their age, completely > >> discounting the fact that the elderly by default have MUCH more > >> experience > >> with the issues than younger folks. Do you expect these people to avoid > >> voting at all? If they were so easily misled and frightened, why didn't > >> the > >> Kerry crown sooth and educate them? Why were they abandoned by the Dems? > >> > >> Even if that were the case, I do recall something about Rock the Vote, an > >> obvious ploy to get ill informed, less educated, mostly liberal youth to > >> vote Democrat. There were also HUGE drives to get illegals to vote in > >> California and elsewhere. Then there were the phony news stories bashing > >> Bush's National Guard service, which didn't work when the LA times did it > >> to > >> Ahnold, and didn't work against Bush, backfiring nicely in both cases. > >> > >> Of course, those tactics failed miserably for Democrats as well, along > >> with > >> the other dirty tricks I don't have time to include in this post. > > > > There's no question the Republicans had (and still have) the better > > propaganda machine. Hell, they even had (and still have) their > > own major media networks. > > > > 3 1/2 years of relentless (I use that word both advisedly and literally) > > fear and terror mongering by the Bush administration did wonders > > to coerce loyalty among the electorate. Or, as Karl Rove once put > > it, "In war, the polls are always jingoistically celestial." > > > > When historians search for reasons why a President who had one > > of the most disastrous performance records in U.S. history was > > re-elected to office, the first thing they'll do is go back and read his > > speeches. Mr. Bush will be noted as the first President ever to be > > re-elected by orchestrated, relentless fear and terror. If you doubt > > this, read any Bush or Cheney speech during their first term. > > Been to London lately? London? ~40 innocent civilians dead and ~700 injured. Tragic. Been to Iraq lately? ~30,000 innocent civilians dead and ~200,000 injured. Obscene. Article: 318516 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Steve Scott Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> <6NWdndyOpv3s_VPfRVn-gw@comcast.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:01:52 GMT Let's assume for the sake of argument your numbers are correct. Are we to forget the 500,00 to 1,000,000 innocents Saddam killed? They don't count? And again assuming your numbers are correct why do you think they are as they are? We have terrorists waging an inhuman war hiding among the civilian population. BTW, how many civilians died in WWI? WWII? The bottom line is we are fighting for the survival of western civilization and its ideals. On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:34:05 GMT, "Rick" wrote: >Been to Iraq lately? ~30,000 innocent civilians dead and >~200,000 injured. -- Bored? Drive the speed limit... in your garage. Article: 318517 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: beerbarrel Subject: Re: and the old farts won Message-ID: <4arsc1pt7cgpahcd51vkodqfapt0u9a3lt@4ax.com> References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 08:14:29 -0400 I read that thread but did not comment. Don't you think that you took it all a little to personal? I really don't think anyone got on you very hard at all. As far as selling goes in this group, most people are against it and that is what brings the heat upon Bill Turner. I personally don't care but if you take a look at the original charter I think that it rules against it too for the most part. On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 06:13:36 -0500, "truegridtz" wrote: > >To all of the undaunted, infallible, and scientific masters of radio repair >who took the time to use their magnanimous wisdom to accuse me of things >that I haven't quite figured out yet. > > >Sorry folks, but I had to make a decision and you were the test specemins. >I needed to see how severely you are addicted to hazing people. > >I could have let you do what you usually do and let you overrun an issue >with your standard hazing tactics. Sure, you don't see it that way, but you >do this all day long everyday. You live on this NG. To you it is all a big >game. > >You take a potential victim's statements and bounce them off of each other >until you have a game of accusation going. Sure, you are going to win. It >is usually 20 against one and you have it all rehearsed because you do it >all day long. > >I knew what you were going to do that when you started referring to me as >"troll-bait" early on. The standard "audiophool" accusations began to fly. >Can you honestly say that you aren't calling someone a fool when you do >that? > >I won't go into the details, but you accused me of many things that were >simply generated by your imagination. If that isn't paranoia then what is? > >One point: the Black Beauty is not simply any molded paper cap. This is the >Sprague designation for a Difilm mylar+paper cap. Their PS orange drops >were also of the same dielectric well into the 1980s, as was the 118 >hermetically sealed cap. > >You saw an opportunity to haze someone and you used the typical method to >make it look like I was trying to sell you on the idea of using leaky paper >caps because I thought the sound was superior. > >This was a totally erroneous perspective generated by YOU. > >I posted the >original message so people around the world who may be interested could >benefit from it. It was not intended for you. > >In close (don't worry, I won't post ever again: you win, you da baddest) I >will raise two issues. > >First, I am quite sure that there are many thousands of people in this world >who read the posts on this NG, but haven't the patience and/or stomach for >what might await them if they break some of your delusory rules. > >Thus, this NG remains stale and confined to your personal issues. Your >prime purpose for being here seems to be (1) an act of self-deification as >some sort of ambassadors of science, and (2) to jump people, haze them, and >then act as if you have done nothing. > >Secondly, I am going to open up a parts website and I needed to decide >whether to stay away from this NG and old radios in general. The verdict, >absolutely. I have some good stuff (such as hundreds of NOS tapped >potentiomers), but I can't take the chance that you will start the haze job >if you don't approve of something. I have seen what Bill Turner has >endured. This is why I went ahead and pushed against your insults. You are >relentlessly devoted to self-deification: far too poisonous for me. > >I did go back through the posts and there were a few who made objective >comments. I thank them for that. > >So, in behalf of all those in the world who could bring some new blood to >this NG......This is not YOUR newsgroup and you have no right to squelch out >what you don't like or approve of. You guys need to realize just how rude >and uncooperative you really are. > >No hard feelings, but I have had enough. > >Onward through the fog. Mark > > > > > > > > > > > Article: 318518 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Phil Witt Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Message-ID: References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> <648pc19ofn45nvefhk86b5j555b19plgv7@4ax.com> <2sSdnYXgZ4tmgFPfRVn-uA@comcast.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:16:50 -0500 On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 02:30:40 -0400, "Phil B" wrote: >When I see the "PayPal not accepted!" line in an auction, I immediately >bypass it. To me it it is a red flag that this seller has had prior >disputes. Too bad. Can't see why you would feel that way unless you have had a bad experience with PayPal. I put that line in my auctions, not because of any dispute, but because I have had too many people want to pay with PayPal or actually initiating a payment. I do not accept PayPal and do not want-to. BidPay is welcome. Article: 318519 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Phil Witt Subject: Re: and the old farts won Message-ID: References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:23:22 -0500 You troll and then complain when you catch something? So long and thanks for your offer not to return. On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 06:13:36 -0500, "truegridtz" wrote: > >To all of the undaunted, infallible, and scientific masters of radio repair >who took the time to use their magnanimous wisdom to accuse me of things >that I haven't quite figured out yet. > > >Sorry folks, but I had to make a decision and you were the test specemins. >I needed to see how severely you are addicted to hazing people. > >I could have let you do what you usually do and let you overrun an issue >with your standard hazing tactics. Sure, you don't see it that way, but you >do this all day long everyday. You live on this NG. To you it is all a big >game. > >You take a potential victim's statements and bounce them off of each other >until you have a game of accusation going. Sure, you are going to win. It >is usually 20 against one and you have it all rehearsed because you do it >all day long. > >I knew what you were going to do that when you started referring to me as >"troll-bait" early on. The standard "audiophool" accusations began to fly. >Can you honestly say that you aren't calling someone a fool when you do >that? > >I won't go into the details, but you accused me of many things that were >simply generated by your imagination. If that isn't paranoia then what is? > >One point: the Black Beauty is not simply any molded paper cap. This is the >Sprague designation for a Difilm mylar+paper cap. Their PS orange drops >were also of the same dielectric well into the 1980s, as was the 118 >hermetically sealed cap. > >You saw an opportunity to haze someone and you used the typical method to >make it look like I was trying to sell you on the idea of using leaky paper >caps because I thought the sound was superior. > >This was a totally erroneous perspective generated by YOU. > >I posted the >original message so people around the world who may be interested could >benefit from it. It was not intended for you. > >In close (don't worry, I won't post ever again: you win, you da baddest) I >will raise two issues. > >First, I am quite sure that there are many thousands of people in this world >who read the posts on this NG, but haven't the patience and/or stomach for >what might await them if they break some of your delusory rules. > >Thus, this NG remains stale and confined to your personal issues. Your >prime purpose for being here seems to be (1) an act of self-deification as >some sort of ambassadors of science, and (2) to jump people, haze them, and >then act as if you have done nothing. > >Secondly, I am going to open up a parts website and I needed to decide >whether to stay away from this NG and old radios in general. The verdict, >absolutely. I have some good stuff (such as hundreds of NOS tapped >potentiomers), but I can't take the chance that you will start the haze job >if you don't approve of something. I have seen what Bill Turner has >endured. This is why I went ahead and pushed against your insults. You are >relentlessly devoted to self-deification: far too poisonous for me. > >I did go back through the posts and there were a few who made objective >comments. I thank them for that. > >So, in behalf of all those in the world who could bring some new blood to >this NG......This is not YOUR newsgroup and you have no right to squelch out >what you don't like or approve of. You guys need to realize just how rude >and uncooperative you really are. > >No hard feelings, but I have had enough. > >Onward through the fog. Mark > > > > > > > > > > > Article: 318520 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: David Stinson Subject: Re: and the old farts won References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:13:55 GMT truegridtz wrote: > To all of the undaunted, infallible, and scientific masters of radio repair > who took the time to use their magnanimous wisdom to accuse me of things > that I haven't quite (blah blah blah......) Whenever someone says: " *I* don't have a problem! Everyone treats me badly. It's all their fault. I'm a victim. Everyone else here has a problem, but not ME! " Guess who really has the problem...... Article: 318521 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: David Stinson Subject: Re: and the old farts won References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:45:50 GMT If he thinks this group is bad, he hasn't been around much. Some groups are like a big cage full of monkeys. Someone comes by and rattles the cage with a stick and the monkeys start screaming, jumping all over and flinging hand-fulls of dung in every direction (rec.radio.amateur.policy comes to mind). Compared to the raving zoo of many groups, this place is, on balance, friendly, civil and helpful, if populated with a few excentrics. Of course, skewed illogic is expected from one who finds value in statements about how oxygen-free wire in a triode, no-feedback amplifier enhances the chromatic resonance of the galvanic hyperbolian phase angles. And let's not forget how much better a frozen, $800 power cord from "Les_Oreilles_des_Dieux.com" sounds compared to one for $2 from Home Depot. Dave S. Article: 318522 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Message-ID: <42CE8E52.C7C9B0DC@earthlink.net> From: "Michael A. Terrell" Subject: Re: About the "Thanks George" thresd References: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:32:10 GMT Bruce Mercer wrote: > > "Phil B" wrote in message > news:romdnbmststrglPfRVn-tQ@comcast.com... > >I have this thread sort of blocked. I still see the posts, but they are > > flagged. > > > > Because the original post was cross-posted to a bunch of newsgroups, all > > replies from whatever newsgroup appear here. What a mess. > > > > Anybody know how to make this disappear entirely in OE? > > > > Phil B > > > I don't think there is a way to make it disappear completely. I have it > blocked or marked with the symbol of a circle with a line through it. AFAIK > that's all you can do other than to complain to abuse@comcast.net and jump > through a bunch of hoops. It's easier to ignore.... Also, I guess you could > block the individual posters that keep the thread going. (Amen).......... > > If there is something else that can be done, please somebody, post it. > > Bruce Why don't you try a different newsreader? Most of them hide a thread marked "Ignore" if you set it to show "Unread" or "T hreads with unread" Check out Mozilla Thunderbird or the latest Netscape offering to start with. http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/software/winvn/winvn.html is another one you might want to try. -- Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project deleted after threats were telephoned to my church. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida Article: 318523 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Scott W. Harvey" Subject: Re: Newbie Question #163,593-F Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:53:51 -0700 Message-ID: References: -ex- wrote: > Wes Jacson wrote: > >> question is....Should I just buy 1 watters and not fool with half >> watters? > > > I couldn't tell you the last time a 1/2-watter has graced my parts bin. > I don't work on modern electronics so I have no need for the miniature > size and the one-watters only cost about a penny more. Don't need a > magnifying glass for reading them :) and I don't have to go second > guessing the schematic to make sure its adequate. > > The larger values are a bit more problematic because of price. The > 5-watters at Mouser are what, 49 cents?, and I'm slowly building up a > stock. Usually buy 2 or 3 when I need one. Kits aren't really good for > this wattage because in old radios the majority of the high wattage > resistors are screen resistors in the 10-50k range or power supply > resistors in AA5s in the 470-2k range. If you have those standard > values in 5-watters you'll rarely need anything else. Same logic, it > doesn't make sense to stock up on 2 and 3 watters. I would tend to want to replace a failed resistor with the exact same wattage as the original. Here's why: Every once in a while an old radio will turn up in unrestored condition that will have resistors that have burned up or changed value because they have been stressed. The resistors typically exhibit this condition for only two reasons-either there is some circuit failure in the radio or some idiot has monkeyed with the set in some detrimental way. Given that most old radios have had some sort of repair work done on them in the past, it can be impossible to determine which cause. In the normal course of a restoration (recapping, off-value resistors checked and replaced, etc.) most of these problems will likely be eliminated by default, but some may not be. Now suppose you have a condition where the circuitry is not quite right-there is enough current flowing in the wrong places to burn up a half watter, but not enough to burn up a one-watter. Now suppose that you use a one-watter in place of the original half-watter. Things will appear to be alright because the resistor no longer fries, but the problem is still there, waiting until you get the chassis back in the cabinet to wreak havoc. The half-watt originlly spec'ed would have burned, alerting the you that something was still amiss. This is not a hypothetical situation-I have been bitten in the ass a couple of times because of this. I do agree with you that the price spread between the two values is not significant-unless you have a rare situation where a lot of resistors need to be replaced (I had a National HRO-50 on my bench last year that had 99% of its resistors out of tolerance!) -Scott Article: 318525 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 08:10:59 -0700 Message-ID: <3j7jc4Fojt0gU2@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> Gort wrote: > Obviously you do not. > > amen. Article: 318526 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: goodguyy@webtv.net (Ken G.) Subject: Re: About the "Thanks George" thresd Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:05:44 -0600 Message-ID: <21512-42CE9648-431@storefull-3254.bay.webtv.net> References: Yes block the whole newsgroup :-) `ducking ` Article: 318527 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Michael Hamilton" References: <0bhze.5$9S1.4@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Subject: Re: looking for old Pop Science article Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:25:29 GMT That's odd, because I searched through pages of Google results with hardly anything relevant. Thanks for the link, it looks like they are all good results. I'll go through and search again using the keywords you used. Thanks again, -Michael "jim menning" wrote in message news:Cqize.8$9S1.2@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... > > You're welcome. All I did was enter your phrase "Cadillac's 368 > modulated displacement engine" in the Google search box, and that > article was referenced on the first link displayed. > > If you do the following search, you may have some luck: > http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&q=Cadillac+368+engine&qt_s=Search > > jim menning Article: 318528 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Brian Hill" References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Subject: Re: and the old farts won Message-ID: Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:49:56 -0500 Sounds like Mark needs to spend a little more time with men so he can get his skin a little tougher. B.H. Article: 318529 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: David Stinson Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> <648pc19ofn45nvefhk86b5j555b19plgv7@4ax.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:07:15 GMT PayPal offers a service. They must pay their rent and feed their children, just as I must. I get paid, and they deserve to be paid for their efforts, too. PayPal offers me fast turn-around on my money with reasonable security that makes pain-in-the-neck, archaic brick-n-morter bank checks look like Paleolithic fossils. PayPal has never made a mistake with my account (knock wood), which I can't say for my "Flintstone" bank. They pay honest-to-God interest on my account without eating twice that much in "service charges." And have you calculated the true costs of getting in your car and burning $2.60 gas to go buy a $2 money order for a $25 item? Not to mention your irreplaceable and precious time. 3%?? Gimme! Dave S. Article: 318530 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> <648pc19ofn45nvefhk86b5j555b19plgv7@4ax.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:24:57 GMT David Stinson wrote: > PayPal offers a service. As opposed to the USPS that insists I drive to a post office with inadequate parking, get in a line that is longer than it needs to be because over half of the service windows are closed, pay EXTRA for a money order, stamps and postage, then mail it off and wait a week or two for it to get delivered and clear at the other end. You're casting pearls before the swine Dave. These are the same people that insist that UPS and eBay are at fault for people that can't or won't pack things properly. These are the Luddites that insist than anything that makes life simpler is bad and evil. The best you can do with them is give them a Marie Calendar pie tin to wear on their heads to protect them from the new world order brain control rays. Note: Tinfoil works http://johnf-ingkerry.com/ but the Marie Calendar pie tins are the best. Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin "A life lived in fear is a life half lived." Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom" Article: 318531 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:35:40 -0400 From: -ex- Subject: Re: Newbie Question #163,593-F References: Message-ID: <21658$42ceab5f$4232bd61$10039@COQUI.NET> Scott W. Harvey wrote: > -ex- wrote: > > I would tend to want to replace a failed resistor with the exact same > wattage as the original. Here's why: > > Every once in a while an old radio will turn up in unrestored condition > that will have resistors that have burned up or changed value because > they have been stressed. The resistors typically exhibit this condition > for only two reasons-either there is some circuit failure in the radio > or some idiot has monkeyed with the set in some detrimental way. Given > that most old radios have had some sort of repair work done on them in > the past, it can be impossible to determine which cause. > > In the normal course of a restoration (recapping, off-value resistors > checked and replaced, etc.) most of these problems will likely be > eliminated by default, but some may not be. > > Now suppose you have a condition where the circuitry is not quite > right-there is enough current flowing in the wrong places to burn up a > half watter, but not enough to burn up a one-watter. Now suppose that > you use a one-watter in place of the original half-watter. Things will > appear to be alright because the resistor no longer fries, but the > problem is still there, waiting until you get the chassis back in the > cabinet to wreak havoc. The half-watt originlly spec'ed would have > burned, alerting the you that something was still amiss. Scott, with all due respect I'd think you'd recognize that explanation as a blip in trouble-shooting or restoration techniques rather than a justification for using same-wattage resistors. > > This is not a hypothetical situation-I have been bitten in the ass a > couple of times because of this. I can't disagree that it *could* happen. A condition that would cause a 1/2-watter to burn would certainly cause a one-watter to overheat very noticeably and a guy *should* notice that. > > I do agree with you that the price spread between the two values is not > significant-unless you have a rare situation where a lot of resistors > need to be replaced (I had a National HRO-50 on my bench last year that > had 99% of its resistors out of tolerance!) > > -Scott If I had a single, large specific project to work on and could make a specific parts list I too would probably take advantage of the less expensive resistors. -Bill Article: 318532 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:56:55 -0700 Message-ID: <3j7pioFomthaU1@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> Gort wrote: > There's more in cemeteries than in hospitals. > > > amen. Article: 318533 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <1120746141.999931.127190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1120775352.521512.327440@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1120818194.458945.43510@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: 1937 Crosley Console 1129/1199 Schematics.. Message-ID: <2hyze.68$9S1.57@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:58:38 GMT "SHOCKLEY" wrote in message news:1120818194.458945.43510@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > I believe that I have found my error.. It appears that I actually > have > a Model # 926 Crosley instead of an 1126, because the Schematics > listed > by Rider does indeed match my Chassis... The fact that the Model # > plate was hard to make out combined with the fact that the Model 926 > Looks exactly like the model 1126 externally contributed to my > error.. > Great Larry, glad you solved the mystery. I hope I didn't sound too rude in my earlier responses, but the more (correct) information you can supply, the easier it is for us to help you. And that's exactly what many of us here try to do. The fact that you said the schematics didn't match really had me confused! > I apologise for insulting anyone or wasting their time.... No problem. Had nothing else to do anyway. > I again apologise for my ignorance and sincerely appreciate any help > that anyone might be able to give me.. > No need to apologize, you made a simple mistake, and we've all learned >from it. Now what did you mean by "bypassing" a condenser? Did they tack on a replacement on top of it without removing the original, or do you mean they shorted across it, or something else all together? Often in the old days they would tack a replacement directly across the old caps. This we now know can lead to future problems, so now as a standard practice many of us will generally remove at least one end of the original capacitors from the circuit, if not remove the entire capacitor. Sometimes it is easier to leave the old ones in place to use as a mounting point for the replacements, rather than floating solder joints in the air. As you get into the hobby more, you'll see that many of the older "tricks of the trade" make it guesswork to figure out what the previous repairmen may have done to a radio. But that's what we're here for, to help figure out these things for each other when we get stumped. Feel free to ask anytime you need help, and good luck with your Crosley! jim menning Article: 318534 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <1120746141.999931.127190@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1120775352.521512.327440@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: 1937 Crosley Console 1129/1199 Schematics.. Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:59:57 GMT "Phil B" wrote in message news:S7mdneU87aZAk1PfRVn-uA@comcast.com... > "jim menning" wrote > >> There's one shown on the right side of the Rider schematic, and its >> operating description is on the previous page. > > I looked at the Riders on Nostalgiaair. I didn't find the 1129, but > I > happened to look at the 1136 listing which brings up the Riders for > model 1336 (whew!). > http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel/240/M0003240.pdf I think part of the confusion is that Larry listed "1129" in the header and probably had people looking for that model, which apparently doesn't exist, but reading the text of his message he was really asking for a schematic for a model "1126". The later realization that he actually has an "926" model explains why he thought all the schematics he had seen were in error. > > Anyway it has the "auto expressionator". There doesn't seem to be a > description of operation on this model, but looking at the > schematic, it > appears to be an attempt at audio dynamic range expansion. You were in the right neighborhood there Phil. The brief description I saw of the circuit is in Rider's 8-40, the model 1126 is covered on pages 8-41 through 8-44. The one you found is just a little beyond that, pages 8-49 through 8-52. The 926 Larry has is on pages 8-35 & 8-36. We were all so close... Anyway, Larry now has what he feels is the correct schematic, and can now dive into the chassis and get that baby working! :o) jim menning Article: 318535 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Subject: Re: and the old farts won Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:07:49 GMT "David Stinson" wrote in message news:n_uze.5012$8f7.4326@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > Whenever someone says: > > " *I* don't have a problem! Everyone treats me badly. > It's all their fault. I'm a victim. > Everyone else here has a problem, but not ME! " > > Guess who really has the problem...... heh, heh... I thought you were talking about someone else in this group for a minute. jim menning Article: 318536 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: David Stinson Subject: Re: and the old farts won References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:09:57 GMT jim menning wrote: > I thought you were talking about someone else in this group for a > minute. Well, the "shoe" can fit more than one, and if the shoe fits.... ;-) Article: 318537 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <0ykze.227$dU3.72@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> Subject: Re: What Are They Thinking?? Message-ID: <8xyze.71$9S1.25@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:15:48 GMT "Tim Mullen" wrote in message news:daksvd$5d8$1@reader2.panix.com... > > A friend sold a large disk array a few years back and, in > frustration > over picking a name that wasn't already in use, wound up with > something > like "whydoyoumakethissohard" as a user ID. And then there was the nut-case from this group that had "whathaveidonetodeservethis" as his eBay ID for a while. Kind of appropriate for him, I think. jim menning Article: 318538 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "truegridtz" References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Subject: old farts cruise victory lane Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:40:57 -0500 Message-ID: <42ceb94e$0$2231$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> "Brian Hill" wrote in message news:Egxze.6289$zA.4856@fe04.lga... > > Sounds like Mark needs to spend a little more time with men Nope "Someone comes by and rattles the cage with a stick and the monkeys start screaming, jumping all over and flinging hand-fulls of dung in every direction" Youreeka. > Article: 318539 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Jeffrey D Angus Subject: Re: What Are They Thinking?? References: <0ykze.227$dU3.72@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <8xyze.71$9S1.25@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com> <1120844791.076841.55850@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:54:58 GMT ---------- wrote: [typical mindless drivel as usual ] I thought you told servinet you'd stop posting to RAR+P. Or does posting your crap through google not count? Jeff -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin "A life lived in fear is a life half lived." Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom" Article: 318540 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "jim menning" References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ceb94e$0$2231$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> Subject: Re: old farts cruise victory lane Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:29:39 GMT "truegridtz" wrote in message news:42ceb94e$0$2231$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org... > In close (don't worry, I won't post ever again: you win, you > da baddest) ... That didn't last long. :o( jim menning Article: 318541 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> <6NWdndyOpv3s_VPfRVn-gw@comcast.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:37:43 GMT "Steve Scott" wrote in message news:biqsc19aiclnes02cfssrhvtqvipsjbrkd@4ax.com... > Let's assume for the sake of argument your numbers are correct. Are > we to forget the 500,00 to 1,000,000 innocents Saddam killed? They > don't count? > > And again assuming your numbers are correct why do you think they are > as they are? We have terrorists waging an inhuman war hiding among > the civilian population. > > BTW, how many civilians died in WWI? WWII? The bottom line is we are > fighting for the survival of western civilization and its ideals. I can't believe anyone is stupid enough to believe such nonsense. We've been through revolution, civil war, two world wars, a 40-year nuclear cold war, and have been under constant threat of attack from both inside and outside our country ever since its founding, and yet 19 clowns with box cutters are threatening our civilization and ideals? Congrats, Bush, Cheney and Rove love you. As Bugs said, what a gulla-bull. Article: 318542 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Steve Scott Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> <6NWdndyOpv3s_VPfRVn-gw@comcast.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:56:06 GMT Do a little light reading. Try some of the Quran. While you're at it read up on Wahabbism. Try reading something other than the op ed page of the New York Times. On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:37:43 GMT, "Rick" wrote: >"Steve Scott" wrote in message news:biqsc19aiclnes02cfssrhvtqvipsjbrkd@4ax.com... >> Let's assume for the sake of argument your numbers are correct. Are >> we to forget the 500,00 to 1,000,000 innocents Saddam killed? They >> don't count? >> >> And again assuming your numbers are correct why do you think they are >> as they are? We have terrorists waging an inhuman war hiding among >> the civilian population. >> >> BTW, how many civilians died in WWI? WWII? The bottom line is we are >> fighting for the survival of western civilization and its ideals. > >I can't believe anyone is stupid enough to believe such nonsense. > >We've been through revolution, civil war, two world wars, a >40-year nuclear cold war, and have been under constant threat >of attack from both inside and outside our country ever since its >founding, and yet 19 clowns with box cutters are threatening >our civilization and ideals? > >Congrats, Bush, Cheney and Rove love you. > >As Bugs said, what a gulla-bull. > > -- Bored? Drive the speed limit... in your garage. Article: 318543 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: paulSPAM@paulsherwin.co.uk (Paul Sherwin) Subject: Re: Shipping UK to US Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:10:09 GMT Message-ID: <42cece25.37516826@news.demon.co.uk> References: <1120847849.851090.23930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> On 8 Jul 2005 11:37:29 -0700, tschw10117@aol.com wrote: >Could one of our UK friends enlighten me? Why does it cost so much to >ship a radio - or any item for that matter - to the US? I'm being >quoted 40 UKP to ship a 5kg package to the US. Seems like sooooo much. >I know I can ship an item there for 1/2 of that easily. That sounds on the low side for tracked guaranteed delivery outside NY. I guess it's expensive because of the air freight.. It's easy enough to check the prices on http://www.parcelforce.com, http://www.ups.com or http://www.fedex.com. They're all pretty much the same. Best regards, Paul -- Paul Sherwin Consulting http://paulsherwin.co.uk From stephanie-at-gordsven-dot-com Sat Jul 9 09:23:57 EDT 2005 Article: 318544 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Newsgroups: rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Stephanie Weil Subject: Re: Shipping UK to US References: <1120847849.851090.23930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: stephanie-at-gordsven-dot-com Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 13 Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:13:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.65.49.245 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.nyc.rr.com 1120850028 66.65.49.245 (Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:13:48 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:13:48 EDT Organization: Road Runner - NYC Path: news1.isis.unc.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!cyclone.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-out.nyc.rr.com!twister.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: news1.isis.unc.edu rec.antiques.radio+phono:318544 In article <1120847849.851090.23930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, tschw10117@aol.com wrote: > quoted 40 UKP to ship a 5kg package to the US. Seems like sooooo much. > I know I can ship an item there for 1/2 of that easily. Is it like the priority air-mail or the regular mail that goes by mail? Wonder if the devaluated American dollar has anything to do with that. -- Stephanie Weil New York City, U.S.A. Article: 318545 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> <6NWdndyOpv3s_VPfRVn-gw@comcast.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:28:17 GMT "Steve Scott" wrote in message news:gsitc19tg408f2ibgstrrrveirp88ooj7n@4ax.com... > Do a little light reading. Try some of the Quran. While you're at it > read up on Wahabbism. I see your Wahhabism and raise you a Kahanism. Clueless religious zealotry and fundamentalism isn't limited to Islam, and I suspect if you were e.g. an Iraqi who had a family member murdered by US/UK forces, or a Palestinian who was thrown out of his house and had his land bulldozed you'd feel differently about the situation. > Try reading something other than the op ed page of the New York Times. Try watching something other than Fox News and MSNBC, and listening to someone other than Rush Limbaugh. > On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:37:43 GMT, "Rick" wrote: > > >"Steve Scott" wrote in message news:biqsc19aiclnes02cfssrhvtqvipsjbrkd@4ax.com... > >> Let's assume for the sake of argument your numbers are correct. Are > >> we to forget the 500,00 to 1,000,000 innocents Saddam killed? They > >> don't count? > >> > >> And again assuming your numbers are correct why do you think they are > >> as they are? We have terrorists waging an inhuman war hiding among > >> the civilian population. > >> > >> BTW, how many civilians died in WWI? WWII? The bottom line is we are > >> fighting for the survival of western civilization and its ideals. > > > >I can't believe anyone is stupid enough to believe such nonsense. > > > >We've been through revolution, civil war, two world wars, a > >40-year nuclear cold war, and have been under constant threat > >of attack from both inside and outside our country ever since its > >founding, and yet 19 clowns with box cutters are threatening > >our civilization and ideals? > > > >Congrats, Bush, Cheney and Rove love you. > > > >As Bugs said, what a gulla-bull. > > > > > > > -- > Bored? Drive the speed limit... in > your garage. > > > > Article: 318546 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:43:06 -0700 Message-ID: <3j83abFoshn1U1@individual.net> References: <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> <6NWdndyOpv3s_VPfRVn-gw@comcast.com> Rick wrote: > I see your Wahhabism and raise you a Kahanism. > amen. Article: 318547 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:52:22 -0700 Message-ID: <3j83rnFottp8U2@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <_rGdnbvuEN-6rFHfRVn-gg@comcast.com> <11cqh439sk7def2@corp.supernews.com> <42cd53d6$0$251$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> arizona wrote: > > you are so LAME! > amen. Article: 318548 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Lou deGonzague Subject: Silver mica disease Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:54:22 GMT Apparently this has been around a while. See my post on the binaries for a 1958 GE Techni-Talk article. Article: 318549 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gunner Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:54:11 GMT On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:34:51 GMT, "Rick" wrote: >"Gunner" wrote in message news:cmjsc11976tdbvufa45g06pkcu968d8gah@4ax.com... >> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:22:06 GMT, "Rick" wrote: >> >> >> Perhaps you would care to explain how the US lost? Be specific, use >> >> as much whitespace as you desire. >> > >> >Why were we fighting in Vietnam, and what form of government >> >have the Vietnamese people had for the last 30 years? >> > >> >Be specific, use as much whitespace as you desire. >> >> Your weasel is noted. Please answer the question. > >Sure I'll answer your question. Our forces withdrew, Vietnam >immediately went under Communist control, and has remained >so for the past 30+ years. Correct..sorta. Our forced withdrew due to public opinion. We left the South winning the war quite handily. Then the Democrats cut off the funding for military needs of the South. They ran out of bullets, bombs, fuel, and other necessary war materials. TWO years later the North overran the Southern forces who couldnt even shoot at them for lack of bullets in many cases. Public opinion btw..formed by lies and half truths by the Big Media..the same group of people who claimed that the horrendous defeat the Communists suffered during Tet '68, was a major loss for the US. You Im sure are aware that Giap and Co. were ready to give up after Tet? Then the Leftists in the US changed US opinion via their media lies..and gave Giap heart again. I strongly suggest you read Giaps memoirs..they are fascinating reading Quote from General Giap (NV top General during the war) from his book "How We Won the War", published in 1985. "We came close to surrendering several times, but groups in the US like (John Kerry's) Veterans Against the War gave us hope." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0916894010/ref=pd_sim_b_1/002-4153118-6662413?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance Its also online but in French. Google is your friend. The capstone of the issue was when the now admittedly biased Walter Conkite went on tv and states " I can no longer support the war"..a man whom everyone believed once called " The most trusted man in America" ..but turned out later to have been a strongly biased Leftist. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/le20030904.shtml http://www.24hourscholar.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200304/ai_n9168193 > >Now please explain why you think we didn't lose the war. >We'll wait patiently for a coherent (if not specific) response. > How does winning every battle, forcing the enemy to come to terms time after time constitute Losing a War? The war was not lost in Vietnam..it was lost in the US..and it was orcastrated by editors and programming heads of tv networks. You really are an ignorant buffoon, arnt you? Your grasp of history is composed of soundbytes and revisionist history, it would appear. Must be that "modern liberal education" you got. Gunner "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown Article: 318550 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:14:19 -0700 Message-ID: <3j854sFoql39U2@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <11crua8bdu6h565@corp.supernews.com> <11cs16s8oh85l80@corp.supernews.com> <1gmtc11m6533ur9ujmhnbjpad274363bqt@4ax.com> Gunner wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:03:49 GMT, Gunner > wrote: > > >>On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:48:43 -0700, "Pagan" >>wrote: >> >> >>>Most folks think the 'war' started on 9/11. Personally, I feel the war >>>started with the USS Cole, the Embassy bombings, the numerous plane >>>highjackings and bombings, and so forth, for the past 40 friggin years. >>> >>>I, for one, am sick of Americans getting blown up for the sake of a bunch of >>>wackos in the Middle East. >> >>Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology > > > > For the sake of argument..Ive revised the list and removed all > terrorist attacks NOT committed by Islamic Extremists. > > Lets see again, what you Leftist fringe kooks and terrorist supporters > are claiming Bush is responsible for, shall we? Below are only attacks > committed by Islamic extremists...... > > >>Attack on the Munich Airport, February 10, 1970: Three terrorists >>attacked El Al passengers in a bus at the Munich Airport with guns and >>grenades. One passenger was killed and 11 were injured. All three >>terrorists were captured by airport police. The Action Organization >>for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Democratic Front for >>the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack. >> > > >>Munich Olympic Massacre, September 5, 1972: Eight Palestinian "Black >>September" terrorists seized eleven Israeli athletes in the Olympic >>Village in Munich, West Germany. In a bungled rescue attempt by West >>German authorities, nine of the hostages and five terrorists were >>killed. >> >>Ambassador to Sudan Assassinated, March 2, 1973: U.S. Ambassador to >>Sudan Cleo A. Noel and other diplomats were assassinated at the Saudi >>Arabian Embassy in Khartoum by members of the Black September >>organization. >> > > >>Attack and Hijacking at the Rome Airport, December 17, 1973: Five >>terrorists pulled weapons from their luggage in the terminal lounge at >>the Rome airport, killing two persons. They then attacked a Pan >>American 707 bound for Beirut and Tehran, destroying it with >>incendiary grenades and killing 29 persons, including 4 senior >>Moroccan officials and 14 American employees of ARAMCO. They then >>herded 5 Italian hostages into a Lufthansa airliner and killed an >>Italian customs agent as he tried to escape, after which they forced >>the pilot to fly to Beirut. After Lebanese authorities refused to let >>the plane land, it landed in Athens, where the terrorists demanded the >>release of 2 Arab terrorists. In order to make Greek authorities >>comply with their demands, the terrorists killed a hostage and threw >>his body onto the tarmac. The plane then flew to Damascus, where it >>stopped for two hours to obtain fuel and food. It then flew to Kuwait, >>where the terrorists released their hostages in return for passage to >>an unknown destination. The Palestine Liberation Organization >>disavowed the attack, and no group claimed responsibility for it. >> > > >>Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976: Members of the Baader-Meinhof >>Group and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) >>seized an Air France airliner and its 258 passengers. They forced the >>plane to land in Uganda. On July 3 Israeli commandos successfully >>rescued the passengers. >> > > >>Ambassador to Afghanistan Assassinated, February 14, 1979: Four >>Afghans kidnapped U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs in Kabul and demanded >>the release of various "religious figures." Dubs was killed, along >>with four alleged terrorists, when Afghan police stormed the hotel >>room where he was being held. >> >>Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979: After President Carter agreed >>to admit the Shah of Iran into the US, Iranian radicals seized the >>U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. >>Thirteen hostages were soon released, but the remaining 53 were held >>until their release on January 20, 1981. >> >>Grand Mosque Seizure, November 20, 1979: 200 Islamic terrorists seized >>the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, taking hundreds of pilgrims >>hostage. Saudi and French security forces retook the shrine after an >>intense battle in which some 250 people were killed and 600 wounded. >> > > >>Assassination of Egyptian President, October 6, 1981: Soldiers who >>were secretly members of the Takfir Wal-Hajira sect attacked and >>killed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a troop review. >> > > >>Assassination of Lebanese President, September 14, 1982: President >>Bashir Gemayel was assassinated by a car bomb parked outside his >>party’s Beirut headquarters. >> >>1983 > > >>Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983: Sixty-three people, >>including the CIA’s Middle East director, were killed and 120 were >>injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy >>in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983: Simultaneous >>suicide truck-bomb attacks were made on American and French compounds >>in Beirut, Lebanon. A 12,000-pound bomb destroyed the U.S. compound, >>killing 242 Americans, while 58 French troops were killed when a >>400-pound device destroyed a French base. Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >> >> >>1984 >> >>Kidnapping of Embassy Official, March 16, 1984: The Islamic Jihad >>kidnapped and later murdered Political Officer William Buckley in >>Beirut, Lebanon. Other U.S. citizens not connected to the U.S. >>government were seized over a succeeding two-year period. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Spain, April 12, 1984: Eighteen U.S. servicemen >>were killed and 83 people were injured in a bomb attack on a >>restaurant near a U.S. Air Force Base in Torrejon, Spain. >> > > >>1985 >> > > >>TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was >>hijacked en route to Rome from Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah >>terrorists and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 >>passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American >>hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to >>Algiers, the aircraft was returned to Beirut after Israel released 435 >>Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners. >> > > >>Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped, September 30, 1985: In Beirut, Lebanon, >>Sunni terrorists kidnapped four Soviet diplomats. One was killed but >>three were later released. >> >>Achille Lauro Hijacking, October 7, 1985: Four Palestinian Liberation >>Front terrorists seized the Italian cruise liner in the eastern >>Mediterranean Sea, taking more than 700 hostages. One U.S. passenger >>was murdered before the Egyptian government offered the terrorists >>safe haven in return for the hostages’ freedom. >> >>Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, November 23, 1985: An EgyptAir airplane >>bound from Athens to Malta and carrying several U.S. citizens was >>hijacked by the Abu Nidal Group. >> >>Airport Attacks in Rome and Vienna, December 27, 1985: Four gunmen >>belonging to the Abu Nidal Organization attacked the El Al and Trans >>World Airlines ticket counters at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport >>with grenades and automatic rifles. Thirteen persons were killed and >>75 were wounded before Italian police and Israeli security guards >>killed three of the gunmen and captured the fourth. Three more Abu >>Nidal gunmen attacked the El Al ticket counter at Vienna’s Schwechat >>Airport, killing three persons and wounding 30. Austrian police killed >>one of the gunmen and captured the others. >> >>1986 >> >>Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986: A Palestinian splinter >>group detonated a bomb as TWA Flight 840 approached Athens airport, >>killing four U.S. citizens. >> >>Berlin Discothèque Bombing, April 5, 1986: Two U.S. soldiers were >>killed and 79 American servicemen were injured in a Libyan bomb attack >>on a nightclub in West Berlin, West Germany. In retaliation U.S. >>military jets bombed targets in and around Tripoli and Benghazi. >> > > >>1987 >> > > >>1988 >> >>Kidnapping of William Higgins, February 17, 1988: U.S. Marine Corps >>Lieutenant Colonel W. Higgins was kidnapped and murdered by the >>Iranian-backed Hizballah group while serving with the United Nations >>Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) in southern Lebanon. >> >>Naples USO Attack, April 14, 1988: The Organization of Jihad Brigades >>exploded a car-bomb outside a USO Club in Naples, Italy, killing one >>U.S. sailor. >> > > >>Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988: Pan American Airlines Flight >>103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, by a bomb believed to have >>been placed on the aircraft by Libyan terrorists in Frankfurt, West >>Germany. All 259 people on board were killed. >> >>1989 >> > > >>Bombing of UTA Flight 772, September 19, 1989: A bomb explosion >>destroyed UTA Flight 772 over the Sahara Desert in southern Niger >>during a flight from Brazzaville to Paris. All 170 persons aboard were >>killed. Six Libyans were later found guilty in absentia and sentenced >>to life imprisonment. >> > > >>1990 >> > > >>1991 >> >>Attempted Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Posts, January 18-19, 1991: Iraqi >>agents planted bombs at the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia’s home >>residence and at the USIS library in Manila. >> > > >>Assassination of former Indian Prime Minister, May 21, 1991: A female >>member of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) killed herself, >>Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and 16 others by detonating an explosive >>vest after presenting a garland of flowers to the former Prime >>Minister during an election rally in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. >> >>1992 >> > > >>Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992: Hizballah >>claimed responsibility for a blast that leveled the Israeli Embassy in >>Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing the deaths of 29 and wounding 242. >> >> >> >>1993 > > >>World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center >>in New York City was badly damaged when a car bomb planted by Islamic >>terrorists exploded in an underground garage. The bomb left 6 people >>dead and 1,000 injured. The men carrying out the attack were followers >>of Umar Abd al-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric who preached in the New York >>City area. >> >>Attempted Assassination of President Bush by Iraqi Agents, April 14, >>1993: The Iraqi intelligence service attempted to assassinate former >>U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait. In retaliation, >>the U.S. launched a cruise missile attack 2 months later on the Iraqi >>capital Baghdad. >> >>1994 >> >>Hebron Massacre, February 25, 1994: Jewish right-wing extremist and >>U.S. citizen Baruch Goldstein machine-gunned Moslem worshippers at a >>mosque in West Bank town of Hebron, killing 29 and wounding about 150. >> > > >>Air France Hijacking, December 24, 1994: Members of the Armed Islamic >>Group seized an Air France Flight to Algeria. The four terrorists were >>killed during a rescue effort. >> >>1995 >> >>Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan, March 8, 1995: Two unidentified >>gunmen killed two U.S. diplomats and wounded a third in Karachi, >>Pakistan. >> > > >>Kashmiri Hostage-taking, July 4, 1995: In India six foreigners, >>including two U.S. citizens, were taken hostage by Al-Faran, a >>Kashmiri separatist group. One non-U.S. hostage was later found >>beheaded. >> >>Jerusalem Bus Attack, August 21, 1995: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the detonation of a bomb that killed 6 and injured over 100 >>persons, including several U.S. citizens. >> >>Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow, September 13, 1995: A >>rocket-propelled grenade was fired through the window of the U.S. >>Embassy in Moscow, ostensibly in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Serb >>positions in Bosnia. >> >>Saudi Military Installation Attack, November 13, 1995: The Islamic >>Movement of Change planted a bomb in a Riyadh military compound that >>killed one U.S. citizen, several foreign national employees of the >>U.S. government, and over 40 others. >> >>Egyptian Embassy Attack, November 19, 1995: A suicide bomber drove a >>vehicle into the Egyptian Embassy compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, >>killing at least 16 and injuring 60 persons. Three militant Islamic >>groups claimed responsibility. >> >>1996 >> > > >>Tamil Tigers Attack, January 31, 1996: Members of the Liberation >>Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rammed an explosives-laden truck into the >>Central Bank in the heart of downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 90 >>civilians and injuring more than 1,400 others, including 2 US >>citizens. >> > > >>Athens Embassy Attack, February 15, 1996: Unidentified assailants >>fired a rocket at the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens, causing minor >>damage to three diplomatic vehicles and some surrounding buildings. >>Circumstances of the attack suggested it was an operation carried out >>by the 17 November group. >> > > >>HAMAS Bus Attack, February 26, 1996: In Jerusalem, a suicide bomber >>blew up a bus, killing 26 persons, including three U.S. citizens, and >>injuring some 80 persons, including three other US citizens. >> >>Dizengoff Center Bombing, March 4, 1996: HAMAS and the Palestine >>Islamic Jihad (PIJ) both claimed responsibility for a bombing outside >>of Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall that killed 20 persons and injured >>75 others, including 2 U.S. citizens. >> >>West Bank Attack, May 13, 1996: Arab gunmen opened fire on a bus and a >>group of Yeshiva students near the Bet El settlement, killing a dual >>U.S./Israeli citizen and wounding three Israelis. No one claimed >>responsibility for the attack, but HAMAS was suspected. >> > > >>Zekharya Attack, June 9, 1996: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a >>car near Zekharya, killing a dual U.S./Israeli citizen and an Israeli. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was >>suspected. >> > > >>Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996: A fuel truck carrying a bomb >>exploded outside the US military's Khobar Towers housing facility in >>Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, >>including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility >>for the attack. >> > > >>Bombing of Archbishop of Oran, August 1, 1996: A bomb exploded at the >>home of the French Archbishop of Oran, killing him and his chauffeur. >>The attack occurred after the Archbishop's meeting with the French >>Foreign Minister. The Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected. >> > > >>PUK Kidnapping, September 13, 1996: In Iraq, Patriotic Union of >>Kurdistan (PUK) militants kidnapped four French workers for >>Pharmaciens Sans Frontieres, a Canadian United Nations High >>Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) official, and two Iraqis. >> > > > >>Paris Subway Explosion, December 3, 1996: A bomb exploded aboard a >>Paris subway train as it arrived at the Port Royal station, killing >>two French nationals, a Moroccan, and a Canadian, and injuring 86 >>persons. Among those injured were one U.S. citizen and a Canadian. No >>one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are >>suspected. >> > > >>1997 >> >>Egyptian Letter Bombs, January 2-13, 1997: A series of letter bombs >>with Alexandria, Egypt, postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat >>newspaper bureaus in Washington, New York City, London, and Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were >>found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal >>experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat >>office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor >>damage. >> >>Tajik Hostage Abductions, February 4-17, 1997: Near Komsomolabad, >>Tajikistan, a paramilitary group led by Bakhrom Sodirov abducted four >>United Nations (UN) military observers. The victims included two >>Swiss, one Austrian, one Ukrainian, and their Tajik interpreter. The >>kidnappers demanded safe passage for their supporters from Afghanistan >>to Tajikistan. In four separate incidents occurring between Dushanbe >>and Garm, Bakhrom Sodirov and his group kidnapped two International >>Committee for the Red Cross members, four Russian journalists and >>their Tajik driver, four UNHCR members, and the Tajik Security >>Minister, Saidamir Zukhurov. >> > > >>Empire State Building Sniper Attack, February 23, 1997: A Palestinian >>gunman opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire >>State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and >>wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland, and >>France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried >>by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the >>"enemies of Palestine." >> > > >>Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, September 4, 1997: Three suicide >>bombers of HAMAS detonated bombs in the Ben Yehuda shopping mall in >>Jerusalem, killing eight persons, including the bombers, and wounding >>nearly 200 others. A dual U.S./Israeli citizen was among the dead, and >>7 U.S. citizens were wounded. >> > > >>Yemeni Kidnappings, October 30, 1997: Al-Sha'if tribesmen kidnapped a >>U.S. businessman near Sanaa. The tribesmen sought the release of two >>fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several >>public works projects they claim the government promised them. They >>released the hostage on November 27. >> >>Murder of U.S. Businessmen in Pakistan, November 12, 1997: Two >>unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas >>Petroleum Corporation and their Pakistani driver after they drove away > >>from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. The Islami Inqilabi Council, or > >>Islamic Revolutionary Council, claimed responsibility in a call to the >>U.S. Consulate in Karachi. In a letter to Pakistani newspapers, the >>Aimal Khufia Action Committee also claimed responsibility. >> >>Tourist Killings in Egypt, November 17, 1997: Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya >>(IG) gunmen shot and killed 58 tourists and four Egyptians and wounded >>26 others at the Hatshepsut Temple in the Valley of the Kings near >>Luxor. Thirty-four Swiss, eight Japanese, five Germans, four Britons, >>one French, one Colombian, a dual Bulgarian/British citizen, and four >>unidentified persons were among the dead. Twelve Swiss, two Japanese, >>two Germans, one French, and nine Egyptians were among the wounded. >> >>1998 >> >>UN Observer Abductions, February 19, 1998: Armed supporters of late >>Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia abducted four UN military >>observers from Sweden, Uruguay, and the Czech Republic. >> > > >>Somali Hostage-takings, April 15, 1998: Somali militiamen abducted >>nine Red Cross and Red Crescent workers at an airstrip north of >>Mogadishu. The hostages included a U.S. citizen, a German, a Belgian, >>a French, a Norwegian, two Swiss, and one Somali. The gunmen were >>members of a sub-clan loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed, who controlled the >>northern section of the capital. >> > > >>U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998: A bomb exploded >>at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 12 >>U.S. citizens, 32 Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs), and 247 Kenyan >>citizens. Approximately 5,000 Kenyans, 6 U.S. citizens, and 13 FSNs >>were injured. The U.S. Embassy building sustained extensive structural >>damage. Almost simultaneously, a bomb detonated outside the U.S. >>Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 7 FSNs and 3 Tanzanian >>citizens, and injuring 1 U.S. citizen and 76 Tanzanians. The explosion >>caused major structural damage to the U.S. Embassy facility. The U.S. >>Government held Usama Bin Laden responsible. >> > > > >>1999 >> >>Angolan Aircraft Downing, January 2, 1999: A UN plane carrying one >>U.S. citizen, four Angolans, two Philippine nationals and one Namibian >>was shot down, according to a UN official. No deaths or injuries were >>reported. Angolan authorities blamed the attack on National Union for >>the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels. UNITA officials >>denied shooting down the plane. >> > > >>Greek Embassy Seizure, February 16, 1999: Kurdish protesters stormed >>and occupied the Greek Embassy in Vienna, taking the Greek Ambassador >>and six other persons hostage. Several hours later the protesters >>released the hostages and left the Embassy. The attack followed the >>Turkish Government's announcement of the successful capture of the >>Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan. Kurds also >>occupied Kenyan, Israeli, and other Greek diplomatic facilities in >>France, Holland, Switzerland, Britain, and Germany over the following >>days. >> > > >>Shell Platform Bombing, June 27, 1999: In Port Harcourt, Nigeria, >>armed youths stormed a Shell oil platform, kidnapping one U.S. >>citizen, one Nigerian national, and one Australian citizen, and >>causing undetermined damage. A group calling itself "Enough is Enough >>in the Niger River" claimed responsibility. Further seizures of oil >>facilities followed. >> >>AFRC Kidnappings, August 4, 1999: An Armed Forces Revolutionary >>Council (AFRC) faction kidnapped 33 UN representatives near Occra >>Hills, Sierra Leone. The hostages included one U.S. citizen, five >>British soldiers, one Canadian citizen, one representative from Ghana, >>one military officer from Russia, one officer from Kyrgystan, one >>officer from Zambia, one officer from Malaysia, a local Bishop, two UN >>officials, two local journalists, and 16 Sierra Leonean nationals. >> > > >>PLA Kidnapping, December 23, 1999: Colombian People’s Liberation Army >>(PLA) forces kidnapped a U.S. citizen in an unsuccessful ransoming >>effort. >> >>Indian Airlines Airbus Hijacking, December 24, 1999: Five militants >>hijacked a flight bound from Katmandu to New Delhi carrying 189 >>people. The plane and its passengers were released unharmed on >>December 31. >> >>2000 >> > > >>Diplomatic Assassination in Greece, June 8, 2000: In Athens, Greece, >>two unidentified gunmen killed British Defense Attaché Stephen >>Saunders in an ambush. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November >>claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan, August 12, 2000: In the Kara-Su Valley, the >>Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan took four U.S. citizens hostage. The >>Americans escaped on August 12. >> >>Church Bombing in Tajikistan, October 1, 2000: Unidentified militants >>detonated two bombs in a Christian church in Dushanbe, killing seven >>persons and injuring 70 others. The church was founded by a >>Korean-born U.S. citizen, and most of those killed and wounded were >>Korean. No one claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000: In Aden, Yemen, a small dingy >>carrying explosives rammed the destroyer U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 >>sailors and injuring 39 others. Supporters of Usama Bin Laden were >>suspected. >> >>Manila Bombing, December 30, 2000: A bomb exploded in a plaza across >>the street from the U.S. Embassy in Manila, injuring nine persons. The >>Moro Islamic Liberation Front was likely responsible. >> >>2001 > > >>Srinagar Airport Attack and Assassination Attempt, January 17, 2001: >>In India, six members of the Lashkar-e-Tayyba militant group were >>killed when they attempted to seize a local airport. Members of Hizbul >>Mujaheddin fired two rifle grenades at Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister >>for Jammu and Kashmir. Two persons were wounded in the unsuccessful >>assassination attempt. >> > > Bush sworn into office for first term, on January 20, 2001 > > >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 4, 2001: A suicide bomb attack in >>Netanya killed 3 persons and wounded 65. HAMAS later claimed >>responsibility. >> > > >>Airliner Hijacking in Istanbul, March 15, 2001: Three Chechens >>hijacked a Russian airliner during a flight from Istanbul to Moscow >>and forced it to fly to Medina, Saudi Arabia. The plane carried 162 >>passengers and a crew of 12. After a 22-hour siege during which more >>than 40 passengers were released, Saudi security forces stormed the >>plane, killing a hijacker, a passenger, and a flight attendant. >> >>Bus Stop Bombing, April 22, 2001: A member of HAMAS detonated a bomb >>he was carrying near a bus stop in Kfar Siva, Israel, killing one >>person and injuring 60. >> >>Philippines Hostage Incident, May 27, 2001: Muslim Abu Sayyaf >>guerrillas seized 13 tourists and 3 staff members at a resort on >>Palawan Island and took their captives to Basilan Island. The captives >>included three U.S. citizens: Guellermo Sobero and missionaries Martin >>and Gracia Burnham. Philippine troops fought a series of battles with >>the guerrillas between June 1 and June 3 during which 9 hostages >>escaped and two were found dead. The guerrillas took additional >>hostages when they seized the hospital in the town of Lamitan. On June >>12, Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya claimed that Sobero had been >>killed and beheaded; his body was found in October. The Burnhams >>remained in captivity until June 2002. >> >>Tel-Aviv Nightclub Bombing, June 1, 2001: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the suicide bombing of a popular Israeli nightclub that caused >>over 140 casualties. >> >>HAMAS Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001: A HAMAS-planted bomb >>detonated in a Jerusalem pizza restaurant, killing 15 people and >>wounding more than 90. The Israeli response included occupation of >>Orient House, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political >>headquarters in East Jerusalem. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, September 9, 2001: The first suicide >>bombing carried out by an Israeli Arab killed 3 persons in Nahariya. >>HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Death of "the Lion of the Panjshir", September 9, 2001: Two suicide >>bombers fatally wounded Ahmed Shah Massoud, a leader of Afghanistan’s >>Northern Alliance, which had opposed both the Soviet occupation and >>the post-Soviet Taliban government. The bombers posed as journalists >>and were apparently linked to al-Qaida. The Northern Alliance did not >>confirm Massoud’s death until September 15. >> >>Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001: Two hijacked >>airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Soon >>thereafter, the Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane. A >>fourth hijacked plane, suspected to be bound for a high-profile target >>in Washington, crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. The >>attacks killed 3,025 U.S. citizens and other nationals. President Bush >>and Cabinet officials indicated that Usama Bin Laden was the prime >>suspect and that they considered the United States in a state of war >>with international terrorism. In the aftermath of the attacks, the >>United States formed the Global Coalition Against Terrorism. >> >>Attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature, October 1, 2001: After a >>suicide car bomber forced the gate of the state legislature in >>Srinagar, two gunmen entered the building and held off police for >>seven hours before being killed. Forty persons died in the incident. >>Jaish-e-Muhammad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Assassination of an Israeli Cabinet Minister, October 17, 2001: A >>Palestinian gunman assassinated Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam >>Zeevi in the Jerusalem hotel where he was staying. The Popular Front >>for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed to have avenged the >>death of PFLP Mustafa Zubari. >> >>Attack on a Church in Pakistan, October 28, 2001: Six masked gunmen >>shot up a church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, killing 15 Pakistani >>Christians. No group claimed responsibility, although various militant >>Muslim groups were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Jerusalem, December 1, 2001: Two suicide bombers >>attacked a Jerusalem shopping mall, killing 10 persons and wounding >>170. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, December 2, 2001: A suicide bomb attack >>aboard a bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for both this attack and those on December 1 to >>avenge the death of a HAMAS member at the hands of Israeli forces a >>week earlier. >> >>Attack on the Indian Parliament, December 13, 2001: Five gunmen >>attacked the Indian Parliament in New Delhi shortly after it had >>adjourned. Before security forces killed them, the attackers killed 6 >>security personnel and a gardener. Indian officials blamed >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and demanded that Pakistan crack down on it and on >>other Muslim separatist groups in Kashmir. >> >>2002 >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, January 15, 2002: Palestinian militants fired >>on a vehicle in Beit Sahur, killing one passenger and wounding the >>other. The dead passenger claimed U.S. and Israeli citizenship. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Battalion claimed responsibility. >> >>Shooting Incident in Israel, January 17, 2002: A Palestinian gunman >>killed 6 persons and wounded 25 in Hadera, Israel, before being killed >>by Israeli police. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed >>responsibility as revenge for Israel’s killing of a leading member of >>the group. >> >>Drive-By Shooting at a U.S. Consulate, January 22, 2002: Armed >>militants on motorcycles fired on the U.S. Consulate in Calcutta, >>India, killing 5 Indian security personnel and wounding 13 others. The >>Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami and the Asif Raza Commandoes claimed >>responsibility. Indian police later killed two suspects, one of whom >>confessed to belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as he died. >> >>Bomb Explosion in Kashmir, January 22, 2002: A bomb exploded in a >>crowded retail district in Jammu, Kashmir, killing one person and >>injuring nine. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, January 23, 2002: Armed militants >>kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, >>Pakistan. Pakistani authorities received a videotape on February 20 >>depicting Pearl’s murder. His grave was found near Karachi on May 16. >>Pakistani authorities arrested four suspects. Ringleader Ahmad Omar >>Saeed Sheikh claimed to have organized Pearl’s kidnapping to protest >>Pakistan’s subservience to the United States, and had belonged to >>Jaish-e-Muhammad, an Islamic separatist group in Kashmir. All four >>suspects were convicted on July 15. Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to >>death, the others to life imprisonment. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, January 27, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>in Jerusalem killed one other person and wounded 100. The incident was >>the first suicide bombing made by a Palestinian woman. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, February 16, 2002: A suicide bombing >>in an outdoor food court in Karmei Shomron killed 4 persons and >>wounded 27. Two of the dead and two of the wounded were U.S. citizens. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 7, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>a supermarket in the settlement of Ariel wounded 10 persons, one of >>whom was a U.S. citizen. The PFLP claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 9, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>Jerusalem restaurant killed 11 persons and wounded 52, one of whom was >>a U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Grenade Attack on a Church in Pakistan, March 17, 2002: Militants >>threw grenades into the Protestant International Church in Islamabad, >>Pakistan, during a service attended by diplomatic and local personnel. >>Five persons, two of them U.S. citizens, were killed and 46 were >>wounded. The dead Americans were State Department employee Barbara >>Green and her daughter Kristen Wormsley. Thirteen U.S. citizens were >>among the wounded. The Lashkar-e-Tayyiba group was suspected. >> > > >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 21, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>Jerusalem killed 3 persons and wounded 86 more, including 2 U.S. >>citizens. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 27, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>noted restaurant in Netanya, Israel, killed 22 persons and wounded >>140. One of the dead was a U.S. citizen. The Islamic Resistance >>Movement (HAMAS) claimed responsibility. >> >>Temple Bombing in Kashmir, March 30, 2002: A bomb explosion at a Hindu >>temple in Jammu, Kashmir, killed 10 persons. The Islamic Front claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 31, 2002: A suicide bombing >>near an ambulance station in Efrat wounded four persons, including a >>U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Armed attack on Kashmir, April 10, 2002: Armed militants attacked a >>residence in Gando, Kashmir, killing five persons and wounding four. >>No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Synagogue Bombing in Tunisia, April 11, 2002: A suicide bomber >>detonated a truck loaded with propane gas outside a historic synagogue >>in Djerba, Tunisia. The 16 dead included 11 Germans, one French >>citizen, and three Tunisians. Twenty-six German tourists were injured. >>The Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Sites claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, April 12, 2002: A female suicide bomber >>killed 6 persons in Jerusalem and wounded 90 others. The al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, May 8, 2002: A car bomb exploded near a >>Pakistani navy shuttle bus in Karachi, killing 12 persons and wounding >>19. Eleven of the dead and 11 of the wounded were French nationals. >>Al-Qaida was suspected of the attack. >> >>Parade Bombing in Russia, May 9, 2002: A remotely-controlled bomb >>exploded near a May Day parade in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, killing 42 >>persons and wounding 150. Fourteen of the dead and 50 of the wounded >>were soldiers. Islamists linked to al-Qaida were suspected. >> >>Attack on a Bus in India, May 14, 2002: Militants fired on a passenger >>bus in Kaluchak, Jammu, killing 7 persons. They then entered a >>military housing complex and killed 3 soldiers and 7 military >>dependents before they were killed. The al-Mansooran and Jamiat >>ul-Mujahedin claimed responsibility. >> >>Bomb Attacks in Kashmir, May 17, 2002: A bomb explosion near a civil >>secretariat area in Srinagar, Kashmir, wounded 6 persons. In Jammu, a >>bomb exploded at a fire services headquarters, killing two and >>wounding 16. No group claimed responsibility for either attack. >> >>Hostage Rescue Attempt in the Philippines, June 7, 2002: Philippine >>Army troops attacked Abu Sayyaf terrorists on Mindanao Island in an >>attempt to rescue U.S. citizen Martin Burnham and his wife Gracia, who >>had been kidnapped more than a year ago. Burnham was killed but his >>wife, though wounded, was freed. A Filipino hostage was killed, as >>were four of the guerrillas. Seven soldiers were wounded. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, June 14, 2002: A car bomb exploded near the >>U.S. Consulate and the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan. Eleven >>persons were killed and 51 were sounded, including one U.S. and one >>Japanese citizen. Al Qaida and al-Qanin were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 19, 2002: A suicide bombing at a >>bus stop in Jerusalem killed 6 persons and wounded 43, including 2 >>U.S. citizens. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv, July 17, 2002: Two suicide bombers >>attacked the old bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 5 persons >>and wounding 38. The dead included one Romanian and two Chinese; >>another Romanian was wounded. The Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Bombing at the Hebrew University, July 31, 2002: A bomb hidden in a >>bag in the Frank Sinatra International Student Center of Jerusalem’s >>Hebrew University killed 9 persons and wounded 87. The dead included 5 >>U.S. citizens and 4 Israelis. The wounded included 4 U.S. citizens, 2 >>Japanese, and 3 South Koreans. The Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, August 4, 2002: A suicide bomb attack on a >>bus in Safed, Israel, killed 9 persons and wounded 50. Two of the dead >>were Philippine citizens; many of the wounded were soldiers returning > >>from leave. HAMAS claimed responsibility. > >>Attack on a School in Pakistan, August 5, 2002: Gunmen attacked a >>Christian school attended by children of missionaries from around the >>world. Six persons (two security guards, a cook, a carpenter, a >>receptionist, and a private citizen) were killed and a Philippine >>citizen was wounded. A group called al-Intigami al-Pakistani claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attack on Pilgrims in Kashmir, August 6, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked a group of Hindu pilgrims with guns and grenades in Pahalgam, >>Kashmir. Nine persons were killed and 32 were wounded. The >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba claimed responsibility. >> >>Assassination in Kashmir, September 11, 2002: Gunmen killed Kashmir’s >>Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone and six security guards in Tikipora. >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiga, Jamiat ul-Mujahedin, and Hizb ul-Mujahedin all >>claimed responsibility. Other militants attacked the residence of the >>Minister of Tourism with grenades, injuring four persons. No group >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, September 18, 2002: Gunmen ambushed a vehicle >>on a road near Yahad, killing an Israeli and wounding a Romanian >>worker. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Israel, September 19, 2002: A suicide bomb >>attack on a bus in Tel Aviv killed 6 persons and wounded 52. One of >>the dead was a British subject. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on a French Tanker, October 6, 2002: An explosive-laden boat >>rammed the French oil tanker Limburg, which was anchored about 5 miles >>off al-Dhabbah, Yemen. One person was killed and 4 were wounded. >>Al-Qaida was suspected. >> >>Car Bomb Explosion in Bali, October 12, 2002: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Sari Club Discotheque in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, >>killing 202 persons and wounding 300 more. Most of the casualties, >>including 88 of the dead, were Australian tourists. Seven Americans >>were among the dead. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Two suspects >>were later arrested and convicted. Iman Samudra, who had trained in >>Afghanistan with al-Qaeda and was suspected of belonging to Jemaah >>Islamiya, was sentenced to death on September 10, 2003. >> >>Chechen Rebels Seize a Moscow Theater, October 23-26, 2002: Fifty >>Chechen rebels led by Movsar Barayev seized the Palace of Culture >>Theater in Moscow, Russia, to demand an end to the war in Chechnya. >>They seized more than 800 hostages from 13 countries and threatened to >>blow up the theater. During a three-day siege, they killed a Russian >>policeman and five Russian hostages. On October 26, Russian Special >>Forces pumped an anesthetic gas through the ventilation system and >>then stormed the theater. All of the rebels were killed, but 94 >>hostages (including one American) also died, many from the effects of >>the gas. A group led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Assassination of an AID Official, October 28, 2002: Gunmen in Amman >>assassinated Laurence Foley, Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for >>International Development Mission in Jordan. The Honest People of >>Jordan claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, November 21, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus on Mexico Street in Jerusalem killed 11 persons and wounded >>50 more. One of the dead was a Romanian. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on Temples in Kashmir, November 24, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked the Reghunath and Shiv temples in Jammu, Kashmir, killing 13 >>persons and wounding 50. The Lashkare-e-Tayyiba claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attacks on Israeli Tourists in Kenya, November 28, 2002: A >>three-person suicide car bomb attack on the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa, >>Kenya, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. Three of the dead and 18 of >>the wounded were Israeli tourists; the others were Kenyans. Near >>Mombasa’s airport, two SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles were fired as an >>Arkia Airlines Boeing 757 that was carrying 261 passengers back to >>Israel. Both missiles missed. Al-Qaida, the Government of Universal >>Palestine in Exile, and the Army of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for both attacks. Al-Ittihad al-Islami was also suspected of >>involvement. >> >>Attack on a Bus in the Philippines, December 26, 2002: Armed militants >>ambushed a bus carrying Filipino workers employed by the Canadian >>Toronto Ventures Inc. Pacific mining company in Zamboanga del Norte. >>Thirteen persons were killed and 10 wounded. Philippine authorities >>suspected the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which had been >>extorting money from Toronto Ventures. The Catholic charity >>Caritas-Philippines said that Toronto Ventures had harassed tribesmen >>who opposed mining on their ancestral lands. >> >>Bombing of a Government Building in Chechnya, December 27, 2002: A >>suicide bomb attack involving two explosives-laden trucks destroyed >>the offices of the pro-Russian Chechen government in Grozny. The >>attack killed over 80 people and wounded 210. According to a Chechen >>website run by the Kavkaz Center, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev >>claimed responsibility. >> >>2003 >> >>Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2003: Two suicide bomb >>attacks killed 22 and wounded at least 100 persons in Tel Aviv, >>Israel. Six of the victims were foreign workers. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ >>Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Night Club Bombing in Colombia, February 7, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside a night club in Bogota, Colombia, killing 32 persons and >>wounding 160. No group claimed responsibility, but Colombian officials >>suspected the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) of >>committing the worst terrorist attack in the country in a decade. >> >>Assasination of a Kurdish Leader, February 8, 2003: Members of Ansar >>al-Islam assassinated Kurdish legislator Shawkat Haji Mushir and >>captured two other Kurdish officials in Qamash Tapa in northern Iraq. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, March 5, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard a >>bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded at least 40. One >>of the dead claimed U.S. as well as Israeli citizenship. The bomber’s >>affiliation was not immediately known. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Netanya, March 30, 2003: A suicide bombing in a >>cafe in Netanya, Israel, wounded 38 persons. Only the bomber was >>killed. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and called the attack a >>"gift" to the people of Iraq. >> >>Unsuccessful Hostage Rescue Attempt in Colombia, May 5, 2003: The FARC >>killed 10 hostages when Colombian special forces tried to rescue them > >>from a jungle hideout near Urrao, in Colombia’s Antioquia State. The > >>dead included Governor Guillermo Gavira and former Defense Minister >>Gilberto Echeverri Mejia, who had been kidnapped in April 2002. >> >>Truck Bomb Attacks in Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2003: Suicide bombers >>attacked three residential compounds for foreign workers in Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. The 34 dead included 9 attackers, 7 other Saudis, 9 U.S. >>citizens, and one citizen each from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and >>the Philippines. Another American died on June 1. It was the first >>major attack on U.S. targets in Saudi Arabia since the end of the war >>in Iraq. Saudi authorities arrested 11 al-Qaida suspects on May 28. >> >>Truck Bombing in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: A truck bomb explosion >>demolished a government compound in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, killing 54 >>persons. Russian authorities blamed followers of a Saudi-born Islamist >>named Abu Walid. President Vladimir Putin said that he suspected that >>there was an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: Two female suicide >>bombers attacked Chechen Administrator Mufti Akhmed Kadyrov during a >>religious festival in Iliskhan Yurt. Kadyrov escaped injury, but 14 >>other persons were killed and 43 were wounded. Chechen rebel leader >>Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attacks in Morocco, May 16, 2003: A team of 12 suicide >>bombers attacked five targets in Casablanca, Morocco, killing 43 >>persons and wounding 100. The targets were a Spanish restaurant, a >>Jewish community, a Jewish cemetery, a hotel, and the Belgian >>Consulate. The Moroccan Government blamed the Islamist al-Assirat >>al-Moustaquim (The Righteous Path), but foreign commentators suspected >>an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Jerusalem, May 18, 2003: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus in Jerusalem’s French Hill district killed 7 persons and >>wounded 20. The bomber was disguised as a religious Jew. HAMAS claimed >>responsibility >> >>Suicide Bombing in Afula, May 19, 2003: A suicide bomb attack by a >>female Palestinian student killed 3 persons and wounded 52 at a >>shopping mall in Afula, Israel. Both Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 11, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard >>a bus in Jerusalem killed 16 persons and wounded at least 70, one of >>whom died later. HAMAS claimed responsibility, calling it revenge for >>an Israeli helicopter attack on HAMAS leader Abdelaziz al-Rantisi in >>Gaza City the day before. >> >>Truck Bombing in Northern Ossetia, August 1, 2003: A suicide truck >>bomb attack destroyed a Russian military hospital in Mozdok, North >>Ossetia and killed 50 persons. Russian authorities attributed the >>attack to followers of Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev. >> >>Hotel Bombing in Indonesia, August 5, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 10 persons >>and wounding 150. One of the dead was a Dutch citizen. The wounded >>included an American, a Canadian, an Australian, and two Chinese. >>Indonesian authorities suspected the Jemaah Islamiah, which had >>carried out the October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali. >> >>Bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, August 7, 2003: A car >>bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, killing >>19 persons and wounding 65. Most of the victims were apparently >>Iraqis, including 5 police officers. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel and the West Bank, August 12, 2003: The >>first suicide bombings since the June 29 Israeli-Palestinian truce >>took place. The first, in a supermarket at Rosh Haayin, Israel, killed >>one person and wounded 14. The second, at a bus stop near the Ariel >>settlement in the West Bank, killed one person and wounded 3. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility for the first; HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for the second. >> >>Bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, August 19, 2003: A truck >>loaded with surplus Iraqi ordnance exploded outside the United Nations >>Headquarters in Baghdad’s Canal Hotel. A hospital across the street >>was also heavily damaged. The 23 dead included UN Special >>Representative Sergio Viera de Mello. More than 100 persons were >>wounded. It was not clear whether the bomber was a Baath Party >>loyalist or a foreign Islamic militant. An al-Qaeda branch called the >>Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri later claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, August 19, 2003: A suicide bombing >>aboard a bus in Jerusalem killed 20 persons and injured at least 100, >>one of whom died later. Five of the dead were American citizens. HAMAS >>and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, although HAMAS leader >>al-Rantisi said that his organization remained committed to the truce >>while reserving the right to respond to Israeli military actions. >> >>Car Bomb Kills Shi’ite Leader in Najaf, August 29, 2003: A car bomb >>explosion outside the Shrine of the Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq killed at >>least 81 persons and wounded at least 140. The dead included the >>Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir al-Hakim, one of four leading Shi’ite clerics >>in Iraq. Al-Hakim had been the leader of the Supreme Council for the >>Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) since its establishment in 1982, >>and SCIRI had recently agreed to work with the U.S.-sponsored Iraqi >>Governing Council. It was not known whether the perpetrators were >>Baath Party loyalists, rival Shi’ites, or foreign Islamists. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel, September 9, 2003: Two suicide bombings >>took place in Israel. The first, at a bus stop near the Tsrifin army >>base southeast of Tel Aviv, killed 7 soldiers and wounded 14 soldiers >>and a civilian. The second, at a café in Jerusalem’s German Colony >>neighborhood, killed 6 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS did not claim >>responsibility until the next day, although a spokesman called the >>first attack" a response to Israeli aggression." >> >>Assassination of an Iraqi Governing Council Member, September 20, >>2003: Gunmen shot and seriously wounded Akila Hashimi, one of three >>female members of the Iraqi Governing Council, near her home in >>Baghdad. She died September 25. >> >>A Second Attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, September 22, 2003: >>A suicide car bomb attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad killed a >>security guard and wounded 19 other persons. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, October 4, 2003: A Palestinian woman made a >>suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in Haifa, killing 19 persons and >>wounding at least 55. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the >>attack. The next day, Israel bombed a terrorist training camp in >>Syria. >> >>Attacks in Iraq, October 9, 2003: Gunmen assassinated a Spanish >>military attaché in Baghdad. A suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi >>police station killed 8 persons and wounded 40. >> >>Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 12, 2003: Two suicide car bombs >>exploded outside the Baghdad Hotel, which housed U.S. officials. Six >>persons were killed and 32 wounded. Iraqi and U.S. security personnel >>apparently kept the cars from actually reaching the hotel. >> >>Bomb Attack on U.S. Diplomats in the Gaza Strip, October 15, 2003: A >>remote-controlled bomb exploded under a car in a U.S. diplomatic >>convoy passing through the northern Gaza Strip. Three security guards, >>all employees of DynCorp, were killed. A fourth was wounded. The >>diplomats were on their way to interview Palestinian candidates for >>Fulbright scholarships to study in the United States. Palestinian >>President Arafat and Prime Minister Qurei condemned the attack, while >>the major Palestinian militant groups denied responsibility. The next >>day, Palestinian security forces arrested several suspects, some of >>whom belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees. >> >>Rocket Attack on the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: >>Iraqis using an improvised rocket launcher bombarded the al-Rashid >>Hotel in Baghdad, killing one U.S. Army officer and wounding 17 >>persons. The wounded included 4 U.S. military personnel and seven >>American civilians. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz, who >>was staying at the hotel, was not injured. After visiting the wounded, >>he said, "They’re not going to scare us away; we’re not giving up on >>this job." >> >>Assassination of a Deputy Mayor in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: Two >>gunmen believed to be Baath Party loyalists assassinated Faris Abdul >>Razaq al-Assam, one of three deputy mayors of Baghdad. U.S. officials >>did not announce al-Assam’s death until October 28. >> >>Wave of Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 27, 2003: A series of suicide >>car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 35 persons and wounded at >>least 230. Four attacks were directed at Iraqi police stations, the >>fifth and most destructive was directed at the International Committee >>of the Red Cross headquarters, where at least 12 persons were killed. >>A sixth attack failed when a car bomb failed to explode and the bomber >>was wounded and captured by Iraqi police. U.S. and Iraqi officials >>suspected that foreign terrorists were involved; the unsuccessful >>bomber said he was a Syrian national and carried a Syrian passport. >>After a meeting with Administrator L. Paul Bremer, President Bush >>said, "The more successful we are on the ground, the more these >>killers will react." >> >>Suicide Bombing in Riyadh, November 8, 2003: In Riyadh, a suicide car >>bombing took place in the Muhaya residential compound, which was >>occupied mainly by nationals of other Arab countries. Seventeen >>persons were killed and 122 were wounded. The latter included 4 >>Americans. The next day, Deputy Secretary of State Armitage said >>al-Qaeda was probably responsible. >> >>Truck Bombing in Nasiriyah, November 12, 2003: A suicide truck bomb >>destroyed the headquarters of the Italian military police in >>Nasiriyah, Iraq, killing 18 Italians and 11 Iraqis and wounding at >>least 100 persons. >> >>Synagogue Bombings in Istanbul, November 15, 2003: Two suicide truck >>bombs exploded outside the Neve Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues in >>Istanbul, killing 25 persons and wounding at least 300 more. The >>initial claim of responsibility came from a Turkish militant group, >>the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders’ Front, but Turkish authorities >>suspected an al-Qaeda connection. The next day, the London-based >>newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi received an e-mail in which an al-Qaeda >>branch called the Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri claimed >>responsibility for the Istanbul synagogue bombings. >> > > >>More Suicide Truck Bombings in Istanbul, November 20, 2003: Two more >>suicide truck bombings devastated the British HSBC Bank and the >>British Consulate General in Istanbul, killing 27 persons and wounding >>at least 450. The dead included Consul General Roger Short. U.S., >>British, and Turkish officials suspected that al-Qaeda had struck >>again. The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul was closed, and the Embassy in >>Ankara advised American citizens in Istanbul to stay home. >> >>Car Bombing in Kirkuk, November 20, 2003: A suicide car bombing in >>Kirkuk killed 5 persons. The target appeared to be the headquarters of >>the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. PUK officials suspected the Ansar >>al-Islam group, which was said to have sheltered fugitive Taliban and >>al-Qaeda members after the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. >> >>Attacks on Other Coalition Personnel in Iraq, November 29-30, 2003: >>Iraqi insurgents stepped up attacks on nationals of other members of >>the Coalition. On November 29, an ambush in Mahmudiyah killed 7 out of >>a party of 8 Spanish intelligence officers. Iraqi insurgents also >>killed two Japanese diplomats near Tikrit. On November 30, another >>ambush near Tikrit killed two South Korean electrical workers and >>wounded two more. A Colombian employee of Kellogg Brown & Root was >>killed and two were wounded in an ambush near Balad. >> >>Train Bombing in Southern Russia, December 5, 2003: A suicide bomb >>attack killed 42 persons and wounded 150 aboard a Russian commuter >>train in the south Russian town of Yessentuki. Russian officials >>suspected Chechen rebels; President Putin said the attack was meant to >>disrupt legislative elections. Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov >>denied any involvement. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Moscow, December 9, 2003: A female suicide bomber >>killed 5 other persons and wounded 14 outside Moscow’s National Hotel. >>She was said to be looking for the State Duma. >> >>Suicide Car Bombings in Iraq, December 15, 2003: Two days after the >>capture of Saddam Hussein, there were two suicide car bomb attacks on >>Iraqi police stations. One at Husainiyah killed 8 persons and wounded >>20. The other, at Ameriyah, wounded 7 Iraqi police. Guards repelled a >>second vehicle. >> >>Office Bombing in Baghdad, December 19, 2003: A bomb destroyed the >>Baghdad office of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in >>Iraq, killing a woman and wounding at least 7 other persons. >> >>Suicide Car Bombing in Irbil, December 24, 2003: A suicide car bomb >>attack on the Kurdish Interior Ministry in Irbil, Iraq, killed 5 >>persons and wounded 101. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Rawalpindi, December 25, 2003: Two suicide >>truck bombers killed 14 persons as President Musharraf’s motorcade >>passed through Rawalpindi, Pakistan. An earlier attempt on December 14 >>caused no casualties. Pakistani officials suspected Afghan and >>Kashmiri militants. On January 6, 2004, Pakistani authorities >>announced the arrest of 6 suspects who were said to be members of >>Jaish-e-Muhammad. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, December 25, 2003: A Palestinian suicide >>bomber killed 4 persons at a bus stop near Petah Tikva, Israel. The >>Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for the attack in retaliation for Israeli military operations in >>Nablus that had begun two days earlier. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Baghdad, December 31, 2003: A car bomb explosion >>outside Baghdad’s Nabil Restaurant killed 8 persons and wounded 35. >>The wounded included 3 Los Angeles Times reporters and 3 local >>employees > > > > Gunner > > "Considering the events of recent years, > the world has a long way to go to regain > its credibility and reputation with the US." > unknown Gunner wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:03:49 GMT, Gunner > wrote: > > >>On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:48:43 -0700, "Pagan" >>wrote: >> >> >>>Most folks think the 'war' started on 9/11. Personally, I feel the war >>>started with the USS Cole, the Embassy bombings, the numerous plane >>>highjackings and bombings, and so forth, for the past 40 friggin years. >>> >>>I, for one, am sick of Americans getting blown up for the sake of a bunch of >>>wackos in the Middle East. >> >>Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology > > > > For the sake of argument..Ive revised the list and removed all > terrorist attacks NOT committed by Islamic Extremists. > > Lets see again, what you Leftist fringe kooks and terrorist supporters > are claiming Bush is responsible for, shall we? Below are only attacks > committed by Islamic extremists...... > > >>Attack on the Munich Airport, February 10, 1970: Three terrorists >>attacked El Al passengers in a bus at the Munich Airport with guns and >>grenades. One passenger was killed and 11 were injured. All three >>terrorists were captured by airport police. The Action Organization >>for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Democratic Front for >>the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack. >> > > >>Munich Olympic Massacre, September 5, 1972: Eight Palestinian "Black >>September" terrorists seized eleven Israeli athletes in the Olympic >>Village in Munich, West Germany. In a bungled rescue attempt by West >>German authorities, nine of the hostages and five terrorists were >>killed. >> >>Ambassador to Sudan Assassinated, March 2, 1973: U.S. Ambassador to >>Sudan Cleo A. Noel and other diplomats were assassinated at the Saudi >>Arabian Embassy in Khartoum by members of the Black September >>organization. >> > > >>Attack and Hijacking at the Rome Airport, December 17, 1973: Five >>terrorists pulled weapons from their luggage in the terminal lounge at >>the Rome airport, killing two persons. They then attacked a Pan >>American 707 bound for Beirut and Tehran, destroying it with >>incendiary grenades and killing 29 persons, including 4 senior >>Moroccan officials and 14 American employees of ARAMCO. They then >>herded 5 Italian hostages into a Lufthansa airliner and killed an >>Italian customs agent as he tried to escape, after which they forced >>the pilot to fly to Beirut. After Lebanese authorities refused to let >>the plane land, it landed in Athens, where the terrorists demanded the >>release of 2 Arab terrorists. In order to make Greek authorities >>comply with their demands, the terrorists killed a hostage and threw >>his body onto the tarmac. The plane then flew to Damascus, where it >>stopped for two hours to obtain fuel and food. It then flew to Kuwait, >>where the terrorists released their hostages in return for passage to >>an unknown destination. The Palestine Liberation Organization >>disavowed the attack, and no group claimed responsibility for it. >> > > >>Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976: Members of the Baader-Meinhof >>Group and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) >>seized an Air France airliner and its 258 passengers. They forced the >>plane to land in Uganda. On July 3 Israeli commandos successfully >>rescued the passengers. >> > > >>Ambassador to Afghanistan Assassinated, February 14, 1979: Four >>Afghans kidnapped U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs in Kabul and demanded >>the release of various "religious figures." Dubs was killed, along >>with four alleged terrorists, when Afghan police stormed the hotel >>room where he was being held. >> >>Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979: After President Carter agreed >>to admit the Shah of Iran into the US, Iranian radicals seized the >>U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. >>Thirteen hostages were soon released, but the remaining 53 were held >>until their release on January 20, 1981. >> >>Grand Mosque Seizure, November 20, 1979: 200 Islamic terrorists seized >>the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, taking hundreds of pilgrims >>hostage. Saudi and French security forces retook the shrine after an >>intense battle in which some 250 people were killed and 600 wounded. >> > > >>Assassination of Egyptian President, October 6, 1981: Soldiers who >>were secretly members of the Takfir Wal-Hajira sect attacked and >>killed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a troop review. >> > > >>Assassination of Lebanese President, September 14, 1982: President >>Bashir Gemayel was assassinated by a car bomb parked outside his >>party’s Beirut headquarters. >> >>1983 > > >>Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983: Sixty-three people, >>including the CIA’s Middle East director, were killed and 120 were >>injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy >>in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983: Simultaneous >>suicide truck-bomb attacks were made on American and French compounds >>in Beirut, Lebanon. A 12,000-pound bomb destroyed the U.S. compound, >>killing 242 Americans, while 58 French troops were killed when a >>400-pound device destroyed a French base. Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >> >> >>1984 >> >>Kidnapping of Embassy Official, March 16, 1984: The Islamic Jihad >>kidnapped and later murdered Political Officer William Buckley in >>Beirut, Lebanon. Other U.S. citizens not connected to the U.S. >>government were seized over a succeeding two-year period. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Spain, April 12, 1984: Eighteen U.S. servicemen >>were killed and 83 people were injured in a bomb attack on a >>restaurant near a U.S. Air Force Base in Torrejon, Spain. >> > > >>1985 >> > > >>TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was >>hijacked en route to Rome from Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah >>terrorists and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 >>passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American >>hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to >>Algiers, the aircraft was returned to Beirut after Israel released 435 >>Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners. >> > > >>Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped, September 30, 1985: In Beirut, Lebanon, >>Sunni terrorists kidnapped four Soviet diplomats. One was killed but >>three were later released. >> >>Achille Lauro Hijacking, October 7, 1985: Four Palestinian Liberation >>Front terrorists seized the Italian cruise liner in the eastern >>Mediterranean Sea, taking more than 700 hostages. One U.S. passenger >>was murdered before the Egyptian government offered the terrorists >>safe haven in return for the hostages’ freedom. >> >>Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, November 23, 1985: An EgyptAir airplane >>bound from Athens to Malta and carrying several U.S. citizens was >>hijacked by the Abu Nidal Group. >> >>Airport Attacks in Rome and Vienna, December 27, 1985: Four gunmen >>belonging to the Abu Nidal Organization attacked the El Al and Trans >>World Airlines ticket counters at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport >>with grenades and automatic rifles. Thirteen persons were killed and >>75 were wounded before Italian police and Israeli security guards >>killed three of the gunmen and captured the fourth. Three more Abu >>Nidal gunmen attacked the El Al ticket counter at Vienna’s Schwechat >>Airport, killing three persons and wounding 30. Austrian police killed >>one of the gunmen and captured the others. >> >>1986 >> >>Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986: A Palestinian splinter >>group detonated a bomb as TWA Flight 840 approached Athens airport, >>killing four U.S. citizens. >> >>Berlin Discothèque Bombing, April 5, 1986: Two U.S. soldiers were >>killed and 79 American servicemen were injured in a Libyan bomb attack >>on a nightclub in West Berlin, West Germany. In retaliation U.S. >>military jets bombed targets in and around Tripoli and Benghazi. >> > > >>1987 >> > > >>1988 >> >>Kidnapping of William Higgins, February 17, 1988: U.S. Marine Corps >>Lieutenant Colonel W. Higgins was kidnapped and murdered by the >>Iranian-backed Hizballah group while serving with the United Nations >>Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) in southern Lebanon. >> >>Naples USO Attack, April 14, 1988: The Organization of Jihad Brigades >>exploded a car-bomb outside a USO Club in Naples, Italy, killing one >>U.S. sailor. >> > > >>Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988: Pan American Airlines Flight >>103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, by a bomb believed to have >>been placed on the aircraft by Libyan terrorists in Frankfurt, West >>Germany. All 259 people on board were killed. >> >>1989 >> > > >>Bombing of UTA Flight 772, September 19, 1989: A bomb explosion >>destroyed UTA Flight 772 over the Sahara Desert in southern Niger >>during a flight from Brazzaville to Paris. All 170 persons aboard were >>killed. Six Libyans were later found guilty in absentia and sentenced >>to life imprisonment. >> > > >>1990 >> > > >>1991 >> >>Attempted Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Posts, January 18-19, 1991: Iraqi >>agents planted bombs at the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia’s home >>residence and at the USIS library in Manila. >> > > >>Assassination of former Indian Prime Minister, May 21, 1991: A female >>member of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) killed herself, >>Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and 16 others by detonating an explosive >>vest after presenting a garland of flowers to the former Prime >>Minister during an election rally in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. >> >>1992 >> > > >>Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992: Hizballah >>claimed responsibility for a blast that leveled the Israeli Embassy in >>Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing the deaths of 29 and wounding 242. >> >> >> >>1993 > > >>World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center >>in New York City was badly damaged when a car bomb planted by Islamic >>terrorists exploded in an underground garage. The bomb left 6 people >>dead and 1,000 injured. The men carrying out the attack were followers >>of Umar Abd al-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric who preached in the New York >>City area. >> >>Attempted Assassination of President Bush by Iraqi Agents, April 14, >>1993: The Iraqi intelligence service attempted to assassinate former >>U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait. In retaliation, >>the U.S. launched a cruise missile attack 2 months later on the Iraqi >>capital Baghdad. >> >>1994 >> >>Hebron Massacre, February 25, 1994: Jewish right-wing extremist and >>U.S. citizen Baruch Goldstein machine-gunned Moslem worshippers at a >>mosque in West Bank town of Hebron, killing 29 and wounding about 150. >> > > >>Air France Hijacking, December 24, 1994: Members of the Armed Islamic >>Group seized an Air France Flight to Algeria. The four terrorists were >>killed during a rescue effort. >> >>1995 >> >>Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan, March 8, 1995: Two unidentified >>gunmen killed two U.S. diplomats and wounded a third in Karachi, >>Pakistan. >> > > >>Kashmiri Hostage-taking, July 4, 1995: In India six foreigners, >>including two U.S. citizens, were taken hostage by Al-Faran, a >>Kashmiri separatist group. One non-U.S. hostage was later found >>beheaded. >> >>Jerusalem Bus Attack, August 21, 1995: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the detonation of a bomb that killed 6 and injured over 100 >>persons, including several U.S. citizens. >> >>Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow, September 13, 1995: A >>rocket-propelled grenade was fired through the window of the U.S. >>Embassy in Moscow, ostensibly in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Serb >>positions in Bosnia. >> >>Saudi Military Installation Attack, November 13, 1995: The Islamic >>Movement of Change planted a bomb in a Riyadh military compound that >>killed one U.S. citizen, several foreign national employees of the >>U.S. government, and over 40 others. >> >>Egyptian Embassy Attack, November 19, 1995: A suicide bomber drove a >>vehicle into the Egyptian Embassy compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, >>killing at least 16 and injuring 60 persons. Three militant Islamic >>groups claimed responsibility. >> >>1996 >> > > >>Tamil Tigers Attack, January 31, 1996: Members of the Liberation >>Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rammed an explosives-laden truck into the >>Central Bank in the heart of downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 90 >>civilians and injuring more than 1,400 others, including 2 US >>citizens. >> > > >>Athens Embassy Attack, February 15, 1996: Unidentified assailants >>fired a rocket at the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens, causing minor >>damage to three diplomatic vehicles and some surrounding buildings. >>Circumstances of the attack suggested it was an operation carried out >>by the 17 November group. >> > > >>HAMAS Bus Attack, February 26, 1996: In Jerusalem, a suicide bomber >>blew up a bus, killing 26 persons, including three U.S. citizens, and >>injuring some 80 persons, including three other US citizens. >> >>Dizengoff Center Bombing, March 4, 1996: HAMAS and the Palestine >>Islamic Jihad (PIJ) both claimed responsibility for a bombing outside >>of Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall that killed 20 persons and injured >>75 others, including 2 U.S. citizens. >> >>West Bank Attack, May 13, 1996: Arab gunmen opened fire on a bus and a >>group of Yeshiva students near the Bet El settlement, killing a dual >>U.S./Israeli citizen and wounding three Israelis. No one claimed >>responsibility for the attack, but HAMAS was suspected. >> > > >>Zekharya Attack, June 9, 1996: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a >>car near Zekharya, killing a dual U.S./Israeli citizen and an Israeli. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was >>suspected. >> > > >>Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996: A fuel truck carrying a bomb >>exploded outside the US military's Khobar Towers housing facility in >>Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, >>including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility >>for the attack. >> > > >>Bombing of Archbishop of Oran, August 1, 1996: A bomb exploded at the >>home of the French Archbishop of Oran, killing him and his chauffeur. >>The attack occurred after the Archbishop's meeting with the French >>Foreign Minister. The Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected. >> > > >>PUK Kidnapping, September 13, 1996: In Iraq, Patriotic Union of >>Kurdistan (PUK) militants kidnapped four French workers for >>Pharmaciens Sans Frontieres, a Canadian United Nations High >>Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) official, and two Iraqis. >> > > > >>Paris Subway Explosion, December 3, 1996: A bomb exploded aboard a >>Paris subway train as it arrived at the Port Royal station, killing >>two French nationals, a Moroccan, and a Canadian, and injuring 86 >>persons. Among those injured were one U.S. citizen and a Canadian. No >>one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are >>suspected. >> > > >>1997 >> >>Egyptian Letter Bombs, January 2-13, 1997: A series of letter bombs >>with Alexandria, Egypt, postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat >>newspaper bureaus in Washington, New York City, London, and Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were >>found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal >>experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat >>office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor >>damage. >> >>Tajik Hostage Abductions, February 4-17, 1997: Near Komsomolabad, >>Tajikistan, a paramilitary group led by Bakhrom Sodirov abducted four >>United Nations (UN) military observers. The victims included two >>Swiss, one Austrian, one Ukrainian, and their Tajik interpreter. The >>kidnappers demanded safe passage for their supporters from Afghanistan >>to Tajikistan. In four separate incidents occurring between Dushanbe >>and Garm, Bakhrom Sodirov and his group kidnapped two International >>Committee for the Red Cross members, four Russian journalists and >>their Tajik driver, four UNHCR members, and the Tajik Security >>Minister, Saidamir Zukhurov. >> > > >>Empire State Building Sniper Attack, February 23, 1997: A Palestinian >>gunman opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire >>State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and >>wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland, and >>France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried >>by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the >>"enemies of Palestine." >> > > >>Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, September 4, 1997: Three suicide >>bombers of HAMAS detonated bombs in the Ben Yehuda shopping mall in >>Jerusalem, killing eight persons, including the bombers, and wounding >>nearly 200 others. A dual U.S./Israeli citizen was among the dead, and >>7 U.S. citizens were wounded. >> > > >>Yemeni Kidnappings, October 30, 1997: Al-Sha'if tribesmen kidnapped a >>U.S. businessman near Sanaa. The tribesmen sought the release of two >>fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several >>public works projects they claim the government promised them. They >>released the hostage on November 27. >> >>Murder of U.S. Businessmen in Pakistan, November 12, 1997: Two >>unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas >>Petroleum Corporation and their Pakistani driver after they drove away > >>from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. The Islami Inqilabi Council, or > >>Islamic Revolutionary Council, claimed responsibility in a call to the >>U.S. Consulate in Karachi. In a letter to Pakistani newspapers, the >>Aimal Khufia Action Committee also claimed responsibility. >> >>Tourist Killings in Egypt, November 17, 1997: Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya >>(IG) gunmen shot and killed 58 tourists and four Egyptians and wounded >>26 others at the Hatshepsut Temple in the Valley of the Kings near >>Luxor. Thirty-four Swiss, eight Japanese, five Germans, four Britons, >>one French, one Colombian, a dual Bulgarian/British citizen, and four >>unidentified persons were among the dead. Twelve Swiss, two Japanese, >>two Germans, one French, and nine Egyptians were among the wounded. >> >>1998 >> >>UN Observer Abductions, February 19, 1998: Armed supporters of late >>Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia abducted four UN military >>observers from Sweden, Uruguay, and the Czech Republic. >> > > >>Somali Hostage-takings, April 15, 1998: Somali militiamen abducted >>nine Red Cross and Red Crescent workers at an airstrip north of >>Mogadishu. The hostages included a U.S. citizen, a German, a Belgian, >>a French, a Norwegian, two Swiss, and one Somali. The gunmen were >>members of a sub-clan loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed, who controlled the >>northern section of the capital. >> > > >>U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998: A bomb exploded >>at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 12 >>U.S. citizens, 32 Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs), and 247 Kenyan >>citizens. Approximately 5,000 Kenyans, 6 U.S. citizens, and 13 FSNs >>were injured. The U.S. Embassy building sustained extensive structural >>damage. Almost simultaneously, a bomb detonated outside the U.S. >>Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 7 FSNs and 3 Tanzanian >>citizens, and injuring 1 U.S. citizen and 76 Tanzanians. The explosion >>caused major structural damage to the U.S. Embassy facility. The U.S. >>Government held Usama Bin Laden responsible. >> > > > >>1999 >> >>Angolan Aircraft Downing, January 2, 1999: A UN plane carrying one >>U.S. citizen, four Angolans, two Philippine nationals and one Namibian >>was shot down, according to a UN official. No deaths or injuries were >>reported. Angolan authorities blamed the attack on National Union for >>the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels. UNITA officials >>denied shooting down the plane. >> > > >>Greek Embassy Seizure, February 16, 1999: Kurdish protesters stormed >>and occupied the Greek Embassy in Vienna, taking the Greek Ambassador >>and six other persons hostage. Several hours later the protesters >>released the hostages and left the Embassy. The attack followed the >>Turkish Government's announcement of the successful capture of the >>Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan. Kurds also >>occupied Kenyan, Israeli, and other Greek diplomatic facilities in >>France, Holland, Switzerland, Britain, and Germany over the following >>days. >> > > >>Shell Platform Bombing, June 27, 1999: In Port Harcourt, Nigeria, >>armed youths stormed a Shell oil platform, kidnapping one U.S. >>citizen, one Nigerian national, and one Australian citizen, and >>causing undetermined damage. A group calling itself "Enough is Enough >>in the Niger River" claimed responsibility. Further seizures of oil >>facilities followed. >> >>AFRC Kidnappings, August 4, 1999: An Armed Forces Revolutionary >>Council (AFRC) faction kidnapped 33 UN representatives near Occra >>Hills, Sierra Leone. The hostages included one U.S. citizen, five >>British soldiers, one Canadian citizen, one representative from Ghana, >>one military officer from Russia, one officer from Kyrgystan, one >>officer from Zambia, one officer from Malaysia, a local Bishop, two UN >>officials, two local journalists, and 16 Sierra Leonean nationals. >> > > >>PLA Kidnapping, December 23, 1999: Colombian People’s Liberation Army >>(PLA) forces kidnapped a U.S. citizen in an unsuccessful ransoming >>effort. >> >>Indian Airlines Airbus Hijacking, December 24, 1999: Five militants >>hijacked a flight bound from Katmandu to New Delhi carrying 189 >>people. The plane and its passengers were released unharmed on >>December 31. >> >>2000 >> > > >>Diplomatic Assassination in Greece, June 8, 2000: In Athens, Greece, >>two unidentified gunmen killed British Defense Attaché Stephen >>Saunders in an ambush. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November >>claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan, August 12, 2000: In the Kara-Su Valley, the >>Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan took four U.S. citizens hostage. The >>Americans escaped on August 12. >> >>Church Bombing in Tajikistan, October 1, 2000: Unidentified militants >>detonated two bombs in a Christian church in Dushanbe, killing seven >>persons and injuring 70 others. The church was founded by a >>Korean-born U.S. citizen, and most of those killed and wounded were >>Korean. No one claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000: In Aden, Yemen, a small dingy >>carrying explosives rammed the destroyer U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 >>sailors and injuring 39 others. Supporters of Usama Bin Laden were >>suspected. >> >>Manila Bombing, December 30, 2000: A bomb exploded in a plaza across >>the street from the U.S. Embassy in Manila, injuring nine persons. The >>Moro Islamic Liberation Front was likely responsible. >> >>2001 > > >>Srinagar Airport Attack and Assassination Attempt, January 17, 2001: >>In India, six members of the Lashkar-e-Tayyba militant group were >>killed when they attempted to seize a local airport. Members of Hizbul >>Mujaheddin fired two rifle grenades at Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister >>for Jammu and Kashmir. Two persons were wounded in the unsuccessful >>assassination attempt. >> > > Bush sworn into office for first term, on January 20, 2001 > > >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 4, 2001: A suicide bomb attack in >>Netanya killed 3 persons and wounded 65. HAMAS later claimed >>responsibility. >> > > >>Airliner Hijacking in Istanbul, March 15, 2001: Three Chechens >>hijacked a Russian airliner during a flight from Istanbul to Moscow >>and forced it to fly to Medina, Saudi Arabia. The plane carried 162 >>passengers and a crew of 12. After a 22-hour siege during which more >>than 40 passengers were released, Saudi security forces stormed the >>plane, killing a hijacker, a passenger, and a flight attendant. >> >>Bus Stop Bombing, April 22, 2001: A member of HAMAS detonated a bomb >>he was carrying near a bus stop in Kfar Siva, Israel, killing one >>person and injuring 60. >> >>Philippines Hostage Incident, May 27, 2001: Muslim Abu Sayyaf >>guerrillas seized 13 tourists and 3 staff members at a resort on >>Palawan Island and took their captives to Basilan Island. The captives >>included three U.S. citizens: Guellermo Sobero and missionaries Martin >>and Gracia Burnham. Philippine troops fought a series of battles with >>the guerrillas between June 1 and June 3 during which 9 hostages >>escaped and two were found dead. The guerrillas took additional >>hostages when they seized the hospital in the town of Lamitan. On June >>12, Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya claimed that Sobero had been >>killed and beheaded; his body was found in October. The Burnhams >>remained in captivity until June 2002. >> >>Tel-Aviv Nightclub Bombing, June 1, 2001: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the suicide bombing of a popular Israeli nightclub that caused >>over 140 casualties. >> >>HAMAS Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001: A HAMAS-planted bomb >>detonated in a Jerusalem pizza restaurant, killing 15 people and >>wounding more than 90. The Israeli response included occupation of >>Orient House, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political >>headquarters in East Jerusalem. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, September 9, 2001: The first suicide >>bombing carried out by an Israeli Arab killed 3 persons in Nahariya. >>HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Death of "the Lion of the Panjshir", September 9, 2001: Two suicide >>bombers fatally wounded Ahmed Shah Massoud, a leader of Afghanistan’s >>Northern Alliance, which had opposed both the Soviet occupation and >>the post-Soviet Taliban government. The bombers posed as journalists >>and were apparently linked to al-Qaida. The Northern Alliance did not >>confirm Massoud’s death until September 15. >> >>Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001: Two hijacked >>airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Soon >>thereafter, the Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane. A >>fourth hijacked plane, suspected to be bound for a high-profile target >>in Washington, crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. The >>attacks killed 3,025 U.S. citizens and other nationals. President Bush >>and Cabinet officials indicated that Usama Bin Laden was the prime >>suspect and that they considered the United States in a state of war >>with international terrorism. In the aftermath of the attacks, the >>United States formed the Global Coalition Against Terrorism. >> >>Attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature, October 1, 2001: After a >>suicide car bomber forced the gate of the state legislature in >>Srinagar, two gunmen entered the building and held off police for >>seven hours before being killed. Forty persons died in the incident. >>Jaish-e-Muhammad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Assassination of an Israeli Cabinet Minister, October 17, 2001: A >>Palestinian gunman assassinated Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam >>Zeevi in the Jerusalem hotel where he was staying. The Popular Front >>for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed to have avenged the >>death of PFLP Mustafa Zubari. >> >>Attack on a Church in Pakistan, October 28, 2001: Six masked gunmen >>shot up a church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, killing 15 Pakistani >>Christians. No group claimed responsibility, although various militant >>Muslim groups were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Jerusalem, December 1, 2001: Two suicide bombers >>attacked a Jerusalem shopping mall, killing 10 persons and wounding >>170. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, December 2, 2001: A suicide bomb attack >>aboard a bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for both this attack and those on December 1 to >>avenge the death of a HAMAS member at the hands of Israeli forces a >>week earlier. >> >>Attack on the Indian Parliament, December 13, 2001: Five gunmen >>attacked the Indian Parliament in New Delhi shortly after it had >>adjourned. Before security forces killed them, the attackers killed 6 >>security personnel and a gardener. Indian officials blamed >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and demanded that Pakistan crack down on it and on >>other Muslim separatist groups in Kashmir. >> >>2002 >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, January 15, 2002: Palestinian militants fired >>on a vehicle in Beit Sahur, killing one passenger and wounding the >>other. The dead passenger claimed U.S. and Israeli citizenship. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Battalion claimed responsibility. >> >>Shooting Incident in Israel, January 17, 2002: A Palestinian gunman >>killed 6 persons and wounded 25 in Hadera, Israel, before being killed >>by Israeli police. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed >>responsibility as revenge for Israel’s killing of a leading member of >>the group. >> >>Drive-By Shooting at a U.S. Consulate, January 22, 2002: Armed >>militants on motorcycles fired on the U.S. Consulate in Calcutta, >>India, killing 5 Indian security personnel and wounding 13 others. The >>Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami and the Asif Raza Commandoes claimed >>responsibility. Indian police later killed two suspects, one of whom >>confessed to belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as he died. >> >>Bomb Explosion in Kashmir, January 22, 2002: A bomb exploded in a >>crowded retail district in Jammu, Kashmir, killing one person and >>injuring nine. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, January 23, 2002: Armed militants >>kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, >>Pakistan. Pakistani authorities received a videotape on February 20 >>depicting Pearl’s murder. His grave was found near Karachi on May 16. >>Pakistani authorities arrested four suspects. Ringleader Ahmad Omar >>Saeed Sheikh claimed to have organized Pearl’s kidnapping to protest >>Pakistan’s subservience to the United States, and had belonged to >>Jaish-e-Muhammad, an Islamic separatist group in Kashmir. All four >>suspects were convicted on July 15. Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to >>death, the others to life imprisonment. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, January 27, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>in Jerusalem killed one other person and wounded 100. The incident was >>the first suicide bombing made by a Palestinian woman. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, February 16, 2002: A suicide bombing >>in an outdoor food court in Karmei Shomron killed 4 persons and >>wounded 27. Two of the dead and two of the wounded were U.S. citizens. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 7, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>a supermarket in the settlement of Ariel wounded 10 persons, one of >>whom was a U.S. citizen. The PFLP claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 9, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>Jerusalem restaurant killed 11 persons and wounded 52, one of whom was >>a U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Grenade Attack on a Church in Pakistan, March 17, 2002: Militants >>threw grenades into the Protestant International Church in Islamabad, >>Pakistan, during a service attended by diplomatic and local personnel. >>Five persons, two of them U.S. citizens, were killed and 46 were >>wounded. The dead Americans were State Department employee Barbara >>Green and her daughter Kristen Wormsley. Thirteen U.S. citizens were >>among the wounded. The Lashkar-e-Tayyiba group was suspected. >> > > >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 21, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>Jerusalem killed 3 persons and wounded 86 more, including 2 U.S. >>citizens. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 27, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>noted restaurant in Netanya, Israel, killed 22 persons and wounded >>140. One of the dead was a U.S. citizen. The Islamic Resistance >>Movement (HAMAS) claimed responsibility. >> >>Temple Bombing in Kashmir, March 30, 2002: A bomb explosion at a Hindu >>temple in Jammu, Kashmir, killed 10 persons. The Islamic Front claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 31, 2002: A suicide bombing >>near an ambulance station in Efrat wounded four persons, including a >>U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Armed attack on Kashmir, April 10, 2002: Armed militants attacked a >>residence in Gando, Kashmir, killing five persons and wounding four. >>No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Synagogue Bombing in Tunisia, April 11, 2002: A suicide bomber >>detonated a truck loaded with propane gas outside a historic synagogue >>in Djerba, Tunisia. The 16 dead included 11 Germans, one French >>citizen, and three Tunisians. Twenty-six German tourists were injured. >>The Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Sites claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, April 12, 2002: A female suicide bomber >>killed 6 persons in Jerusalem and wounded 90 others. The al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, May 8, 2002: A car bomb exploded near a >>Pakistani navy shuttle bus in Karachi, killing 12 persons and wounding >>19. Eleven of the dead and 11 of the wounded were French nationals. >>Al-Qaida was suspected of the attack. >> >>Parade Bombing in Russia, May 9, 2002: A remotely-controlled bomb >>exploded near a May Day parade in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, killing 42 >>persons and wounding 150. Fourteen of the dead and 50 of the wounded >>were soldiers. Islamists linked to al-Qaida were suspected. >> >>Attack on a Bus in India, May 14, 2002: Militants fired on a passenger >>bus in Kaluchak, Jammu, killing 7 persons. They then entered a >>military housing complex and killed 3 soldiers and 7 military >>dependents before they were killed. The al-Mansooran and Jamiat >>ul-Mujahedin claimed responsibility. >> >>Bomb Attacks in Kashmir, May 17, 2002: A bomb explosion near a civil >>secretariat area in Srinagar, Kashmir, wounded 6 persons. In Jammu, a >>bomb exploded at a fire services headquarters, killing two and >>wounding 16. No group claimed responsibility for either attack. >> >>Hostage Rescue Attempt in the Philippines, June 7, 2002: Philippine >>Army troops attacked Abu Sayyaf terrorists on Mindanao Island in an >>attempt to rescue U.S. citizen Martin Burnham and his wife Gracia, who >>had been kidnapped more than a year ago. Burnham was killed but his >>wife, though wounded, was freed. A Filipino hostage was killed, as >>were four of the guerrillas. Seven soldiers were wounded. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, June 14, 2002: A car bomb exploded near the >>U.S. Consulate and the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan. Eleven >>persons were killed and 51 were sounded, including one U.S. and one >>Japanese citizen. Al Qaida and al-Qanin were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 19, 2002: A suicide bombing at a >>bus stop in Jerusalem killed 6 persons and wounded 43, including 2 >>U.S. citizens. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv, July 17, 2002: Two suicide bombers >>attacked the old bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 5 persons >>and wounding 38. The dead included one Romanian and two Chinese; >>another Romanian was wounded. The Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Bombing at the Hebrew University, July 31, 2002: A bomb hidden in a >>bag in the Frank Sinatra International Student Center of Jerusalem’s >>Hebrew University killed 9 persons and wounded 87. The dead included 5 >>U.S. citizens and 4 Israelis. The wounded included 4 U.S. citizens, 2 >>Japanese, and 3 South Koreans. The Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, August 4, 2002: A suicide bomb attack on a >>bus in Safed, Israel, killed 9 persons and wounded 50. Two of the dead >>were Philippine citizens; many of the wounded were soldiers returning > >>from leave. HAMAS claimed responsibility. > >>Attack on a School in Pakistan, August 5, 2002: Gunmen attacked a >>Christian school attended by children of missionaries from around the >>world. Six persons (two security guards, a cook, a carpenter, a >>receptionist, and a private citizen) were killed and a Philippine >>citizen was wounded. A group called al-Intigami al-Pakistani claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attack on Pilgrims in Kashmir, August 6, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked a group of Hindu pilgrims with guns and grenades in Pahalgam, >>Kashmir. Nine persons were killed and 32 were wounded. The >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba claimed responsibility. >> >>Assassination in Kashmir, September 11, 2002: Gunmen killed Kashmir’s >>Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone and six security guards in Tikipora. >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiga, Jamiat ul-Mujahedin, and Hizb ul-Mujahedin all >>claimed responsibility. Other militants attacked the residence of the >>Minister of Tourism with grenades, injuring four persons. No group >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, September 18, 2002: Gunmen ambushed a vehicle >>on a road near Yahad, killing an Israeli and wounding a Romanian >>worker. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Israel, September 19, 2002: A suicide bomb >>attack on a bus in Tel Aviv killed 6 persons and wounded 52. One of >>the dead was a British subject. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on a French Tanker, October 6, 2002: An explosive-laden boat >>rammed the French oil tanker Limburg, which was anchored about 5 miles >>off al-Dhabbah, Yemen. One person was killed and 4 were wounded. >>Al-Qaida was suspected. >> >>Car Bomb Explosion in Bali, October 12, 2002: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Sari Club Discotheque in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, >>killing 202 persons and wounding 300 more. Most of the casualties, >>including 88 of the dead, were Australian tourists. Seven Americans >>were among the dead. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Two suspects >>were later arrested and convicted. Iman Samudra, who had trained in >>Afghanistan with al-Qaeda and was suspected of belonging to Jemaah >>Islamiya, was sentenced to death on September 10, 2003. >> >>Chechen Rebels Seize a Moscow Theater, October 23-26, 2002: Fifty >>Chechen rebels led by Movsar Barayev seized the Palace of Culture >>Theater in Moscow, Russia, to demand an end to the war in Chechnya. >>They seized more than 800 hostages from 13 countries and threatened to >>blow up the theater. During a three-day siege, they killed a Russian >>policeman and five Russian hostages. On October 26, Russian Special >>Forces pumped an anesthetic gas through the ventilation system and >>then stormed the theater. All of the rebels were killed, but 94 >>hostages (including one American) also died, many from the effects of >>the gas. A group led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Assassination of an AID Official, October 28, 2002: Gunmen in Amman >>assassinated Laurence Foley, Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for >>International Development Mission in Jordan. The Honest People of >>Jordan claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, November 21, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus on Mexico Street in Jerusalem killed 11 persons and wounded >>50 more. One of the dead was a Romanian. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on Temples in Kashmir, November 24, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked the Reghunath and Shiv temples in Jammu, Kashmir, killing 13 >>persons and wounding 50. The Lashkare-e-Tayyiba claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attacks on Israeli Tourists in Kenya, November 28, 2002: A >>three-person suicide car bomb attack on the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa, >>Kenya, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. Three of the dead and 18 of >>the wounded were Israeli tourists; the others were Kenyans. Near >>Mombasa’s airport, two SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles were fired as an >>Arkia Airlines Boeing 757 that was carrying 261 passengers back to >>Israel. Both missiles missed. Al-Qaida, the Government of Universal >>Palestine in Exile, and the Army of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for both attacks. Al-Ittihad al-Islami was also suspected of >>involvement. >> >>Attack on a Bus in the Philippines, December 26, 2002: Armed militants >>ambushed a bus carrying Filipino workers employed by the Canadian >>Toronto Ventures Inc. Pacific mining company in Zamboanga del Norte. >>Thirteen persons were killed and 10 wounded. Philippine authorities >>suspected the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which had been >>extorting money from Toronto Ventures. The Catholic charity >>Caritas-Philippines said that Toronto Ventures had harassed tribesmen >>who opposed mining on their ancestral lands. >> >>Bombing of a Government Building in Chechnya, December 27, 2002: A >>suicide bomb attack involving two explosives-laden trucks destroyed >>the offices of the pro-Russian Chechen government in Grozny. The >>attack killed over 80 people and wounded 210. According to a Chechen >>website run by the Kavkaz Center, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev >>claimed responsibility. >> >>2003 >> >>Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2003: Two suicide bomb >>attacks killed 22 and wounded at least 100 persons in Tel Aviv, >>Israel. Six of the victims were foreign workers. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ >>Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Night Club Bombing in Colombia, February 7, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside a night club in Bogota, Colombia, killing 32 persons and >>wounding 160. No group claimed responsibility, but Colombian officials >>suspected the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) of >>committing the worst terrorist attack in the country in a decade. >> >>Assasination of a Kurdish Leader, February 8, 2003: Members of Ansar >>al-Islam assassinated Kurdish legislator Shawkat Haji Mushir and >>captured two other Kurdish officials in Qamash Tapa in northern Iraq. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, March 5, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard a >>bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded at least 40. One >>of the dead claimed U.S. as well as Israeli citizenship. The bomber’s >>affiliation was not immediately known. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Netanya, March 30, 2003: A suicide bombing in a >>cafe in Netanya, Israel, wounded 38 persons. Only the bomber was >>killed. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and called the attack a >>"gift" to the people of Iraq. >> >>Unsuccessful Hostage Rescue Attempt in Colombia, May 5, 2003: The FARC >>killed 10 hostages when Colombian special forces tried to rescue them > >>from a jungle hideout near Urrao, in Colombia’s Antioquia State. The > >>dead included Governor Guillermo Gavira and former Defense Minister >>Gilberto Echeverri Mejia, who had been kidnapped in April 2002. >> >>Truck Bomb Attacks in Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2003: Suicide bombers >>attacked three residential compounds for foreign workers in Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. The 34 dead included 9 attackers, 7 other Saudis, 9 U.S. >>citizens, and one citizen each from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and >>the Philippines. Another American died on June 1. It was the first >>major attack on U.S. targets in Saudi Arabia since the end of the war >>in Iraq. Saudi authorities arrested 11 al-Qaida suspects on May 28. >> >>Truck Bombing in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: A truck bomb explosion >>demolished a government compound in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, killing 54 >>persons. Russian authorities blamed followers of a Saudi-born Islamist >>named Abu Walid. President Vladimir Putin said that he suspected that >>there was an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: Two female suicide >>bombers attacked Chechen Administrator Mufti Akhmed Kadyrov during a >>religious festival in Iliskhan Yurt. Kadyrov escaped injury, but 14 >>other persons were killed and 43 were wounded. Chechen rebel leader >>Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attacks in Morocco, May 16, 2003: A team of 12 suicide >>bombers attacked five targets in Casablanca, Morocco, killing 43 >>persons and wounding 100. The targets were a Spanish restaurant, a >>Jewish community, a Jewish cemetery, a hotel, and the Belgian >>Consulate. The Moroccan Government blamed the Islamist al-Assirat >>al-Moustaquim (The Righteous Path), but foreign commentators suspected >>an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Jerusalem, May 18, 2003: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus in Jerusalem’s French Hill district killed 7 persons and >>wounded 20. The bomber was disguised as a religious Jew. HAMAS claimed >>responsibility >> >>Suicide Bombing in Afula, May 19, 2003: A suicide bomb attack by a >>female Palestinian student killed 3 persons and wounded 52 at a >>shopping mall in Afula, Israel. Both Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 11, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard >>a bus in Jerusalem killed 16 persons and wounded at least 70, one of >>whom died later. HAMAS claimed responsibility, calling it revenge for >>an Israeli helicopter attack on HAMAS leader Abdelaziz al-Rantisi in >>Gaza City the day before. >> >>Truck Bombing in Northern Ossetia, August 1, 2003: A suicide truck >>bomb attack destroyed a Russian military hospital in Mozdok, North >>Ossetia and killed 50 persons. Russian authorities attributed the >>attack to followers of Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev. >> >>Hotel Bombing in Indonesia, August 5, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 10 persons >>and wounding 150. One of the dead was a Dutch citizen. The wounded >>included an American, a Canadian, an Australian, and two Chinese. >>Indonesian authorities suspected the Jemaah Islamiah, which had >>carried out the October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali. >> >>Bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, August 7, 2003: A car >>bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, killing >>19 persons and wounding 65. Most of the victims were apparently >>Iraqis, including 5 police officers. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel and the West Bank, August 12, 2003: The >>first suicide bombings since the June 29 Israeli-Palestinian truce >>took place. The first, in a supermarket at Rosh Haayin, Israel, killed >>one person and wounded 14. The second, at a bus stop near the Ariel >>settlement in the West Bank, killed one person and wounded 3. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility for the first; HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for the second. >> >>Bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, August 19, 2003: A truck >>loaded with surplus Iraqi ordnance exploded outside the United Nations >>Headquarters in Baghdad’s Canal Hotel. A hospital across the street >>was also heavily damaged. The 23 dead included UN Special >>Representative Sergio Viera de Mello. More than 100 persons were >>wounded. It was not clear whether the bomber was a Baath Party >>loyalist or a foreign Islamic militant. An al-Qaeda branch called the >>Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri later claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, August 19, 2003: A suicide bombing >>aboard a bus in Jerusalem killed 20 persons and injured at least 100, >>one of whom died later. Five of the dead were American citizens. HAMAS >>and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, although HAMAS leader >>al-Rantisi said that his organization remained committed to the truce >>while reserving the right to respond to Israeli military actions. >> >>Car Bomb Kills Shi’ite Leader in Najaf, August 29, 2003: A car bomb >>explosion outside the Shrine of the Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq killed at >>least 81 persons and wounded at least 140. The dead included the >>Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir al-Hakim, one of four leading Shi’ite clerics >>in Iraq. Al-Hakim had been the leader of the Supreme Council for the >>Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) since its establishment in 1982, >>and SCIRI had recently agreed to work with the U.S.-sponsored Iraqi >>Governing Council. It was not known whether the perpetrators were >>Baath Party loyalists, rival Shi’ites, or foreign Islamists. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel, September 9, 2003: Two suicide bombings >>took place in Israel. The first, at a bus stop near the Tsrifin army >>base southeast of Tel Aviv, killed 7 soldiers and wounded 14 soldiers >>and a civilian. The second, at a café in Jerusalem’s German Colony >>neighborhood, killed 6 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS did not claim >>responsibility until the next day, although a spokesman called the >>first attack" a response to Israeli aggression." >> >>Assassination of an Iraqi Governing Council Member, September 20, >>2003: Gunmen shot and seriously wounded Akila Hashimi, one of three >>female members of the Iraqi Governing Council, near her home in >>Baghdad. She died September 25. >> >>A Second Attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, September 22, 2003: >>A suicide car bomb attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad killed a >>security guard and wounded 19 other persons. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, October 4, 2003: A Palestinian woman made a >>suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in Haifa, killing 19 persons and >>wounding at least 55. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the >>attack. The next day, Israel bombed a terrorist training camp in >>Syria. >> >>Attacks in Iraq, October 9, 2003: Gunmen assassinated a Spanish >>military attaché in Baghdad. A suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi >>police station killed 8 persons and wounded 40. >> >>Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 12, 2003: Two suicide car bombs >>exploded outside the Baghdad Hotel, which housed U.S. officials. Six >>persons were killed and 32 wounded. Iraqi and U.S. security personnel >>apparently kept the cars from actually reaching the hotel. >> >>Bomb Attack on U.S. Diplomats in the Gaza Strip, October 15, 2003: A >>remote-controlled bomb exploded under a car in a U.S. diplomatic >>convoy passing through the northern Gaza Strip. Three security guards, >>all employees of DynCorp, were killed. A fourth was wounded. The >>diplomats were on their way to interview Palestinian candidates for >>Fulbright scholarships to study in the United States. Palestinian >>President Arafat and Prime Minister Qurei condemned the attack, while >>the major Palestinian militant groups denied responsibility. The next >>day, Palestinian security forces arrested several suspects, some of >>whom belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees. >> >>Rocket Attack on the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: >>Iraqis using an improvised rocket launcher bombarded the al-Rashid >>Hotel in Baghdad, killing one U.S. Army officer and wounding 17 >>persons. The wounded included 4 U.S. military personnel and seven >>American civilians. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz, who >>was staying at the hotel, was not injured. After visiting the wounded, >>he said, "They’re not going to scare us away; we’re not giving up on >>this job." >> >>Assassination of a Deputy Mayor in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: Two >>gunmen believed to be Baath Party loyalists assassinated Faris Abdul >>Razaq al-Assam, one of three deputy mayors of Baghdad. U.S. officials >>did not announce al-Assam’s death until October 28. >> >>Wave of Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 27, 2003: A series of suicide >>car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 35 persons and wounded at >>least 230. Four attacks were directed at Iraqi police stations, the >>fifth and most destructive was directed at the International Committee >>of the Red Cross headquarters, where at least 12 persons were killed. >>A sixth attack failed when a car bomb failed to explode and the bomber >>was wounded and captured by Iraqi police. U.S. and Iraqi officials >>suspected that foreign terrorists were involved; the unsuccessful >>bomber said he was a Syrian national and carried a Syrian passport. >>After a meeting with Administrator L. Paul Bremer, President Bush >>said, "The more successful we are on the ground, the more these >>killers will react." >> >>Suicide Bombing in Riyadh, November 8, 2003: In Riyadh, a suicide car >>bombing took place in the Muhaya residential compound, which was >>occupied mainly by nationals of other Arab countries. Seventeen >>persons were killed and 122 were wounded. The latter included 4 >>Americans. The next day, Deputy Secretary of State Armitage said >>al-Qaeda was probably responsible. >> >>Truck Bombing in Nasiriyah, November 12, 2003: A suicide truck bomb >>destroyed the headquarters of the Italian military police in >>Nasiriyah, Iraq, killing 18 Italians and 11 Iraqis and wounding at >>least 100 persons. >> >>Synagogue Bombings in Istanbul, November 15, 2003: Two suicide truck >>bombs exploded outside the Neve Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues in >>Istanbul, killing 25 persons and wounding at least 300 more. The >>initial claim of responsibility came from a Turkish militant group, >>the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders’ Front, but Turkish authorities >>suspected an al-Qaeda connection. The next day, the London-based >>newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi received an e-mail in which an al-Qaeda >>branch called the Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri claimed >>responsibility for the Istanbul synagogue bombings. >> > > >>More Suicide Truck Bombings in Istanbul, November 20, 2003: Two more >>suicide truck bombings devastated the British HSBC Bank and the >>British Consulate General in Istanbul, killing 27 persons and wounding >>at least 450. The dead included Consul General Roger Short. U.S., >>British, and Turkish officials suspected that al-Qaeda had struck >>again. The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul was closed, and the Embassy in >>Ankara advised American citizens in Istanbul to stay home. >> >>Car Bombing in Kirkuk, November 20, 2003: A suicide car bombing in >>Kirkuk killed 5 persons. The target appeared to be the headquarters of >>the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. PUK officials suspected the Ansar >>al-Islam group, which was said to have sheltered fugitive Taliban and >>al-Qaeda members after the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. >> >>Attacks on Other Coalition Personnel in Iraq, November 29-30, 2003: >>Iraqi insurgents stepped up attacks on nationals of other members of >>the Coalition. On November 29, an ambush in Mahmudiyah killed 7 out of >>a party of 8 Spanish intelligence officers. Iraqi insurgents also >>killed two Japanese diplomats near Tikrit. On November 30, another >>ambush near Tikrit killed two South Korean electrical workers and >>wounded two more. A Colombian employee of Kellogg Brown & Root was >>killed and two were wounded in an ambush near Balad. >> >>Train Bombing in Southern Russia, December 5, 2003: A suicide bomb >>attack killed 42 persons and wounded 150 aboard a Russian commuter >>train in the south Russian town of Yessentuki. Russian officials >>suspected Chechen rebels; President Putin said the attack was meant to >>disrupt legislative elections. Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov >>denied any involvement. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Moscow, December 9, 2003: A female suicide bomber >>killed 5 other persons and wounded 14 outside Moscow’s National Hotel. >>She was said to be looking for the State Duma. >> >>Suicide Car Bombings in Iraq, December 15, 2003: Two days after the >>capture of Saddam Hussein, there were two suicide car bomb attacks on >>Iraqi police stations. One at Husainiyah killed 8 persons and wounded >>20. The other, at Ameriyah, wounded 7 Iraqi police. Guards repelled a >>second vehicle. >> >>Office Bombing in Baghdad, December 19, 2003: A bomb destroyed the >>Baghdad office of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in >>Iraq, killing a woman and wounding at least 7 other persons. >> >>Suicide Car Bombing in Irbil, December 24, 2003: A suicide car bomb >>attack on the Kurdish Interior Ministry in Irbil, Iraq, killed 5 >>persons and wounded 101. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Rawalpindi, December 25, 2003: Two suicide >>truck bombers killed 14 persons as President Musharraf’s motorcade >>passed through Rawalpindi, Pakistan. An earlier attempt on December 14 >>caused no casualties. Pakistani officials suspected Afghan and >>Kashmiri militants. On January 6, 2004, Pakistani authorities >>announced the arrest of 6 suspects who were said to be members of >>Jaish-e-Muhammad. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, December 25, 2003: A Palestinian suicide >>bomber killed 4 persons at a bus stop near Petah Tikva, Israel. The >>Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for the attack in retaliation for Israeli military operations in >>Nablus that had begun two days earlier. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Baghdad, December 31, 2003: A car bomb explosion >>outside Baghdad’s Nabil Restaurant killed 8 persons and wounded 35. >>The wounded included 3 Los Angeles Times reporters and 3 local >>employees > > > > Gunner > > "Considering the events of recent years, > the world has a long way to go to regain > its credibility and reputation with the US." > unknown amen. Gunner wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:03:49 GMT, Gunner > wrote: > > >>On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:48:43 -0700, "Pagan" >>wrote: >> >> >>>Most folks think the 'war' started on 9/11. Personally, I feel the war >>>started with the USS Cole, the Embassy bombings, the numerous plane >>>highjackings and bombings, and so forth, for the past 40 friggin years. >>> >>>I, for one, am sick of Americans getting blown up for the sake of a bunch of >>>wackos in the Middle East. >> >>Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology > > > > For the sake of argument..Ive revised the list and removed all > terrorist attacks NOT committed by Islamic Extremists. > > Lets see again, what you Leftist fringe kooks and terrorist supporters > are claiming Bush is responsible for, shall we? Below are only attacks > committed by Islamic extremists...... > > >>Attack on the Munich Airport, February 10, 1970: Three terrorists >>attacked El Al passengers in a bus at the Munich Airport with guns and >>grenades. One passenger was killed and 11 were injured. All three >>terrorists were captured by airport police. The Action Organization >>for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Democratic Front for >>the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack. >> > > >>Munich Olympic Massacre, September 5, 1972: Eight Palestinian "Black >>September" terrorists seized eleven Israeli athletes in the Olympic >>Village in Munich, West Germany. In a bungled rescue attempt by West >>German authorities, nine of the hostages and five terrorists were >>killed. >> >>Ambassador to Sudan Assassinated, March 2, 1973: U.S. Ambassador to >>Sudan Cleo A. Noel and other diplomats were assassinated at the Saudi >>Arabian Embassy in Khartoum by members of the Black September >>organization. >> > > >>Attack and Hijacking at the Rome Airport, December 17, 1973: Five >>terrorists pulled weapons from their luggage in the terminal lounge at >>the Rome airport, killing two persons. They then attacked a Pan >>American 707 bound for Beirut and Tehran, destroying it with >>incendiary grenades and killing 29 persons, including 4 senior >>Moroccan officials and 14 American employees of ARAMCO. They then >>herded 5 Italian hostages into a Lufthansa airliner and killed an >>Italian customs agent as he tried to escape, after which they forced >>the pilot to fly to Beirut. After Lebanese authorities refused to let >>the plane land, it landed in Athens, where the terrorists demanded the >>release of 2 Arab terrorists. In order to make Greek authorities >>comply with their demands, the terrorists killed a hostage and threw >>his body onto the tarmac. The plane then flew to Damascus, where it >>stopped for two hours to obtain fuel and food. It then flew to Kuwait, >>where the terrorists released their hostages in return for passage to >>an unknown destination. The Palestine Liberation Organization >>disavowed the attack, and no group claimed responsibility for it. >> > > >>Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976: Members of the Baader-Meinhof >>Group and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) >>seized an Air France airliner and its 258 passengers. They forced the >>plane to land in Uganda. On July 3 Israeli commandos successfully >>rescued the passengers. >> > > >>Ambassador to Afghanistan Assassinated, February 14, 1979: Four >>Afghans kidnapped U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs in Kabul and demanded >>the release of various "religious figures." Dubs was killed, along >>with four alleged terrorists, when Afghan police stormed the hotel >>room where he was being held. >> >>Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979: After President Carter agreed >>to admit the Shah of Iran into the US, Iranian radicals seized the >>U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. >>Thirteen hostages were soon released, but the remaining 53 were held >>until their release on January 20, 1981. >> >>Grand Mosque Seizure, November 20, 1979: 200 Islamic terrorists seized >>the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, taking hundreds of pilgrims >>hostage. Saudi and French security forces retook the shrine after an >>intense battle in which some 250 people were killed and 600 wounded. >> > > >>Assassination of Egyptian President, October 6, 1981: Soldiers who >>were secretly members of the Takfir Wal-Hajira sect attacked and >>killed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a troop review. >> > > >>Assassination of Lebanese President, September 14, 1982: President >>Bashir Gemayel was assassinated by a car bomb parked outside his >>party’s Beirut headquarters. >> >>1983 > > >>Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983: Sixty-three people, >>including the CIA’s Middle East director, were killed and 120 were >>injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy >>in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983: Simultaneous >>suicide truck-bomb attacks were made on American and French compounds >>in Beirut, Lebanon. A 12,000-pound bomb destroyed the U.S. compound, >>killing 242 Americans, while 58 French troops were killed when a >>400-pound device destroyed a French base. Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >> >> >>1984 >> >>Kidnapping of Embassy Official, March 16, 1984: The Islamic Jihad >>kidnapped and later murdered Political Officer William Buckley in >>Beirut, Lebanon. Other U.S. citizens not connected to the U.S. >>government were seized over a succeeding two-year period. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Spain, April 12, 1984: Eighteen U.S. servicemen >>were killed and 83 people were injured in a bomb attack on a >>restaurant near a U.S. Air Force Base in Torrejon, Spain. >> > > >>1985 >> > > >>TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was >>hijacked en route to Rome from Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah >>terrorists and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 >>passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American >>hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to >>Algiers, the aircraft was returned to Beirut after Israel released 435 >>Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners. >> > > >>Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped, September 30, 1985: In Beirut, Lebanon, >>Sunni terrorists kidnapped four Soviet diplomats. One was killed but >>three were later released. >> >>Achille Lauro Hijacking, October 7, 1985: Four Palestinian Liberation >>Front terrorists seized the Italian cruise liner in the eastern >>Mediterranean Sea, taking more than 700 hostages. One U.S. passenger >>was murdered before the Egyptian government offered the terrorists >>safe haven in return for the hostages’ freedom. >> >>Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, November 23, 1985: An EgyptAir airplane >>bound from Athens to Malta and carrying several U.S. citizens was >>hijacked by the Abu Nidal Group. >> >>Airport Attacks in Rome and Vienna, December 27, 1985: Four gunmen >>belonging to the Abu Nidal Organization attacked the El Al and Trans >>World Airlines ticket counters at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport >>with grenades and automatic rifles. Thirteen persons were killed and >>75 were wounded before Italian police and Israeli security guards >>killed three of the gunmen and captured the fourth. Three more Abu >>Nidal gunmen attacked the El Al ticket counter at Vienna’s Schwechat >>Airport, killing three persons and wounding 30. Austrian police killed >>one of the gunmen and captured the others. >> >>1986 >> >>Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986: A Palestinian splinter >>group detonated a bomb as TWA Flight 840 approached Athens airport, >>killing four U.S. citizens. >> >>Berlin Discothèque Bombing, April 5, 1986: Two U.S. soldiers were >>killed and 79 American servicemen were injured in a Libyan bomb attack >>on a nightclub in West Berlin, West Germany. In retaliation U.S. >>military jets bombed targets in and around Tripoli and Benghazi. >> > > >>1987 >> > > >>1988 >> >>Kidnapping of William Higgins, February 17, 1988: U.S. Marine Corps >>Lieutenant Colonel W. Higgins was kidnapped and murdered by the >>Iranian-backed Hizballah group while serving with the United Nations >>Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) in southern Lebanon. >> >>Naples USO Attack, April 14, 1988: The Organization of Jihad Brigades >>exploded a car-bomb outside a USO Club in Naples, Italy, killing one >>U.S. sailor. >> > > >>Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988: Pan American Airlines Flight >>103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, by a bomb believed to have >>been placed on the aircraft by Libyan terrorists in Frankfurt, West >>Germany. All 259 people on board were killed. >> >>1989 >> > > >>Bombing of UTA Flight 772, September 19, 1989: A bomb explosion >>destroyed UTA Flight 772 over the Sahara Desert in southern Niger >>during a flight from Brazzaville to Paris. All 170 persons aboard were >>killed. Six Libyans were later found guilty in absentia and sentenced >>to life imprisonment. >> > > >>1990 >> > > >>1991 >> >>Attempted Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Posts, January 18-19, 1991: Iraqi >>agents planted bombs at the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia’s home >>residence and at the USIS library in Manila. >> > > >>Assassination of former Indian Prime Minister, May 21, 1991: A female >>member of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) killed herself, >>Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and 16 others by detonating an explosive >>vest after presenting a garland of flowers to the former Prime >>Minister during an election rally in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. >> >>1992 >> > > >>Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992: Hizballah >>claimed responsibility for a blast that leveled the Israeli Embassy in >>Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing the deaths of 29 and wounding 242. >> >> >> >>1993 > > >>World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center >>in New York City was badly damaged when a car bomb planted by Islamic >>terrorists exploded in an underground garage. The bomb left 6 people >>dead and 1,000 injured. The men carrying out the attack were followers >>of Umar Abd al-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric who preached in the New York >>City area. >> >>Attempted Assassination of President Bush by Iraqi Agents, April 14, >>1993: The Iraqi intelligence service attempted to assassinate former >>U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait. In retaliation, >>the U.S. launched a cruise missile attack 2 months later on the Iraqi >>capital Baghdad. >> >>1994 >> >>Hebron Massacre, February 25, 1994: Jewish right-wing extremist and >>U.S. citizen Baruch Goldstein machine-gunned Moslem worshippers at a >>mosque in West Bank town of Hebron, killing 29 and wounding about 150. >> > > >>Air France Hijacking, December 24, 1994: Members of the Armed Islamic >>Group seized an Air France Flight to Algeria. The four terrorists were >>killed during a rescue effort. >> >>1995 >> >>Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan, March 8, 1995: Two unidentified >>gunmen killed two U.S. diplomats and wounded a third in Karachi, >>Pakistan. >> > > >>Kashmiri Hostage-taking, July 4, 1995: In India six foreigners, >>including two U.S. citizens, were taken hostage by Al-Faran, a >>Kashmiri separatist group. One non-U.S. hostage was later found >>beheaded. >> >>Jerusalem Bus Attack, August 21, 1995: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the detonation of a bomb that killed 6 and injured over 100 >>persons, including several U.S. citizens. >> >>Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow, September 13, 1995: A >>rocket-propelled grenade was fired through the window of the U.S. >>Embassy in Moscow, ostensibly in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Serb >>positions in Bosnia. >> >>Saudi Military Installation Attack, November 13, 1995: The Islamic >>Movement of Change planted a bomb in a Riyadh military compound that >>killed one U.S. citizen, several foreign national employees of the >>U.S. government, and over 40 others. >> >>Egyptian Embassy Attack, November 19, 1995: A suicide bomber drove a >>vehicle into the Egyptian Embassy compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, >>killing at least 16 and injuring 60 persons. Three militant Islamic >>groups claimed responsibility. >> >>1996 >> > > >>Tamil Tigers Attack, January 31, 1996: Members of the Liberation >>Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rammed an explosives-laden truck into the >>Central Bank in the heart of downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 90 >>civilians and injuring more than 1,400 others, including 2 US >>citizens. >> > > >>Athens Embassy Attack, February 15, 1996: Unidentified assailants >>fired a rocket at the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens, causing minor >>damage to three diplomatic vehicles and some surrounding buildings. >>Circumstances of the attack suggested it was an operation carried out >>by the 17 November group. >> > > >>HAMAS Bus Attack, February 26, 1996: In Jerusalem, a suicide bomber >>blew up a bus, killing 26 persons, including three U.S. citizens, and >>injuring some 80 persons, including three other US citizens. >> >>Dizengoff Center Bombing, March 4, 1996: HAMAS and the Palestine >>Islamic Jihad (PIJ) both claimed responsibility for a bombing outside >>of Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall that killed 20 persons and injured >>75 others, including 2 U.S. citizens. >> >>West Bank Attack, May 13, 1996: Arab gunmen opened fire on a bus and a >>group of Yeshiva students near the Bet El settlement, killing a dual >>U.S./Israeli citizen and wounding three Israelis. No one claimed >>responsibility for the attack, but HAMAS was suspected. >> > > >>Zekharya Attack, June 9, 1996: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a >>car near Zekharya, killing a dual U.S./Israeli citizen and an Israeli. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was >>suspected. >> > > >>Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996: A fuel truck carrying a bomb >>exploded outside the US military's Khobar Towers housing facility in >>Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, >>including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility >>for the attack. >> > > >>Bombing of Archbishop of Oran, August 1, 1996: A bomb exploded at the >>home of the French Archbishop of Oran, killing him and his chauffeur. >>The attack occurred after the Archbishop's meeting with the French >>Foreign Minister. The Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected. >> > > >>PUK Kidnapping, September 13, 1996: In Iraq, Patriotic Union of >>Kurdistan (PUK) militants kidnapped four French workers for >>Pharmaciens Sans Frontieres, a Canadian United Nations High >>Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) official, and two Iraqis. >> > > > >>Paris Subway Explosion, December 3, 1996: A bomb exploded aboard a >>Paris subway train as it arrived at the Port Royal station, killing >>two French nationals, a Moroccan, and a Canadian, and injuring 86 >>persons. Among those injured were one U.S. citizen and a Canadian. No >>one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are >>suspected. >> > > >>1997 >> >>Egyptian Letter Bombs, January 2-13, 1997: A series of letter bombs >>with Alexandria, Egypt, postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat >>newspaper bureaus in Washington, New York City, London, and Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were >>found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal >>experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat >>office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor >>damage. >> >>Tajik Hostage Abductions, February 4-17, 1997: Near Komsomolabad, >>Tajikistan, a paramilitary group led by Bakhrom Sodirov abducted four >>United Nations (UN) military observers. The victims included two >>Swiss, one Austrian, one Ukrainian, and their Tajik interpreter. The >>kidnappers demanded safe passage for their supporters from Afghanistan >>to Tajikistan. In four separate incidents occurring between Dushanbe >>and Garm, Bakhrom Sodirov and his group kidnapped two International >>Committee for the Red Cross members, four Russian journalists and >>their Tajik driver, four UNHCR members, and the Tajik Security >>Minister, Saidamir Zukhurov. >> > > >>Empire State Building Sniper Attack, February 23, 1997: A Palestinian >>gunman opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire >>State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and >>wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland, and >>France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried >>by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the >>"enemies of Palestine." >> > > >>Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, September 4, 1997: Three suicide >>bombers of HAMAS detonated bombs in the Ben Yehuda shopping mall in >>Jerusalem, killing eight persons, including the bombers, and wounding >>nearly 200 others. A dual U.S./Israeli citizen was among the dead, and >>7 U.S. citizens were wounded. >> > > >>Yemeni Kidnappings, October 30, 1997: Al-Sha'if tribesmen kidnapped a >>U.S. businessman near Sanaa. The tribesmen sought the release of two >>fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several >>public works projects they claim the government promised them. They >>released the hostage on November 27. >> >>Murder of U.S. Businessmen in Pakistan, November 12, 1997: Two >>unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas >>Petroleum Corporation and their Pakistani driver after they drove away > >>from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. The Islami Inqilabi Council, or > >>Islamic Revolutionary Council, claimed responsibility in a call to the >>U.S. Consulate in Karachi. In a letter to Pakistani newspapers, the >>Aimal Khufia Action Committee also claimed responsibility. >> >>Tourist Killings in Egypt, November 17, 1997: Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya >>(IG) gunmen shot and killed 58 tourists and four Egyptians and wounded >>26 others at the Hatshepsut Temple in the Valley of the Kings near >>Luxor. Thirty-four Swiss, eight Japanese, five Germans, four Britons, >>one French, one Colombian, a dual Bulgarian/British citizen, and four >>unidentified persons were among the dead. Twelve Swiss, two Japanese, >>two Germans, one French, and nine Egyptians were among the wounded. >> >>1998 >> >>UN Observer Abductions, February 19, 1998: Armed supporters of late >>Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia abducted four UN military >>observers from Sweden, Uruguay, and the Czech Republic. >> > > >>Somali Hostage-takings, April 15, 1998: Somali militiamen abducted >>nine Red Cross and Red Crescent workers at an airstrip north of >>Mogadishu. The hostages included a U.S. citizen, a German, a Belgian, >>a French, a Norwegian, two Swiss, and one Somali. The gunmen were >>members of a sub-clan loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed, who controlled the >>northern section of the capital. >> > > >>U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998: A bomb exploded >>at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 12 >>U.S. citizens, 32 Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs), and 247 Kenyan >>citizens. Approximately 5,000 Kenyans, 6 U.S. citizens, and 13 FSNs >>were injured. The U.S. Embassy building sustained extensive structural >>damage. Almost simultaneously, a bomb detonated outside the U.S. >>Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 7 FSNs and 3 Tanzanian >>citizens, and injuring 1 U.S. citizen and 76 Tanzanians. The explosion >>caused major structural damage to the U.S. Embassy facility. The U.S. >>Government held Usama Bin Laden responsible. >> > > > >>1999 >> >>Angolan Aircraft Downing, January 2, 1999: A UN plane carrying one >>U.S. citizen, four Angolans, two Philippine nationals and one Namibian >>was shot down, according to a UN official. No deaths or injuries were >>reported. Angolan authorities blamed the attack on National Union for >>the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels. UNITA officials >>denied shooting down the plane. >> > > >>Greek Embassy Seizure, February 16, 1999: Kurdish protesters stormed >>and occupied the Greek Embassy in Vienna, taking the Greek Ambassador >>and six other persons hostage. Several hours later the protesters >>released the hostages and left the Embassy. The attack followed the >>Turkish Government's announcement of the successful capture of the >>Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan. Kurds also >>occupied Kenyan, Israeli, and other Greek diplomatic facilities in >>France, Holland, Switzerland, Britain, and Germany over the following >>days. >> > > >>Shell Platform Bombing, June 27, 1999: In Port Harcourt, Nigeria, >>armed youths stormed a Shell oil platform, kidnapping one U.S. >>citizen, one Nigerian national, and one Australian citizen, and >>causing undetermined damage. A group calling itself "Enough is Enough >>in the Niger River" claimed responsibility. Further seizures of oil >>facilities followed. >> >>AFRC Kidnappings, August 4, 1999: An Armed Forces Revolutionary >>Council (AFRC) faction kidnapped 33 UN representatives near Occra >>Hills, Sierra Leone. The hostages included one U.S. citizen, five >>British soldiers, one Canadian citizen, one representative from Ghana, >>one military officer from Russia, one officer from Kyrgystan, one >>officer from Zambia, one officer from Malaysia, a local Bishop, two UN >>officials, two local journalists, and 16 Sierra Leonean nationals. >> > > >>PLA Kidnapping, December 23, 1999: Colombian People’s Liberation Army >>(PLA) forces kidnapped a U.S. citizen in an unsuccessful ransoming >>effort. >> >>Indian Airlines Airbus Hijacking, December 24, 1999: Five militants >>hijacked a flight bound from Katmandu to New Delhi carrying 189 >>people. The plane and its passengers were released unharmed on >>December 31. >> >>2000 >> > > >>Diplomatic Assassination in Greece, June 8, 2000: In Athens, Greece, >>two unidentified gunmen killed British Defense Attaché Stephen >>Saunders in an ambush. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November >>claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan, August 12, 2000: In the Kara-Su Valley, the >>Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan took four U.S. citizens hostage. The >>Americans escaped on August 12. >> >>Church Bombing in Tajikistan, October 1, 2000: Unidentified militants >>detonated two bombs in a Christian church in Dushanbe, killing seven >>persons and injuring 70 others. The church was founded by a >>Korean-born U.S. citizen, and most of those killed and wounded were >>Korean. No one claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000: In Aden, Yemen, a small dingy >>carrying explosives rammed the destroyer U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 >>sailors and injuring 39 others. Supporters of Usama Bin Laden were >>suspected. >> >>Manila Bombing, December 30, 2000: A bomb exploded in a plaza across >>the street from the U.S. Embassy in Manila, injuring nine persons. The >>Moro Islamic Liberation Front was likely responsible. >> >>2001 > > >>Srinagar Airport Attack and Assassination Attempt, January 17, 2001: >>In India, six members of the Lashkar-e-Tayyba militant group were >>killed when they attempted to seize a local airport. Members of Hizbul >>Mujaheddin fired two rifle grenades at Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister >>for Jammu and Kashmir. Two persons were wounded in the unsuccessful >>assassination attempt. >> > > Bush sworn into office for first term, on January 20, 2001 > > >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 4, 2001: A suicide bomb attack in >>Netanya killed 3 persons and wounded 65. HAMAS later claimed >>responsibility. >> > > >>Airliner Hijacking in Istanbul, March 15, 2001: Three Chechens >>hijacked a Russian airliner during a flight from Istanbul to Moscow >>and forced it to fly to Medina, Saudi Arabia. The plane carried 162 >>passengers and a crew of 12. After a 22-hour siege during which more >>than 40 passengers were released, Saudi security forces stormed the >>plane, killing a hijacker, a passenger, and a flight attendant. >> >>Bus Stop Bombing, April 22, 2001: A member of HAMAS detonated a bomb >>he was carrying near a bus stop in Kfar Siva, Israel, killing one >>person and injuring 60. >> >>Philippines Hostage Incident, May 27, 2001: Muslim Abu Sayyaf >>guerrillas seized 13 tourists and 3 staff members at a resort on >>Palawan Island and took their captives to Basilan Island. The captives >>included three U.S. citizens: Guellermo Sobero and missionaries Martin >>and Gracia Burnham. Philippine troops fought a series of battles with >>the guerrillas between June 1 and June 3 during which 9 hostages >>escaped and two were found dead. The guerrillas took additional >>hostages when they seized the hospital in the town of Lamitan. On June >>12, Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya claimed that Sobero had been >>killed and beheaded; his body was found in October. The Burnhams >>remained in captivity until June 2002. >> >>Tel-Aviv Nightclub Bombing, June 1, 2001: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the suicide bombing of a popular Israeli nightclub that caused >>over 140 casualties. >> >>HAMAS Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001: A HAMAS-planted bomb >>detonated in a Jerusalem pizza restaurant, killing 15 people and >>wounding more than 90. The Israeli response included occupation of >>Orient House, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political >>headquarters in East Jerusalem. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, September 9, 2001: The first suicide >>bombing carried out by an Israeli Arab killed 3 persons in Nahariya. >>HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Death of "the Lion of the Panjshir", September 9, 2001: Two suicide >>bombers fatally wounded Ahmed Shah Massoud, a leader of Afghanistan’s >>Northern Alliance, which had opposed both the Soviet occupation and >>the post-Soviet Taliban government. The bombers posed as journalists >>and were apparently linked to al-Qaida. The Northern Alliance did not >>confirm Massoud’s death until September 15. >> >>Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001: Two hijacked >>airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Soon >>thereafter, the Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane. A >>fourth hijacked plane, suspected to be bound for a high-profile target >>in Washington, crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. The >>attacks killed 3,025 U.S. citizens and other nationals. President Bush >>and Cabinet officials indicated that Usama Bin Laden was the prime >>suspect and that they considered the United States in a state of war >>with international terrorism. In the aftermath of the attacks, the >>United States formed the Global Coalition Against Terrorism. >> >>Attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature, October 1, 2001: After a >>suicide car bomber forced the gate of the state legislature in >>Srinagar, two gunmen entered the building and held off police for >>seven hours before being killed. Forty persons died in the incident. >>Jaish-e-Muhammad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Assassination of an Israeli Cabinet Minister, October 17, 2001: A >>Palestinian gunman assassinated Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam >>Zeevi in the Jerusalem hotel where he was staying. The Popular Front >>for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed to have avenged the >>death of PFLP Mustafa Zubari. >> >>Attack on a Church in Pakistan, October 28, 2001: Six masked gunmen >>shot up a church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, killing 15 Pakistani >>Christians. No group claimed responsibility, although various militant >>Muslim groups were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Jerusalem, December 1, 2001: Two suicide bombers >>attacked a Jerusalem shopping mall, killing 10 persons and wounding >>170. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, December 2, 2001: A suicide bomb attack >>aboard a bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for both this attack and those on December 1 to >>avenge the death of a HAMAS member at the hands of Israeli forces a >>week earlier. >> >>Attack on the Indian Parliament, December 13, 2001: Five gunmen >>attacked the Indian Parliament in New Delhi shortly after it had >>adjourned. Before security forces killed them, the attackers killed 6 >>security personnel and a gardener. Indian officials blamed >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and demanded that Pakistan crack down on it and on >>other Muslim separatist groups in Kashmir. >> >>2002 >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, January 15, 2002: Palestinian militants fired >>on a vehicle in Beit Sahur, killing one passenger and wounding the >>other. The dead passenger claimed U.S. and Israeli citizenship. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Battalion claimed responsibility. >> >>Shooting Incident in Israel, January 17, 2002: A Palestinian gunman >>killed 6 persons and wounded 25 in Hadera, Israel, before being killed >>by Israeli police. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed >>responsibility as revenge for Israel’s killing of a leading member of >>the group. >> >>Drive-By Shooting at a U.S. Consulate, January 22, 2002: Armed >>militants on motorcycles fired on the U.S. Consulate in Calcutta, >>India, killing 5 Indian security personnel and wounding 13 others. The >>Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami and the Asif Raza Commandoes claimed >>responsibility. Indian police later killed two suspects, one of whom >>confessed to belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as he died. >> >>Bomb Explosion in Kashmir, January 22, 2002: A bomb exploded in a >>crowded retail district in Jammu, Kashmir, killing one person and >>injuring nine. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, January 23, 2002: Armed militants >>kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, >>Pakistan. Pakistani authorities received a videotape on February 20 >>depicting Pearl’s murder. His grave was found near Karachi on May 16. >>Pakistani authorities arrested four suspects. Ringleader Ahmad Omar >>Saeed Sheikh claimed to have organized Pearl’s kidnapping to protest >>Pakistan’s subservience to the United States, and had belonged to >>Jaish-e-Muhammad, an Islamic separatist group in Kashmir. All four >>suspects were convicted on July 15. Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to >>death, the others to life imprisonment. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, January 27, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>in Jerusalem killed one other person and wounded 100. The incident was >>the first suicide bombing made by a Palestinian woman. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, February 16, 2002: A suicide bombing >>in an outdoor food court in Karmei Shomron killed 4 persons and >>wounded 27. Two of the dead and two of the wounded were U.S. citizens. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 7, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>a supermarket in the settlement of Ariel wounded 10 persons, one of >>whom was a U.S. citizen. The PFLP claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 9, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>Jerusalem restaurant killed 11 persons and wounded 52, one of whom was >>a U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Grenade Attack on a Church in Pakistan, March 17, 2002: Militants >>threw grenades into the Protestant International Church in Islamabad, >>Pakistan, during a service attended by diplomatic and local personnel. >>Five persons, two of them U.S. citizens, were killed and 46 were >>wounded. The dead Americans were State Department employee Barbara >>Green and her daughter Kristen Wormsley. Thirteen U.S. citizens were >>among the wounded. The Lashkar-e-Tayyiba group was suspected. >> > > >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 21, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>Jerusalem killed 3 persons and wounded 86 more, including 2 U.S. >>citizens. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 27, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>noted restaurant in Netanya, Israel, killed 22 persons and wounded >>140. One of the dead was a U.S. citizen. The Islamic Resistance >>Movement (HAMAS) claimed responsibility. >> >>Temple Bombing in Kashmir, March 30, 2002: A bomb explosion at a Hindu >>temple in Jammu, Kashmir, killed 10 persons. The Islamic Front claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 31, 2002: A suicide bombing >>near an ambulance station in Efrat wounded four persons, including a >>U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Armed attack on Kashmir, April 10, 2002: Armed militants attacked a >>residence in Gando, Kashmir, killing five persons and wounding four. >>No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Synagogue Bombing in Tunisia, April 11, 2002: A suicide bomber >>detonated a truck loaded with propane gas outside a historic synagogue >>in Djerba, Tunisia. The 16 dead included 11 Germans, one French >>citizen, and three Tunisians. Twenty-six German tourists were injured. >>The Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Sites claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, April 12, 2002: A female suicide bomber >>killed 6 persons in Jerusalem and wounded 90 others. The al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, May 8, 2002: A car bomb exploded near a >>Pakistani navy shuttle bus in Karachi, killing 12 persons and wounding >>19. Eleven of the dead and 11 of the wounded were French nationals. >>Al-Qaida was suspected of the attack. >> >>Parade Bombing in Russia, May 9, 2002: A remotely-controlled bomb >>exploded near a May Day parade in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, killing 42 >>persons and wounding 150. Fourteen of the dead and 50 of the wounded >>were soldiers. Islamists linked to al-Qaida were suspected. >> >>Attack on a Bus in India, May 14, 2002: Militants fired on a passenger >>bus in Kaluchak, Jammu, killing 7 persons. They then entered a >>military housing complex and killed 3 soldiers and 7 military >>dependents before they were killed. The al-Mansooran and Jamiat >>ul-Mujahedin claimed responsibility. >> >>Bomb Attacks in Kashmir, May 17, 2002: A bomb explosion near a civil >>secretariat area in Srinagar, Kashmir, wounded 6 persons. In Jammu, a >>bomb exploded at a fire services headquarters, killing two and >>wounding 16. No group claimed responsibility for either attack. >> >>Hostage Rescue Attempt in the Philippines, June 7, 2002: Philippine >>Army troops attacked Abu Sayyaf terrorists on Mindanao Island in an >>attempt to rescue U.S. citizen Martin Burnham and his wife Gracia, who >>had been kidnapped more than a year ago. Burnham was killed but his >>wife, though wounded, was freed. A Filipino hostage was killed, as >>were four of the guerrillas. Seven soldiers were wounded. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, June 14, 2002: A car bomb exploded near the >>U.S. Consulate and the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan. Eleven >>persons were killed and 51 were sounded, including one U.S. and one >>Japanese citizen. Al Qaida and al-Qanin were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 19, 2002: A suicide bombing at a >>bus stop in Jerusalem killed 6 persons and wounded 43, including 2 >>U.S. citizens. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv, July 17, 2002: Two suicide bombers >>attacked the old bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 5 persons >>and wounding 38. The dead included one Romanian and two Chinese; >>another Romanian was wounded. The Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Bombing at the Hebrew University, July 31, 2002: A bomb hidden in a >>bag in the Frank Sinatra International Student Center of Jerusalem’s >>Hebrew University killed 9 persons and wounded 87. The dead included 5 >>U.S. citizens and 4 Israelis. The wounded included 4 U.S. citizens, 2 >>Japanese, and 3 South Koreans. The Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, August 4, 2002: A suicide bomb attack on a >>bus in Safed, Israel, killed 9 persons and wounded 50. Two of the dead >>were Philippine citizens; many of the wounded were soldiers returning > >>from leave. HAMAS claimed responsibility. > >>Attack on a School in Pakistan, August 5, 2002: Gunmen attacked a >>Christian school attended by children of missionaries from around the >>world. Six persons (two security guards, a cook, a carpenter, a >>receptionist, and a private citizen) were killed and a Philippine >>citizen was wounded. A group called al-Intigami al-Pakistani claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attack on Pilgrims in Kashmir, August 6, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked a group of Hindu pilgrims with guns and grenades in Pahalgam, >>Kashmir. Nine persons were killed and 32 were wounded. The >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba claimed responsibility. >> >>Assassination in Kashmir, September 11, 2002: Gunmen killed Kashmir’s >>Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone and six security guards in Tikipora. >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiga, Jamiat ul-Mujahedin, and Hizb ul-Mujahedin all >>claimed responsibility. Other militants attacked the residence of the >>Minister of Tourism with grenades, injuring four persons. No group >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, September 18, 2002: Gunmen ambushed a vehicle >>on a road near Yahad, killing an Israeli and wounding a Romanian >>worker. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Israel, September 19, 2002: A suicide bomb >>attack on a bus in Tel Aviv killed 6 persons and wounded 52. One of >>the dead was a British subject. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on a French Tanker, October 6, 2002: An explosive-laden boat >>rammed the French oil tanker Limburg, which was anchored about 5 miles >>off al-Dhabbah, Yemen. One person was killed and 4 were wounded. >>Al-Qaida was suspected. >> >>Car Bomb Explosion in Bali, October 12, 2002: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Sari Club Discotheque in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, >>killing 202 persons and wounding 300 more. Most of the casualties, >>including 88 of the dead, were Australian tourists. Seven Americans >>were among the dead. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Two suspects >>were later arrested and convicted. Iman Samudra, who had trained in >>Afghanistan with al-Qaeda and was suspected of belonging to Jemaah >>Islamiya, was sentenced to death on September 10, 2003. >> >>Chechen Rebels Seize a Moscow Theater, October 23-26, 2002: Fifty >>Chechen rebels led by Movsar Barayev seized the Palace of Culture >>Theater in Moscow, Russia, to demand an end to the war in Chechnya. >>They seized more than 800 hostages from 13 countries and threatened to >>blow up the theater. During a three-day siege, they killed a Russian >>policeman and five Russian hostages. On October 26, Russian Special >>Forces pumped an anesthetic gas through the ventilation system and >>then stormed the theater. All of the rebels were killed, but 94 >>hostages (including one American) also died, many from the effects of >>the gas. A group led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Assassination of an AID Official, October 28, 2002: Gunmen in Amman >>assassinated Laurence Foley, Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for >>International Development Mission in Jordan. The Honest People of >>Jordan claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, November 21, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus on Mexico Street in Jerusalem killed 11 persons and wounded >>50 more. One of the dead was a Romanian. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on Temples in Kashmir, November 24, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked the Reghunath and Shiv temples in Jammu, Kashmir, killing 13 >>persons and wounding 50. The Lashkare-e-Tayyiba claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attacks on Israeli Tourists in Kenya, November 28, 2002: A >>three-person suicide car bomb attack on the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa, >>Kenya, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. Three of the dead and 18 of >>the wounded were Israeli tourists; the others were Kenyans. Near >>Mombasa’s airport, two SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles were fired as an >>Arkia Airlines Boeing 757 that was carrying 261 passengers back to >>Israel. Both missiles missed. Al-Qaida, the Government of Universal >>Palestine in Exile, and the Army of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for both attacks. Al-Ittihad al-Islami was also suspected of >>involvement. >> >>Attack on a Bus in the Philippines, December 26, 2002: Armed militants >>ambushed a bus carrying Filipino workers employed by the Canadian >>Toronto Ventures Inc. Pacific mining company in Zamboanga del Norte. >>Thirteen persons were killed and 10 wounded. Philippine authorities >>suspected the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which had been >>extorting money from Toronto Ventures. The Catholic charity >>Caritas-Philippines said that Toronto Ventures had harassed tribesmen >>who opposed mining on their ancestral lands. >> >>Bombing of a Government Building in Chechnya, December 27, 2002: A >>suicide bomb attack involving two explosives-laden trucks destroyed >>the offices of the pro-Russian Chechen government in Grozny. The >>attack killed over 80 people and wounded 210. According to a Chechen >>website run by the Kavkaz Center, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev >>claimed responsibility. >> >>2003 >> >>Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2003: Two suicide bomb >>attacks killed 22 and wounded at least 100 persons in Tel Aviv, >>Israel. Six of the victims were foreign workers. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ >>Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Night Club Bombing in Colombia, February 7, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside a night club in Bogota, Colombia, killing 32 persons and >>wounding 160. No group claimed responsibility, but Colombian officials >>suspected the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) of >>committing the worst terrorist attack in the country in a decade. >> >>Assasination of a Kurdish Leader, February 8, 2003: Members of Ansar >>al-Islam assassinated Kurdish legislator Shawkat Haji Mushir and >>captured two other Kurdish officials in Qamash Tapa in northern Iraq. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, March 5, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard a >>bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded at least 40. One >>of the dead claimed U.S. as well as Israeli citizenship. The bomber’s >>affiliation was not immediately known. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Netanya, March 30, 2003: A suicide bombing in a >>cafe in Netanya, Israel, wounded 38 persons. Only the bomber was >>killed. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and called the attack a >>"gift" to the people of Iraq. >> >>Unsuccessful Hostage Rescue Attempt in Colombia, May 5, 2003: The FARC >>killed 10 hostages when Colombian special forces tried to rescue them > >>from a jungle hideout near Urrao, in Colombia’s Antioquia State. The > >>dead included Governor Guillermo Gavira and former Defense Minister >>Gilberto Echeverri Mejia, who had been kidnapped in April 2002. >> >>Truck Bomb Attacks in Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2003: Suicide bombers >>attacked three residential compounds for foreign workers in Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. The 34 dead included 9 attackers, 7 other Saudis, 9 U.S. >>citizens, and one citizen each from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and >>the Philippines. Another American died on June 1. It was the first >>major attack on U.S. targets in Saudi Arabia since the end of the war >>in Iraq. Saudi authorities arrested 11 al-Qaida suspects on May 28. >> >>Truck Bombing in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: A truck bomb explosion >>demolished a government compound in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, killing 54 >>persons. Russian authorities blamed followers of a Saudi-born Islamist >>named Abu Walid. President Vladimir Putin said that he suspected that >>there was an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: Two female suicide >>bombers attacked Chechen Administrator Mufti Akhmed Kadyrov during a >>religious festival in Iliskhan Yurt. Kadyrov escaped injury, but 14 >>other persons were killed and 43 were wounded. Chechen rebel leader >>Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attacks in Morocco, May 16, 2003: A team of 12 suicide >>bombers attacked five targets in Casablanca, Morocco, killing 43 >>persons and wounding 100. The targets were a Spanish restaurant, a >>Jewish community, a Jewish cemetery, a hotel, and the Belgian >>Consulate. The Moroccan Government blamed the Islamist al-Assirat >>al-Moustaquim (The Righteous Path), but foreign commentators suspected >>an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Jerusalem, May 18, 2003: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus in Jerusalem’s French Hill district killed 7 persons and >>wounded 20. The bomber was disguised as a religious Jew. HAMAS claimed >>responsibility >> >>Suicide Bombing in Afula, May 19, 2003: A suicide bomb attack by a >>female Palestinian student killed 3 persons and wounded 52 at a >>shopping mall in Afula, Israel. Both Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 11, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard >>a bus in Jerusalem killed 16 persons and wounded at least 70, one of >>whom died later. HAMAS claimed responsibility, calling it revenge for >>an Israeli helicopter attack on HAMAS leader Abdelaziz al-Rantisi in >>Gaza City the day before. >> >>Truck Bombing in Northern Ossetia, August 1, 2003: A suicide truck >>bomb attack destroyed a Russian military hospital in Mozdok, North >>Ossetia and killed 50 persons. Russian authorities attributed the >>attack to followers of Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev. >> >>Hotel Bombing in Indonesia, August 5, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 10 persons >>and wounding 150. One of the dead was a Dutch citizen. The wounded >>included an American, a Canadian, an Australian, and two Chinese. >>Indonesian authorities suspected the Jemaah Islamiah, which had >>carried out the October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali. >> >>Bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, August 7, 2003: A car >>bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, killing >>19 persons and wounding 65. Most of the victims were apparently >>Iraqis, including 5 police officers. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel and the West Bank, August 12, 2003: The >>first suicide bombings since the June 29 Israeli-Palestinian truce >>took place. The first, in a supermarket at Rosh Haayin, Israel, killed >>one person and wounded 14. The second, at a bus stop near the Ariel >>settlement in the West Bank, killed one person and wounded 3. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility for the first; HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for the second. >> >>Bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, August 19, 2003: A truck >>loaded with surplus Iraqi ordnance exploded outside the United Nations >>Headquarters in Baghdad’s Canal Hotel. A hospital across the street >>was also heavily damaged. The 23 dead included UN Special >>Representative Sergio Viera de Mello. More than 100 persons were >>wounded. It was not clear whether the bomber was a Baath Party >>loyalist or a foreign Islamic militant. An al-Qaeda branch called the >>Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri later claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, August 19, 2003: A suicide bombing >>aboard a bus in Jerusalem killed 20 persons and injured at least 100, >>one of whom died later. Five of the dead were American citizens. HAMAS >>and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, although HAMAS leader >>al-Rantisi said that his organization remained committed to the truce >>while reserving the right to respond to Israeli military actions. >> >>Car Bomb Kills Shi’ite Leader in Najaf, August 29, 2003: A car bomb >>explosion outside the Shrine of the Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq killed at >>least 81 persons and wounded at least 140. The dead included the >>Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir al-Hakim, one of four leading Shi’ite clerics >>in Iraq. Al-Hakim had been the leader of the Supreme Council for the >>Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) since its establishment in 1982, >>and SCIRI had recently agreed to work with the U.S.-sponsored Iraqi >>Governing Council. It was not known whether the perpetrators were >>Baath Party loyalists, rival Shi’ites, or foreign Islamists. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel, September 9, 2003: Two suicide bombings >>took place in Israel. The first, at a bus stop near the Tsrifin army >>base southeast of Tel Aviv, killed 7 soldiers and wounded 14 soldiers >>and a civilian. The second, at a café in Jerusalem’s German Colony >>neighborhood, killed 6 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS did not claim >>responsibility until the next day, although a spokesman called the >>first attack" a response to Israeli aggression." >> >>Assassination of an Iraqi Governing Council Member, September 20, >>2003: Gunmen shot and seriously wounded Akila Hashimi, one of three >>female members of the Iraqi Governing Council, near her home in >>Baghdad. She died September 25. >> >>A Second Attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, September 22, 2003: >>A suicide car bomb attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad killed a >>security guard and wounded 19 other persons. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, October 4, 2003: A Palestinian woman made a >>suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in Haifa, killing 19 persons and >>wounding at least 55. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the >>attack. The next day, Israel bombed a terrorist training camp in >>Syria. >> >>Attacks in Iraq, October 9, 2003: Gunmen assassinated a Spanish >>military attaché in Baghdad. A suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi >>police station killed 8 persons and wounded 40. >> >>Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 12, 2003: Two suicide car bombs >>exploded outside the Baghdad Hotel, which housed U.S. officials. Six >>persons were killed and 32 wounded. Iraqi and U.S. security personnel >>apparently kept the cars from actually reaching the hotel. >> >>Bomb Attack on U.S. Diplomats in the Gaza Strip, October 15, 2003: A >>remote-controlled bomb exploded under a car in a U.S. diplomatic >>convoy passing through the northern Gaza Strip. Three security guards, >>all employees of DynCorp, were killed. A fourth was wounded. The >>diplomats were on their way to interview Palestinian candidates for >>Fulbright scholarships to study in the United States. Palestinian >>President Arafat and Prime Minister Qurei condemned the attack, while >>the major Palestinian militant groups denied responsibility. The next >>day, Palestinian security forces arrested several suspects, some of >>whom belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees. >> >>Rocket Attack on the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: >>Iraqis using an improvised rocket launcher bombarded the al-Rashid >>Hotel in Baghdad, killing one U.S. Army officer and wounding 17 >>persons. The wounded included 4 U.S. military personnel and seven >>American civilians. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz, who >>was staying at the hotel, was not injured. After visiting the wounded, >>he said, "They’re not going to scare us away; we’re not giving up on >>this job." >> >>Assassination of a Deputy Mayor in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: Two >>gunmen believed to be Baath Party loyalists assassinated Faris Abdul >>Razaq al-Assam, one of three deputy mayors of Baghdad. U.S. officials >>did not announce al-Assam’s death until October 28. >> >>Wave of Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 27, 2003: A series of suicide >>car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 35 persons and wounded at >>least 230. Four attacks were directed at Iraqi police stations, the >>fifth and most destructive was directed at the International Committee >>of the Red Cross headquarters, where at least 12 persons were killed. >>A sixth attack failed when a car bomb failed to explode and the bomber >>was wounded and captured by Iraqi police. U.S. and Iraqi officials >>suspected that foreign terrorists were involved; the unsuccessful >>bomber said he was a Syrian national and carried a Syrian passport. >>After a meeting with Administrator L. Paul Bremer, President Bush >>said, "The more successful we are on the ground, the more these >>killers will react." >> >>Suicide Bombing in Riyadh, November 8, 2003: In Riyadh, a suicide car >>bombing took place in the Muhaya residential compound, which was >>occupied mainly by nationals of other Arab countries. Seventeen >>persons were killed and 122 were wounded. The latter included 4 >>Americans. The next day, Deputy Secretary of State Armitage said >>al-Qaeda was probably responsible. >> >>Truck Bombing in Nasiriyah, November 12, 2003: A suicide truck bomb >>destroyed the headquarters of the Italian military police in >>Nasiriyah, Iraq, killing 18 Italians and 11 Iraqis and wounding at >>least 100 persons. >> >>Synagogue Bombings in Istanbul, November 15, 2003: Two suicide truck >>bombs exploded outside the Neve Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues in >>Istanbul, killing 25 persons and wounding at least 300 more. The >>initial claim of responsibility came from a Turkish militant group, >>the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders’ Front, but Turkish authorities >>suspected an al-Qaeda connection. The next day, the London-based >>newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi received an e-mail in which an al-Qaeda >>branch called the Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri claimed >>responsibility for the Istanbul synagogue bombings. >> > > >>More Suicide Truck Bombings in Istanbul, November 20, 2003: Two more >>suicide truck bombings devastated the British HSBC Bank and the >>British Consulate General in Istanbul, killing 27 persons and wounding >>at least 450. The dead included Consul General Roger Short. U.S., >>British, and Turkish officials suspected that al-Qaeda had struck >>again. The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul was closed, and the Embassy in >>Ankara advised American citizens in Istanbul to stay home. >> >>Car Bombing in Kirkuk, November 20, 2003: A suicide car bombing in >>Kirkuk killed 5 persons. The target appeared to be the headquarters of >>the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. PUK officials suspected the Ansar >>al-Islam group, which was said to have sheltered fugitive Taliban and >>al-Qaeda members after the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. >> >>Attacks on Other Coalition Personnel in Iraq, November 29-30, 2003: >>Iraqi insurgents stepped up attacks on nationals of other members of >>the Coalition. On November 29, an ambush in Mahmudiyah killed 7 out of >>a party of 8 Spanish intelligence officers. Iraqi insurgents also >>killed two Japanese diplomats near Tikrit. On November 30, another >>ambush near Tikrit killed two South Korean electrical workers and >>wounded two more. A Colombian employee of Kellogg Brown & Root was >>killed and two were wounded in an ambush near Balad. >> >>Train Bombing in Southern Russia, December 5, 2003: A suicide bomb >>attack killed 42 persons and wounded 150 aboard a Russian commuter >>train in the south Russian town of Yessentuki. Russian officials >>suspected Chechen rebels; President Putin said the attack was meant to >>disrupt legislative elections. Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov >>denied any involvement. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Moscow, December 9, 2003: A female suicide bomber >>killed 5 other persons and wounded 14 outside Moscow’s National Hotel. >>She was said to be looking for the State Duma. >> >>Suicide Car Bombings in Iraq, December 15, 2003: Two days after the >>capture of Saddam Hussein, there were two suicide car bomb attacks on >>Iraqi police stations. One at Husainiyah killed 8 persons and wounded >>20. The other, at Ameriyah, wounded 7 Iraqi police. Guards repelled a >>second vehicle. >> >>Office Bombing in Baghdad, December 19, 2003: A bomb destroyed the >>Baghdad office of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in >>Iraq, killing a woman and wounding at least 7 other persons. >> >>Suicide Car Bombing in Irbil, December 24, 2003: A suicide car bomb >>attack on the Kurdish Interior Ministry in Irbil, Iraq, killed 5 >>persons and wounded 101. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Rawalpindi, December 25, 2003: Two suicide >>truck bombers killed 14 persons as President Musharraf’s motorcade >>passed through Rawalpindi, Pakistan. An earlier attempt on December 14 >>caused no casualties. Pakistani officials suspected Afghan and >>Kashmiri militants. On January 6, 2004, Pakistani authorities >>announced the arrest of 6 suspects who were said to be members of >>Jaish-e-Muhammad. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, December 25, 2003: A Palestinian suicide >>bomber killed 4 persons at a bus stop near Petah Tikva, Israel. The >>Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for the attack in retaliation for Israeli military operations in >>Nablus that had begun two days earlier. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Baghdad, December 31, 2003: A car bomb explosion >>outside Baghdad’s Nabil Restaurant killed 8 persons and wounded 35. >>The wounded included 3 Los Angeles Times reporters and 3 local >>employees > > > > Gunner > > "Considering the events of recent years, > the world has a long way to go to regain > its credibility and reputation with the US." > unknown amen. Gunner wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:03:49 GMT, Gunner > wrote: > > >>On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:48:43 -0700, "Pagan" >>wrote: >> >> >>>Most folks think the 'war' started on 9/11. Personally, I feel the war >>>started with the USS Cole, the Embassy bombings, the numerous plane >>>highjackings and bombings, and so forth, for the past 40 friggin years. >>> >>>I, for one, am sick of Americans getting blown up for the sake of a bunch of >>>wackos in the Middle East. >> >>Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology > > > > For the sake of argument..Ive revised the list and removed all > terrorist attacks NOT committed by Islamic Extremists. > > Lets see again, what you Leftist fringe kooks and terrorist supporters > are claiming Bush is responsible for, shall we? Below are only attacks > committed by Islamic extremists...... > > >>Attack on the Munich Airport, February 10, 1970: Three terrorists >>attacked El Al passengers in a bus at the Munich Airport with guns and >>grenades. One passenger was killed and 11 were injured. All three >>terrorists were captured by airport police. The Action Organization >>for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Democratic Front for >>the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack. >> > > >>Munich Olympic Massacre, September 5, 1972: Eight Palestinian "Black >>September" terrorists seized eleven Israeli athletes in the Olympic >>Village in Munich, West Germany. In a bungled rescue attempt by West >>German authorities, nine of the hostages and five terrorists were >>killed. >> >>Ambassador to Sudan Assassinated, March 2, 1973: U.S. Ambassador to >>Sudan Cleo A. Noel and other diplomats were assassinated at the Saudi >>Arabian Embassy in Khartoum by members of the Black September >>organization. >> > > >>Attack and Hijacking at the Rome Airport, December 17, 1973: Five >>terrorists pulled weapons from their luggage in the terminal lounge at >>the Rome airport, killing two persons. They then attacked a Pan >>American 707 bound for Beirut and Tehran, destroying it with >>incendiary grenades and killing 29 persons, including 4 senior >>Moroccan officials and 14 American employees of ARAMCO. They then >>herded 5 Italian hostages into a Lufthansa airliner and killed an >>Italian customs agent as he tried to escape, after which they forced >>the pilot to fly to Beirut. After Lebanese authorities refused to let >>the plane land, it landed in Athens, where the terrorists demanded the >>release of 2 Arab terrorists. In order to make Greek authorities >>comply with their demands, the terrorists killed a hostage and threw >>his body onto the tarmac. The plane then flew to Damascus, where it >>stopped for two hours to obtain fuel and food. It then flew to Kuwait, >>where the terrorists released their hostages in return for passage to >>an unknown destination. The Palestine Liberation Organization >>disavowed the attack, and no group claimed responsibility for it. >> > > >>Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976: Members of the Baader-Meinhof >>Group and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) >>seized an Air France airliner and its 258 passengers. They forced the >>plane to land in Uganda. On July 3 Israeli commandos successfully >>rescued the passengers. >> > > >>Ambassador to Afghanistan Assassinated, February 14, 1979: Four >>Afghans kidnapped U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs in Kabul and demanded >>the release of various "religious figures." Dubs was killed, along >>with four alleged terrorists, when Afghan police stormed the hotel >>room where he was being held. >> >>Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979: After President Carter agreed >>to admit the Shah of Iran into the US, Iranian radicals seized the >>U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. >>Thirteen hostages were soon released, but the remaining 53 were held >>until their release on January 20, 1981. >> >>Grand Mosque Seizure, November 20, 1979: 200 Islamic terrorists seized >>the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, taking hundreds of pilgrims >>hostage. Saudi and French security forces retook the shrine after an >>intense battle in which some 250 people were killed and 600 wounded. >> > > >>Assassination of Egyptian President, October 6, 1981: Soldiers who >>were secretly members of the Takfir Wal-Hajira sect attacked and >>killed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a troop review. >> > > >>Assassination of Lebanese President, September 14, 1982: President >>Bashir Gemayel was assassinated by a car bomb parked outside his >>party’s Beirut headquarters. >> >>1983 > > >>Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983: Sixty-three people, >>including the CIA’s Middle East director, were killed and 120 were >>injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy >>in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983: Simultaneous >>suicide truck-bomb attacks were made on American and French compounds >>in Beirut, Lebanon. A 12,000-pound bomb destroyed the U.S. compound, >>killing 242 Americans, while 58 French troops were killed when a >>400-pound device destroyed a French base. Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >> >> >>1984 >> >>Kidnapping of Embassy Official, March 16, 1984: The Islamic Jihad >>kidnapped and later murdered Political Officer William Buckley in >>Beirut, Lebanon. Other U.S. citizens not connected to the U.S. >>government were seized over a succeeding two-year period. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Spain, April 12, 1984: Eighteen U.S. servicemen >>were killed and 83 people were injured in a bomb attack on a >>restaurant near a U.S. Air Force Base in Torrejon, Spain. >> > > >>1985 >> > > >>TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was >>hijacked en route to Rome from Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah >>terrorists and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 >>passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American >>hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to >>Algiers, the aircraft was returned to Beirut after Israel released 435 >>Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners. >> > > >>Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped, September 30, 1985: In Beirut, Lebanon, >>Sunni terrorists kidnapped four Soviet diplomats. One was killed but >>three were later released. >> >>Achille Lauro Hijacking, October 7, 1985: Four Palestinian Liberation >>Front terrorists seized the Italian cruise liner in the eastern >>Mediterranean Sea, taking more than 700 hostages. One U.S. passenger >>was murdered before the Egyptian government offered the terrorists >>safe haven in return for the hostages’ freedom. >> >>Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, November 23, 1985: An EgyptAir airplane >>bound from Athens to Malta and carrying several U.S. citizens was >>hijacked by the Abu Nidal Group. >> >>Airport Attacks in Rome and Vienna, December 27, 1985: Four gunmen >>belonging to the Abu Nidal Organization attacked the El Al and Trans >>World Airlines ticket counters at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport >>with grenades and automatic rifles. Thirteen persons were killed and >>75 were wounded before Italian police and Israeli security guards >>killed three of the gunmen and captured the fourth. Three more Abu >>Nidal gunmen attacked the El Al ticket counter at Vienna’s Schwechat >>Airport, killing three persons and wounding 30. Austrian police killed >>one of the gunmen and captured the others. >> >>1986 >> >>Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986: A Palestinian splinter >>group detonated a bomb as TWA Flight 840 approached Athens airport, >>killing four U.S. citizens. >> >>Berlin Discothèque Bombing, April 5, 1986: Two U.S. soldiers were >>killed and 79 American servicemen were injured in a Libyan bomb attack >>on a nightclub in West Berlin, West Germany. In retaliation U.S. >>military jets bombed targets in and around Tripoli and Benghazi. >> > > >>1987 >> > > >>1988 >> >>Kidnapping of William Higgins, February 17, 1988: U.S. Marine Corps >>Lieutenant Colonel W. Higgins was kidnapped and murdered by the >>Iranian-backed Hizballah group while serving with the United Nations >>Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) in southern Lebanon. >> >>Naples USO Attack, April 14, 1988: The Organization of Jihad Brigades >>exploded a car-bomb outside a USO Club in Naples, Italy, killing one >>U.S. sailor. >> > > >>Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988: Pan American Airlines Flight >>103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, by a bomb believed to have >>been placed on the aircraft by Libyan terrorists in Frankfurt, West >>Germany. All 259 people on board were killed. >> >>1989 >> > > >>Bombing of UTA Flight 772, September 19, 1989: A bomb explosion >>destroyed UTA Flight 772 over the Sahara Desert in southern Niger >>during a flight from Brazzaville to Paris. All 170 persons aboard were >>killed. Six Libyans were later found guilty in absentia and sentenced >>to life imprisonment. >> > > >>1990 >> > > >>1991 >> >>Attempted Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Posts, January 18-19, 1991: Iraqi >>agents planted bombs at the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia’s home >>residence and at the USIS library in Manila. >> > > >>Assassination of former Indian Prime Minister, May 21, 1991: A female >>member of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) killed herself, >>Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and 16 others by detonating an explosive >>vest after presenting a garland of flowers to the former Prime >>Minister during an election rally in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. >> >>1992 >> > > >>Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992: Hizballah >>claimed responsibility for a blast that leveled the Israeli Embassy in >>Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing the deaths of 29 and wounding 242. >> >> >> >>1993 > > >>World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center >>in New York City was badly damaged when a car bomb planted by Islamic >>terrorists exploded in an underground garage. The bomb left 6 people >>dead and 1,000 injured. The men carrying out the attack were followers >>of Umar Abd al-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric who preached in the New York >>City area. >> >>Attempted Assassination of President Bush by Iraqi Agents, April 14, >>1993: The Iraqi intelligence service attempted to assassinate former >>U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait. In retaliation, >>the U.S. launched a cruise missile attack 2 months later on the Iraqi >>capital Baghdad. >> >>1994 >> >>Hebron Massacre, February 25, 1994: Jewish right-wing extremist and >>U.S. citizen Baruch Goldstein machine-gunned Moslem worshippers at a >>mosque in West Bank town of Hebron, killing 29 and wounding about 150. >> > > >>Air France Hijacking, December 24, 1994: Members of the Armed Islamic >>Group seized an Air France Flight to Algeria. The four terrorists were >>killed during a rescue effort. >> >>1995 >> >>Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan, March 8, 1995: Two unidentified >>gunmen killed two U.S. diplomats and wounded a third in Karachi, >>Pakistan. >> > > >>Kashmiri Hostage-taking, July 4, 1995: In India six foreigners, >>including two U.S. citizens, were taken hostage by Al-Faran, a >>Kashmiri separatist group. One non-U.S. hostage was later found >>beheaded. >> >>Jerusalem Bus Attack, August 21, 1995: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the detonation of a bomb that killed 6 and injured over 100 >>persons, including several U.S. citizens. >> >>Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow, September 13, 1995: A >>rocket-propelled grenade was fired through the window of the U.S. >>Embassy in Moscow, ostensibly in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Serb >>positions in Bosnia. >> >>Saudi Military Installation Attack, November 13, 1995: The Islamic >>Movement of Change planted a bomb in a Riyadh military compound that >>killed one U.S. citizen, several foreign national employees of the >>U.S. government, and over 40 others. >> >>Egyptian Embassy Attack, November 19, 1995: A suicide bomber drove a >>vehicle into the Egyptian Embassy compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, >>killing at least 16 and injuring 60 persons. Three militant Islamic >>groups claimed responsibility. >> >>1996 >> > > >>Tamil Tigers Attack, January 31, 1996: Members of the Liberation >>Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rammed an explosives-laden truck into the >>Central Bank in the heart of downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 90 >>civilians and injuring more than 1,400 others, including 2 US >>citizens. >> > > >>Athens Embassy Attack, February 15, 1996: Unidentified assailants >>fired a rocket at the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens, causing minor >>damage to three diplomatic vehicles and some surrounding buildings. >>Circumstances of the attack suggested it was an operation carried out >>by the 17 November group. >> > > >>HAMAS Bus Attack, February 26, 1996: In Jerusalem, a suicide bomber >>blew up a bus, killing 26 persons, including three U.S. citizens, and >>injuring some 80 persons, including three other US citizens. >> >>Dizengoff Center Bombing, March 4, 1996: HAMAS and the Palestine >>Islamic Jihad (PIJ) both claimed responsibility for a bombing outside >>of Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall that killed 20 persons and injured >>75 others, including 2 U.S. citizens. >> >>West Bank Attack, May 13, 1996: Arab gunmen opened fire on a bus and a >>group of Yeshiva students near the Bet El settlement, killing a dual >>U.S./Israeli citizen and wounding three Israelis. No one claimed >>responsibility for the attack, but HAMAS was suspected. >> > > >>Zekharya Attack, June 9, 1996: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a >>car near Zekharya, killing a dual U.S./Israeli citizen and an Israeli. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was >>suspected. >> > > >>Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996: A fuel truck carrying a bomb >>exploded outside the US military's Khobar Towers housing facility in >>Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, >>including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility >>for the attack. >> > > >>Bombing of Archbishop of Oran, August 1, 1996: A bomb exploded at the >>home of the French Archbishop of Oran, killing him and his chauffeur. >>The attack occurred after the Archbishop's meeting with the French >>Foreign Minister. The Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected. >> > > >>PUK Kidnapping, September 13, 1996: In Iraq, Patriotic Union of >>Kurdistan (PUK) militants kidnapped four French workers for >>Pharmaciens Sans Frontieres, a Canadian United Nations High >>Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) official, and two Iraqis. >> > > > >>Paris Subway Explosion, December 3, 1996: A bomb exploded aboard a >>Paris subway train as it arrived at the Port Royal station, killing >>two French nationals, a Moroccan, and a Canadian, and injuring 86 >>persons. Among those injured were one U.S. citizen and a Canadian. No >>one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are >>suspected. >> > > >>1997 >> >>Egyptian Letter Bombs, January 2-13, 1997: A series of letter bombs >>with Alexandria, Egypt, postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat >>newspaper bureaus in Washington, New York City, London, and Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were >>found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal >>experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat >>office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor >>damage. >> >>Tajik Hostage Abductions, February 4-17, 1997: Near Komsomolabad, >>Tajikistan, a paramilitary group led by Bakhrom Sodirov abducted four >>United Nations (UN) military observers. The victims included two >>Swiss, one Austrian, one Ukrainian, and their Tajik interpreter. The >>kidnappers demanded safe passage for their supporters from Afghanistan >>to Tajikistan. In four separate incidents occurring between Dushanbe >>and Garm, Bakhrom Sodirov and his group kidnapped two International >>Committee for the Red Cross members, four Russian journalists and >>their Tajik driver, four UNHCR members, and the Tajik Security >>Minister, Saidamir Zukhurov. >> > > >>Empire State Building Sniper Attack, February 23, 1997: A Palestinian >>gunman opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire >>State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and >>wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland, and >>France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried >>by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the >>"enemies of Palestine." >> > > >>Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, September 4, 1997: Three suicide >>bombers of HAMAS detonated bombs in the Ben Yehuda shopping mall in >>Jerusalem, killing eight persons, including the bombers, and wounding >>nearly 200 others. A dual U.S./Israeli citizen was among the dead, and >>7 U.S. citizens were wounded. >> > > >>Yemeni Kidnappings, October 30, 1997: Al-Sha'if tribesmen kidnapped a >>U.S. businessman near Sanaa. The tribesmen sought the release of two >>fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several >>public works projects they claim the government promised them. They >>released the hostage on November 27. >> >>Murder of U.S. Businessmen in Pakistan, November 12, 1997: Two >>unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas >>Petroleum Corporation and their Pakistani driver after they drove away > >>from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. The Islami Inqilabi Council, or > >>Islamic Revolutionary Council, claimed responsibility in a call to the >>U.S. Consulate in Karachi. In a letter to Pakistani newspapers, the >>Aimal Khufia Action Committee also claimed responsibility. >> >>Tourist Killings in Egypt, November 17, 1997: Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya >>(IG) gunmen shot and killed 58 tourists and four Egyptians and wounded >>26 others at the Hatshepsut Temple in the Valley of the Kings near >>Luxor. Thirty-four Swiss, eight Japanese, five Germans, four Britons, >>one French, one Colombian, a dual Bulgarian/British citizen, and four >>unidentified persons were among the dead. Twelve Swiss, two Japanese, >>two Germans, one French, and nine Egyptians were among the wounded. >> >>1998 >> >>UN Observer Abductions, February 19, 1998: Armed supporters of late >>Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia abducted four UN military >>observers from Sweden, Uruguay, and the Czech Republic. >> > > >>Somali Hostage-takings, April 15, 1998: Somali militiamen abducted >>nine Red Cross and Red Crescent workers at an airstrip north of >>Mogadishu. The hostages included a U.S. citizen, a German, a Belgian, >>a French, a Norwegian, two Swiss, and one Somali. The gunmen were >>members of a sub-clan loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed, who controlled the >>northern section of the capital. >> > > >>U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998: A bomb exploded >>at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 12 >>U.S. citizens, 32 Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs), and 247 Kenyan >>citizens. Approximately 5,000 Kenyans, 6 U.S. citizens, and 13 FSNs >>were injured. The U.S. Embassy building sustained extensive structural >>damage. Almost simultaneously, a bomb detonated outside the U.S. >>Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 7 FSNs and 3 Tanzanian >>citizens, and injuring 1 U.S. citizen and 76 Tanzanians. The explosion >>caused major structural damage to the U.S. Embassy facility. The U.S. >>Government held Usama Bin Laden responsible. >> > > > >>1999 >> >>Angolan Aircraft Downing, January 2, 1999: A UN plane carrying one >>U.S. citizen, four Angolans, two Philippine nationals and one Namibian >>was shot down, according to a UN official. No deaths or injuries were >>reported. Angolan authorities blamed the attack on National Union for >>the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels. UNITA officials >>denied shooting down the plane. >> > > >>Greek Embassy Seizure, February 16, 1999: Kurdish protesters stormed >>and occupied the Greek Embassy in Vienna, taking the Greek Ambassador >>and six other persons hostage. Several hours later the protesters >>released the hostages and left the Embassy. The attack followed the >>Turkish Government's announcement of the successful capture of the >>Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan. Kurds also >>occupied Kenyan, Israeli, and other Greek diplomatic facilities in >>France, Holland, Switzerland, Britain, and Germany over the following >>days. >> > > >>Shell Platform Bombing, June 27, 1999: In Port Harcourt, Nigeria, >>armed youths stormed a Shell oil platform, kidnapping one U.S. >>citizen, one Nigerian national, and one Australian citizen, and >>causing undetermined damage. A group calling itself "Enough is Enough >>in the Niger River" claimed responsibility. Further seizures of oil >>facilities followed. >> >>AFRC Kidnappings, August 4, 1999: An Armed Forces Revolutionary >>Council (AFRC) faction kidnapped 33 UN representatives near Occra >>Hills, Sierra Leone. The hostages included one U.S. citizen, five >>British soldiers, one Canadian citizen, one representative from Ghana, >>one military officer from Russia, one officer from Kyrgystan, one >>officer from Zambia, one officer from Malaysia, a local Bishop, two UN >>officials, two local journalists, and 16 Sierra Leonean nationals. >> > > >>PLA Kidnapping, December 23, 1999: Colombian People’s Liberation Army >>(PLA) forces kidnapped a U.S. citizen in an unsuccessful ransoming >>effort. >> >>Indian Airlines Airbus Hijacking, December 24, 1999: Five militants >>hijacked a flight bound from Katmandu to New Delhi carrying 189 >>people. The plane and its passengers were released unharmed on >>December 31. >> >>2000 >> > > >>Diplomatic Assassination in Greece, June 8, 2000: In Athens, Greece, >>two unidentified gunmen killed British Defense Attaché Stephen >>Saunders in an ambush. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November >>claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan, August 12, 2000: In the Kara-Su Valley, the >>Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan took four U.S. citizens hostage. The >>Americans escaped on August 12. >> >>Church Bombing in Tajikistan, October 1, 2000: Unidentified militants >>detonated two bombs in a Christian church in Dushanbe, killing seven >>persons and injuring 70 others. The church was founded by a >>Korean-born U.S. citizen, and most of those killed and wounded were >>Korean. No one claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000: In Aden, Yemen, a small dingy >>carrying explosives rammed the destroyer U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 >>sailors and injuring 39 others. Supporters of Usama Bin Laden were >>suspected. >> >>Manila Bombing, December 30, 2000: A bomb exploded in a plaza across >>the street from the U.S. Embassy in Manila, injuring nine persons. The >>Moro Islamic Liberation Front was likely responsible. >> >>2001 > > >>Srinagar Airport Attack and Assassination Attempt, January 17, 2001: >>In India, six members of the Lashkar-e-Tayyba militant group were >>killed when they attempted to seize a local airport. Members of Hizbul >>Mujaheddin fired two rifle grenades at Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister >>for Jammu and Kashmir. Two persons were wounded in the unsuccessful >>assassination attempt. >> > > Bush sworn into office for first term, on January 20, 2001 > > >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 4, 2001: A suicide bomb attack in >>Netanya killed 3 persons and wounded 65. HAMAS later claimed >>responsibility. >> > > >>Airliner Hijacking in Istanbul, March 15, 2001: Three Chechens >>hijacked a Russian airliner during a flight from Istanbul to Moscow >>and forced it to fly to Medina, Saudi Arabia. The plane carried 162 >>passengers and a crew of 12. After a 22-hour siege during which more >>than 40 passengers were released, Saudi security forces stormed the >>plane, killing a hijacker, a passenger, and a flight attendant. >> >>Bus Stop Bombing, April 22, 2001: A member of HAMAS detonated a bomb >>he was carrying near a bus stop in Kfar Siva, Israel, killing one >>person and injuring 60. >> >>Philippines Hostage Incident, May 27, 2001: Muslim Abu Sayyaf >>guerrillas seized 13 tourists and 3 staff members at a resort on >>Palawan Island and took their captives to Basilan Island. The captives >>included three U.S. citizens: Guellermo Sobero and missionaries Martin >>and Gracia Burnham. Philippine troops fought a series of battles with >>the guerrillas between June 1 and June 3 during which 9 hostages >>escaped and two were found dead. The guerrillas took additional >>hostages when they seized the hospital in the town of Lamitan. On June >>12, Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya claimed that Sobero had been >>killed and beheaded; his body was found in October. The Burnhams >>remained in captivity until June 2002. >> >>Tel-Aviv Nightclub Bombing, June 1, 2001: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the suicide bombing of a popular Israeli nightclub that caused >>over 140 casualties. >> >>HAMAS Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001: A HAMAS-planted bomb >>detonated in a Jerusalem pizza restaurant, killing 15 people and >>wounding more than 90. The Israeli response included occupation of >>Orient House, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political >>headquarters in East Jerusalem. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, September 9, 2001: The first suicide >>bombing carried out by an Israeli Arab killed 3 persons in Nahariya. >>HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Death of "the Lion of the Panjshir", September 9, 2001: Two suicide >>bombers fatally wounded Ahmed Shah Massoud, a leader of Afghanistan’s >>Northern Alliance, which had opposed both the Soviet occupation and >>the post-Soviet Taliban government. The bombers posed as journalists >>and were apparently linked to al-Qaida. The Northern Alliance did not >>confirm Massoud’s death until September 15. >> >>Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001: Two hijacked >>airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Soon >>thereafter, the Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane. A >>fourth hijacked plane, suspected to be bound for a high-profile target >>in Washington, crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. The >>attacks killed 3,025 U.S. citizens and other nationals. President Bush >>and Cabinet officials indicated that Usama Bin Laden was the prime >>suspect and that they considered the United States in a state of war >>with international terrorism. In the aftermath of the attacks, the >>United States formed the Global Coalition Against Terrorism. >> >>Attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature, October 1, 2001: After a >>suicide car bomber forced the gate of the state legislature in >>Srinagar, two gunmen entered the building and held off police for >>seven hours before being killed. Forty persons died in the incident. >>Jaish-e-Muhammad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Assassination of an Israeli Cabinet Minister, October 17, 2001: A >>Palestinian gunman assassinated Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam >>Zeevi in the Jerusalem hotel where he was staying. The Popular Front >>for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed to have avenged the >>death of PFLP Mustafa Zubari. >> >>Attack on a Church in Pakistan, October 28, 2001: Six masked gunmen >>shot up a church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, killing 15 Pakistani >>Christians. No group claimed responsibility, although various militant >>Muslim groups were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Jerusalem, December 1, 2001: Two suicide bombers >>attacked a Jerusalem shopping mall, killing 10 persons and wounding >>170. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, December 2, 2001: A suicide bomb attack >>aboard a bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for both this attack and those on December 1 to >>avenge the death of a HAMAS member at the hands of Israeli forces a >>week earlier. >> >>Attack on the Indian Parliament, December 13, 2001: Five gunmen >>attacked the Indian Parliament in New Delhi shortly after it had >>adjourned. Before security forces killed them, the attackers killed 6 >>security personnel and a gardener. Indian officials blamed >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and demanded that Pakistan crack down on it and on >>other Muslim separatist groups in Kashmir. >> >>2002 >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, January 15, 2002: Palestinian militants fired >>on a vehicle in Beit Sahur, killing one passenger and wounding the >>other. The dead passenger claimed U.S. and Israeli citizenship. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Battalion claimed responsibility. >> >>Shooting Incident in Israel, January 17, 2002: A Palestinian gunman >>killed 6 persons and wounded 25 in Hadera, Israel, before being killed >>by Israeli police. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed >>responsibility as revenge for Israel’s killing of a leading member of >>the group. >> >>Drive-By Shooting at a U.S. Consulate, January 22, 2002: Armed >>militants on motorcycles fired on the U.S. Consulate in Calcutta, >>India, killing 5 Indian security personnel and wounding 13 others. The >>Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami and the Asif Raza Commandoes claimed >>responsibility. Indian police later killed two suspects, one of whom >>confessed to belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as he died. >> >>Bomb Explosion in Kashmir, January 22, 2002: A bomb exploded in a >>crowded retail district in Jammu, Kashmir, killing one person and >>injuring nine. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, January 23, 2002: Armed militants >>kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, >>Pakistan. Pakistani authorities received a videotape on February 20 >>depicting Pearl’s murder. His grave was found near Karachi on May 16. >>Pakistani authorities arrested four suspects. Ringleader Ahmad Omar >>Saeed Sheikh claimed to have organized Pearl’s kidnapping to protest >>Pakistan’s subservience to the United States, and had belonged to >>Jaish-e-Muhammad, an Islamic separatist group in Kashmir. All four >>suspects were convicted on July 15. Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to >>death, the others to life imprisonment. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, January 27, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>in Jerusalem killed one other person and wounded 100. The incident was >>the first suicide bombing made by a Palestinian woman. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, February 16, 2002: A suicide bombing >>in an outdoor food court in Karmei Shomron killed 4 persons and >>wounded 27. Two of the dead and two of the wounded were U.S. citizens. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 7, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>a supermarket in the settlement of Ariel wounded 10 persons, one of >>whom was a U.S. citizen. The PFLP claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 9, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>Jerusalem restaurant killed 11 persons and wounded 52, one of whom was >>a U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Grenade Attack on a Church in Pakistan, March 17, 2002: Militants >>threw grenades into the Protestant International Church in Islamabad, >>Pakistan, during a service attended by diplomatic and local personnel. >>Five persons, two of them U.S. citizens, were killed and 46 were >>wounded. The dead Americans were State Department employee Barbara >>Green and her daughter Kristen Wormsley. Thirteen U.S. citizens were >>among the wounded. The Lashkar-e-Tayyiba group was suspected. >> > > >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 21, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>Jerusalem killed 3 persons and wounded 86 more, including 2 U.S. >>citizens. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 27, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>noted restaurant in Netanya, Israel, killed 22 persons and wounded >>140. One of the dead was a U.S. citizen. The Islamic Resistance >>Movement (HAMAS) claimed responsibility. >> >>Temple Bombing in Kashmir, March 30, 2002: A bomb explosion at a Hindu >>temple in Jammu, Kashmir, killed 10 persons. The Islamic Front claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 31, 2002: A suicide bombing >>near an ambulance station in Efrat wounded four persons, including a >>U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Armed attack on Kashmir, April 10, 2002: Armed militants attacked a >>residence in Gando, Kashmir, killing five persons and wounding four. >>No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Synagogue Bombing in Tunisia, April 11, 2002: A suicide bomber >>detonated a truck loaded with propane gas outside a historic synagogue >>in Djerba, Tunisia. The 16 dead included 11 Germans, one French >>citizen, and three Tunisians. Twenty-six German tourists were injured. >>The Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Sites claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, April 12, 2002: A female suicide bomber >>killed 6 persons in Jerusalem and wounded 90 others. The al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, May 8, 2002: A car bomb exploded near a >>Pakistani navy shuttle bus in Karachi, killing 12 persons and wounding >>19. Eleven of the dead and 11 of the wounded were French nationals. >>Al-Qaida was suspected of the attack. >> >>Parade Bombing in Russia, May 9, 2002: A remotely-controlled bomb >>exploded near a May Day parade in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, killing 42 >>persons and wounding 150. Fourteen of the dead and 50 of the wounded >>were soldiers. Islamists linked to al-Qaida were suspected. >> >>Attack on a Bus in India, May 14, 2002: Militants fired on a passenger >>bus in Kaluchak, Jammu, killing 7 persons. They then entered a >>military housing complex and killed 3 soldiers and 7 military >>dependents before they were killed. The al-Mansooran and Jamiat >>ul-Mujahedin claimed responsibility. >> >>Bomb Attacks in Kashmir, May 17, 2002: A bomb explosion near a civil >>secretariat area in Srinagar, Kashmir, wounded 6 persons. In Jammu, a >>bomb exploded at a fire services headquarters, killing two and >>wounding 16. No group claimed responsibility for either attack. >> >>Hostage Rescue Attempt in the Philippines, June 7, 2002: Philippine >>Army troops attacked Abu Sayyaf terrorists on Mindanao Island in an >>attempt to rescue U.S. citizen Martin Burnham and his wife Gracia, who >>had been kidnapped more than a year ago. Burnham was killed but his >>wife, though wounded, was freed. A Filipino hostage was killed, as >>were four of the guerrillas. Seven soldiers were wounded. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, June 14, 2002: A car bomb exploded near the >>U.S. Consulate and the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan. Eleven >>persons were killed and 51 were sounded, including one U.S. and one >>Japanese citizen. Al Qaida and al-Qanin were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 19, 2002: A suicide bombing at a >>bus stop in Jerusalem killed 6 persons and wounded 43, including 2 >>U.S. citizens. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv, July 17, 2002: Two suicide bombers >>attacked the old bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 5 persons >>and wounding 38. The dead included one Romanian and two Chinese; >>another Romanian was wounded. The Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Bombing at the Hebrew University, July 31, 2002: A bomb hidden in a >>bag in the Frank Sinatra International Student Center of Jerusalem’s >>Hebrew University killed 9 persons and wounded 87. The dead included 5 >>U.S. citizens and 4 Israelis. The wounded included 4 U.S. citizens, 2 >>Japanese, and 3 South Koreans. The Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, August 4, 2002: A suicide bomb attack on a >>bus in Safed, Israel, killed 9 persons and wounded 50. Two of the dead >>were Philippine citizens; many of the wounded were soldiers returning > >>from leave. HAMAS claimed responsibility. > >>Attack on a School in Pakistan, August 5, 2002: Gunmen attacked a >>Christian school attended by children of missionaries from around the >>world. Six persons (two security guards, a cook, a carpenter, a >>receptionist, and a private citizen) were killed and a Philippine >>citizen was wounded. A group called al-Intigami al-Pakistani claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attack on Pilgrims in Kashmir, August 6, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked a group of Hindu pilgrims with guns and grenades in Pahalgam, >>Kashmir. Nine persons were killed and 32 were wounded. The >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba claimed responsibility. >> >>Assassination in Kashmir, September 11, 2002: Gunmen killed Kashmir’s >>Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone and six security guards in Tikipora. >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiga, Jamiat ul-Mujahedin, and Hizb ul-Mujahedin all >>claimed responsibility. Other militants attacked the residence of the >>Minister of Tourism with grenades, injuring four persons. No group >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, September 18, 2002: Gunmen ambushed a vehicle >>on a road near Yahad, killing an Israeli and wounding a Romanian >>worker. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Israel, September 19, 2002: A suicide bomb >>attack on a bus in Tel Aviv killed 6 persons and wounded 52. One of >>the dead was a British subject. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on a French Tanker, October 6, 2002: An explosive-laden boat >>rammed the French oil tanker Limburg, which was anchored about 5 miles >>off al-Dhabbah, Yemen. One person was killed and 4 were wounded. >>Al-Qaida was suspected. >> >>Car Bomb Explosion in Bali, October 12, 2002: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Sari Club Discotheque in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, >>killing 202 persons and wounding 300 more. Most of the casualties, >>including 88 of the dead, were Australian tourists. Seven Americans >>were among the dead. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Two suspects >>were later arrested and convicted. Iman Samudra, who had trained in >>Afghanistan with al-Qaeda and was suspected of belonging to Jemaah >>Islamiya, was sentenced to death on September 10, 2003. >> >>Chechen Rebels Seize a Moscow Theater, October 23-26, 2002: Fifty >>Chechen rebels led by Movsar Barayev seized the Palace of Culture >>Theater in Moscow, Russia, to demand an end to the war in Chechnya. >>They seized more than 800 hostages from 13 countries and threatened to >>blow up the theater. During a three-day siege, they killed a Russian >>policeman and five Russian hostages. On October 26, Russian Special >>Forces pumped an anesthetic gas through the ventilation system and >>then stormed the theater. All of the rebels were killed, but 94 >>hostages (including one American) also died, many from the effects of >>the gas. A group led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Assassination of an AID Official, October 28, 2002: Gunmen in Amman >>assassinated Laurence Foley, Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for >>International Development Mission in Jordan. The Honest People of >>Jordan claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, November 21, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus on Mexico Street in Jerusalem killed 11 persons and wounded >>50 more. One of the dead was a Romanian. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on Temples in Kashmir, November 24, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked the Reghunath and Shiv temples in Jammu, Kashmir, killing 13 >>persons and wounding 50. The Lashkare-e-Tayyiba claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attacks on Israeli Tourists in Kenya, November 28, 2002: A >>three-person suicide car bomb attack on the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa, >>Kenya, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. Three of the dead and 18 of >>the wounded were Israeli tourists; the others were Kenyans. Near >>Mombasa’s airport, two SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles were fired as an >>Arkia Airlines Boeing 757 that was carrying 261 passengers back to >>Israel. Both missiles missed. Al-Qaida, the Government of Universal >>Palestine in Exile, and the Army of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for both attacks. Al-Ittihad al-Islami was also suspected of >>involvement. >> >>Attack on a Bus in the Philippines, December 26, 2002: Armed militants >>ambushed a bus carrying Filipino workers employed by the Canadian >>Toronto Ventures Inc. Pacific mining company in Zamboanga del Norte. >>Thirteen persons were killed and 10 wounded. Philippine authorities >>suspected the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which had been >>extorting money from Toronto Ventures. The Catholic charity >>Caritas-Philippines said that Toronto Ventures had harassed tribesmen >>who opposed mining on their ancestral lands. >> >>Bombing of a Government Building in Chechnya, December 27, 2002: A >>suicide bomb attack involving two explosives-laden trucks destroyed >>the offices of the pro-Russian Chechen government in Grozny. The >>attack killed over 80 people and wounded 210. According to a Chechen >>website run by the Kavkaz Center, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev >>claimed responsibility. >> >>2003 >> >>Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2003: Two suicide bomb >>attacks killed 22 and wounded at least 100 persons in Tel Aviv, >>Israel. Six of the victims were foreign workers. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ >>Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Night Club Bombing in Colombia, February 7, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside a night club in Bogota, Colombia, killing 32 persons and >>wounding 160. No group claimed responsibility, but Colombian officials >>suspected the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) of >>committing the worst terrorist attack in the country in a decade. >> >>Assasination of a Kurdish Leader, February 8, 2003: Members of Ansar >>al-Islam assassinated Kurdish legislator Shawkat Haji Mushir and >>captured two other Kurdish officials in Qamash Tapa in northern Iraq. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, March 5, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard a >>bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded at least 40. One >>of the dead claimed U.S. as well as Israeli citizenship. The bomber’s >>affiliation was not immediately known. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Netanya, March 30, 2003: A suicide bombing in a >>cafe in Netanya, Israel, wounded 38 persons. Only the bomber was >>killed. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and called the attack a >>"gift" to the people of Iraq. >> >>Unsuccessful Hostage Rescue Attempt in Colombia, May 5, 2003: The FARC >>killed 10 hostages when Colombian special forces tried to rescue them > >>from a jungle hideout near Urrao, in Colombia’s Antioquia State. The > >>dead included Governor Guillermo Gavira and former Defense Minister >>Gilberto Echeverri Mejia, who had been kidnapped in April 2002. >> >>Truck Bomb Attacks in Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2003: Suicide bombers >>attacked three residential compounds for foreign workers in Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. The 34 dead included 9 attackers, 7 other Saudis, 9 U.S. >>citizens, and one citizen each from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and >>the Philippines. Another American died on June 1. It was the first >>major attack on U.S. targets in Saudi Arabia since the end of the war >>in Iraq. Saudi authorities arrested 11 al-Qaida suspects on May 28. >> >>Truck Bombing in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: A truck bomb explosion >>demolished a government compound in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, killing 54 >>persons. Russian authorities blamed followers of a Saudi-born Islamist >>named Abu Walid. President Vladimir Putin said that he suspected that >>there was an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: Two female suicide >>bombers attacked Chechen Administrator Mufti Akhmed Kadyrov during a >>religious festival in Iliskhan Yurt. Kadyrov escaped injury, but 14 >>other persons were killed and 43 were wounded. Chechen rebel leader >>Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attacks in Morocco, May 16, 2003: A team of 12 suicide >>bombers attacked five targets in Casablanca, Morocco, killing 43 >>persons and wounding 100. The targets were a Spanish restaurant, a >>Jewish community, a Jewish cemetery, a hotel, and the Belgian >>Consulate. The Moroccan Government blamed the Islamist al-Assirat >>al-Moustaquim (The Righteous Path), but foreign commentators suspected >>an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Jerusalem, May 18, 2003: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus in Jerusalem’s French Hill district killed 7 persons and >>wounded 20. The bomber was disguised as a religious Jew. HAMAS claimed >>responsibility >> >>Suicide Bombing in Afula, May 19, 2003: A suicide bomb attack by a >>female Palestinian student killed 3 persons and wounded 52 at a >>shopping mall in Afula, Israel. Both Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 11, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard >>a bus in Jerusalem killed 16 persons and wounded at least 70, one of >>whom died later. HAMAS claimed responsibility, calling it revenge for >>an Israeli helicopter attack on HAMAS leader Abdelaziz al-Rantisi in >>Gaza City the day before. >> >>Truck Bombing in Northern Ossetia, August 1, 2003: A suicide truck >>bomb attack destroyed a Russian military hospital in Mozdok, North >>Ossetia and killed 50 persons. Russian authorities attributed the >>attack to followers of Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev. >> >>Hotel Bombing in Indonesia, August 5, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 10 persons >>and wounding 150. One of the dead was a Dutch citizen. The wounded >>included an American, a Canadian, an Australian, and two Chinese. >>Indonesian authorities suspected the Jemaah Islamiah, which had >>carried out the October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali. >> >>Bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, August 7, 2003: A car >>bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, killing >>19 persons and wounding 65. Most of the victims were apparently >>Iraqis, including 5 police officers. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel and the West Bank, August 12, 2003: The >>first suicide bombings since the June 29 Israeli-Palestinian truce >>took place. The first, in a supermarket at Rosh Haayin, Israel, killed >>one person and wounded 14. The second, at a bus stop near the Ariel >>settlement in the West Bank, killed one person and wounded 3. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility for the first; HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for the second. >> >>Bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, August 19, 2003: A truck >>loaded with surplus Iraqi ordnance exploded outside the United Nations >>Headquarters in Baghdad’s Canal Hotel. A hospital across the street >>was also heavily damaged. The 23 dead included UN Special >>Representative Sergio Viera de Mello. More than 100 persons were >>wounded. It was not clear whether the bomber was a Baath Party >>loyalist or a foreign Islamic militant. An al-Qaeda branch called the >>Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri later claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, August 19, 2003: A suicide bombing >>aboard a bus in Jerusalem killed 20 persons and injured at least 100, >>one of whom died later. Five of the dead were American citizens. HAMAS >>and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, although HAMAS leader >>al-Rantisi said that his organization remained committed to the truce >>while reserving the right to respond to Israeli military actions. >> >>Car Bomb Kills Shi’ite Leader in Najaf, August 29, 2003: A car bomb >>explosion outside the Shrine of the Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq killed at >>least 81 persons and wounded at least 140. The dead included the >>Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir al-Hakim, one of four leading Shi’ite clerics >>in Iraq. Al-Hakim had been the leader of the Supreme Council for the >>Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) since its establishment in 1982, >>and SCIRI had recently agreed to work with the U.S.-sponsored Iraqi >>Governing Council. It was not known whether the perpetrators were >>Baath Party loyalists, rival Shi’ites, or foreign Islamists. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel, September 9, 2003: Two suicide bombings >>took place in Israel. The first, at a bus stop near the Tsrifin army >>base southeast of Tel Aviv, killed 7 soldiers and wounded 14 soldiers >>and a civilian. The second, at a café in Jerusalem’s German Colony >>neighborhood, killed 6 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS did not claim >>responsibility until the next day, although a spokesman called the >>first attack" a response to Israeli aggression." >> >>Assassination of an Iraqi Governing Council Member, September 20, >>2003: Gunmen shot and seriously wounded Akila Hashimi, one of three >>female members of the Iraqi Governing Council, near her home in >>Baghdad. She died September 25. >> >>A Second Attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, September 22, 2003: >>A suicide car bomb attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad killed a >>security guard and wounded 19 other persons. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, October 4, 2003: A Palestinian woman made a >>suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in Haifa, killing 19 persons and >>wounding at least 55. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the >>attack. The next day, Israel bombed a terrorist training camp in >>Syria. >> >>Attacks in Iraq, October 9, 2003: Gunmen assassinated a Spanish >>military attaché in Baghdad. A suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi >>police station killed 8 persons and wounded 40. >> >>Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 12, 2003: Two suicide car bombs >>exploded outside the Baghdad Hotel, which housed U.S. officials. Six >>persons were killed and 32 wounded. Iraqi and U.S. security personnel >>apparently kept the cars from actually reaching the hotel. >> >>Bomb Attack on U.S. Diplomats in the Gaza Strip, October 15, 2003: A >>remote-controlled bomb exploded under a car in a U.S. diplomatic >>convoy passing through the northern Gaza Strip. Three security guards, >>all employees of DynCorp, were killed. A fourth was wounded. The >>diplomats were on their way to interview Palestinian candidates for >>Fulbright scholarships to study in the United States. Palestinian >>President Arafat and Prime Minister Qurei condemned the attack, while >>the major Palestinian militant groups denied responsibility. The next >>day, Palestinian security forces arrested several suspects, some of >>whom belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees. >> >>Rocket Attack on the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: >>Iraqis using an improvised rocket launcher bombarded the al-Rashid >>Hotel in Baghdad, killing one U.S. Army officer and wounding 17 >>persons. The wounded included 4 U.S. military personnel and seven >>American civilians. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz, who >>was staying at the hotel, was not injured. After visiting the wounded, >>he said, "They’re not going to scare us away; we’re not giving up on >>this job." >> >>Assassination of a Deputy Mayor in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: Two >>gunmen believed to be Baath Party loyalists assassinated Faris Abdul >>Razaq al-Assam, one of three deputy mayors of Baghdad. U.S. officials >>did not announce al-Assam’s death until October 28. >> >>Wave of Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 27, 2003: A series of suicide >>car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 35 persons and wounded at >>least 230. Four attacks were directed at Iraqi police stations, the >>fifth and most destructive was directed at the International Committee >>of the Red Cross headquarters, where at least 12 persons were killed. >>A sixth attack failed when a car bomb failed to explode and the bomber >>was wounded and captured by Iraqi police. U.S. and Iraqi officials >>suspected that foreign terrorists were involved; the unsuccessful >>bomber said he was a Syrian national and carried a Syrian passport. >>After a meeting with Administrator L. Paul Bremer, President Bush >>said, "The more successful we are on the ground, the more these >>killers will react." >> >>Suicide Bombing in Riyadh, November 8, 2003: In Riyadh, a suicide car >>bombing took place in the Muhaya residential compound, which was >>occupied mainly by nationals of other Arab countries. Seventeen >>persons were killed and 122 were wounded. The latter included 4 >>Americans. The next day, Deputy Secretary of State Armitage said >>al-Qaeda was probably responsible. >> >>Truck Bombing in Nasiriyah, November 12, 2003: A suicide truck bomb >>destroyed the headquarters of the Italian military police in >>Nasiriyah, Iraq, killing 18 Italians and 11 Iraqis and wounding at >>least 100 persons. >> >>Synagogue Bombings in Istanbul, November 15, 2003: Two suicide truck >>bombs exploded outside the Neve Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues in >>Istanbul, killing 25 persons and wounding at least 300 more. The >>initial claim of responsibility came from a Turkish militant group, >>the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders’ Front, but Turkish authorities >>suspected an al-Qaeda connection. The next day, the London-based >>newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi received an e-mail in which an al-Qaeda >>branch called the Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri claimed >>responsibility for the Istanbul synagogue bombings. >> > > >>More Suicide Truck Bombings in Istanbul, November 20, 2003: Two more >>suicide truck bombings devastated the British HSBC Bank and the >>British Consulate General in Istanbul, killing 27 persons and wounding >>at least 450. The dead included Consul General Roger Short. U.S., >>British, and Turkish officials suspected that al-Qaeda had struck >>again. The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul was closed, and the Embassy in >>Ankara advised American citizens in Istanbul to stay home. >> >>Car Bombing in Kirkuk, November 20, 2003: A suicide car bombing in >>Kirkuk killed 5 persons. The target appeared to be the headquarters of >>the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. PUK officials suspected the Ansar >>al-Islam group, which was said to have sheltered fugitive Taliban and >>al-Qaeda members after the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. >> >>Attacks on Other Coalition Personnel in Iraq, November 29-30, 2003: >>Iraqi insurgents stepped up attacks on nationals of other members of >>the Coalition. On November 29, an ambush in Mahmudiyah killed 7 out of >>a party of 8 Spanish intelligence officers. Iraqi insurgents also >>killed two Japanese diplomats near Tikrit. On November 30, another >>ambush near Tikrit killed two South Korean electrical workers and >>wounded two more. A Colombian employee of Kellogg Brown & Root was >>killed and two were wounded in an ambush near Balad. >> >>Train Bombing in Southern Russia, December 5, 2003: A suicide bomb >>attack killed 42 persons and wounded 150 aboard a Russian commuter >>train in the south Russian town of Yessentuki. Russian officials >>suspected Chechen rebels; President Putin said the attack was meant to >>disrupt legislative elections. Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov >>denied any involvement. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Moscow, December 9, 2003: A female suicide bomber >>killed 5 other persons and wounded 14 outside Moscow’s National Hotel. >>She was said to be looking for the State Duma. >> >>Suicide Car Bombings in Iraq, December 15, 2003: Two days after the >>capture of Saddam Hussein, there were two suicide car bomb attacks on >>Iraqi police stations. One at Husainiyah killed 8 persons and wounded >>20. The other, at Ameriyah, wounded 7 Iraqi police. Guards repelled a >>second vehicle. >> >>Office Bombing in Baghdad, December 19, 2003: A bomb destroyed the >>Baghdad office of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in >>Iraq, killing a woman and wounding at least 7 other persons. >> >>Suicide Car Bombing in Irbil, December 24, 2003: A suicide car bomb >>attack on the Kurdish Interior Ministry in Irbil, Iraq, killed 5 >>persons and wounded 101. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Rawalpindi, December 25, 2003: Two suicide >>truck bombers killed 14 persons as President Musharraf’s motorcade >>passed through Rawalpindi, Pakistan. An earlier attempt on December 14 >>caused no casualties. Pakistani officials suspected Afghan and >>Kashmiri militants. On January 6, 2004, Pakistani authorities >>announced the arrest of 6 suspects who were said to be members of >>Jaish-e-Muhammad. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, December 25, 2003: A Palestinian suicide >>bomber killed 4 persons at a bus stop near Petah Tikva, Israel. The >>Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for the attack in retaliation for Israeli military operations in >>Nablus that had begun two days earlier. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Baghdad, December 31, 2003: A car bomb explosion >>outside Baghdad’s Nabil Restaurant killed 8 persons and wounded 35. >>The wounded included 3 Los Angeles Times reporters and 3 local >>employees > > > > Gunner > > "Considering the events of recent years, > the world has a long way to go to regain > its credibility and reputation with the US." > unknown amen. Gunner wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:03:49 GMT, Gunner > wrote: > > >>On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 21:48:43 -0700, "Pagan" >>wrote: >> >> >>>Most folks think the 'war' started on 9/11. Personally, I feel the war >>>started with the USS Cole, the Embassy bombings, the numerous plane >>>highjackings and bombings, and so forth, for the past 40 friggin years. >>> >>>I, for one, am sick of Americans getting blown up for the sake of a bunch of >>>wackos in the Middle East. >> >>Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology > > > > For the sake of argument..Ive revised the list and removed all > terrorist attacks NOT committed by Islamic Extremists. > > Lets see again, what you Leftist fringe kooks and terrorist supporters > are claiming Bush is responsible for, shall we? Below are only attacks > committed by Islamic extremists...... > > >>Attack on the Munich Airport, February 10, 1970: Three terrorists >>attacked El Al passengers in a bus at the Munich Airport with guns and >>grenades. One passenger was killed and 11 were injured. All three >>terrorists were captured by airport police. The Action Organization >>for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Democratic Front for >>the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack. >> > > >>Munich Olympic Massacre, September 5, 1972: Eight Palestinian "Black >>September" terrorists seized eleven Israeli athletes in the Olympic >>Village in Munich, West Germany. In a bungled rescue attempt by West >>German authorities, nine of the hostages and five terrorists were >>killed. >> >>Ambassador to Sudan Assassinated, March 2, 1973: U.S. Ambassador to >>Sudan Cleo A. Noel and other diplomats were assassinated at the Saudi >>Arabian Embassy in Khartoum by members of the Black September >>organization. >> > > >>Attack and Hijacking at the Rome Airport, December 17, 1973: Five >>terrorists pulled weapons from their luggage in the terminal lounge at >>the Rome airport, killing two persons. They then attacked a Pan >>American 707 bound for Beirut and Tehran, destroying it with >>incendiary grenades and killing 29 persons, including 4 senior >>Moroccan officials and 14 American employees of ARAMCO. They then >>herded 5 Italian hostages into a Lufthansa airliner and killed an >>Italian customs agent as he tried to escape, after which they forced >>the pilot to fly to Beirut. After Lebanese authorities refused to let >>the plane land, it landed in Athens, where the terrorists demanded the >>release of 2 Arab terrorists. In order to make Greek authorities >>comply with their demands, the terrorists killed a hostage and threw >>his body onto the tarmac. The plane then flew to Damascus, where it >>stopped for two hours to obtain fuel and food. It then flew to Kuwait, >>where the terrorists released their hostages in return for passage to >>an unknown destination. The Palestine Liberation Organization >>disavowed the attack, and no group claimed responsibility for it. >> > > >>Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976: Members of the Baader-Meinhof >>Group and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) >>seized an Air France airliner and its 258 passengers. They forced the >>plane to land in Uganda. On July 3 Israeli commandos successfully >>rescued the passengers. >> > > >>Ambassador to Afghanistan Assassinated, February 14, 1979: Four >>Afghans kidnapped U.S. Ambassador Adolph Dubs in Kabul and demanded >>the release of various "religious figures." Dubs was killed, along >>with four alleged terrorists, when Afghan police stormed the hotel >>room where he was being held. >> >>Iran Hostage Crisis, November 4, 1979: After President Carter agreed >>to admit the Shah of Iran into the US, Iranian radicals seized the >>U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. >>Thirteen hostages were soon released, but the remaining 53 were held >>until their release on January 20, 1981. >> >>Grand Mosque Seizure, November 20, 1979: 200 Islamic terrorists seized >>the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, taking hundreds of pilgrims >>hostage. Saudi and French security forces retook the shrine after an >>intense battle in which some 250 people were killed and 600 wounded. >> > > >>Assassination of Egyptian President, October 6, 1981: Soldiers who >>were secretly members of the Takfir Wal-Hajira sect attacked and >>killed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a troop review. >> > > >>Assassination of Lebanese President, September 14, 1982: President >>Bashir Gemayel was assassinated by a car bomb parked outside his >>party’s Beirut headquarters. >> >>1983 > > >>Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut, April 18, 1983: Sixty-three people, >>including the CIA’s Middle East director, were killed and 120 were >>injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy >>in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Bombing of Marine Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983: Simultaneous >>suicide truck-bomb attacks were made on American and French compounds >>in Beirut, Lebanon. A 12,000-pound bomb destroyed the U.S. compound, >>killing 242 Americans, while 58 French troops were killed when a >>400-pound device destroyed a French base. Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >> >> >>1984 >> >>Kidnapping of Embassy Official, March 16, 1984: The Islamic Jihad >>kidnapped and later murdered Political Officer William Buckley in >>Beirut, Lebanon. Other U.S. citizens not connected to the U.S. >>government were seized over a succeeding two-year period. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Spain, April 12, 1984: Eighteen U.S. servicemen >>were killed and 83 people were injured in a bomb attack on a >>restaurant near a U.S. Air Force Base in Torrejon, Spain. >> > > >>1985 >> > > >>TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was >>hijacked en route to Rome from Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah >>terrorists and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 >>passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American >>hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to >>Algiers, the aircraft was returned to Beirut after Israel released 435 >>Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners. >> > > >>Soviet Diplomats Kidnapped, September 30, 1985: In Beirut, Lebanon, >>Sunni terrorists kidnapped four Soviet diplomats. One was killed but >>three were later released. >> >>Achille Lauro Hijacking, October 7, 1985: Four Palestinian Liberation >>Front terrorists seized the Italian cruise liner in the eastern >>Mediterranean Sea, taking more than 700 hostages. One U.S. passenger >>was murdered before the Egyptian government offered the terrorists >>safe haven in return for the hostages’ freedom. >> >>Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, November 23, 1985: An EgyptAir airplane >>bound from Athens to Malta and carrying several U.S. citizens was >>hijacked by the Abu Nidal Group. >> >>Airport Attacks in Rome and Vienna, December 27, 1985: Four gunmen >>belonging to the Abu Nidal Organization attacked the El Al and Trans >>World Airlines ticket counters at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport >>with grenades and automatic rifles. Thirteen persons were killed and >>75 were wounded before Italian police and Israeli security guards >>killed three of the gunmen and captured the fourth. Three more Abu >>Nidal gunmen attacked the El Al ticket counter at Vienna’s Schwechat >>Airport, killing three persons and wounding 30. Austrian police killed >>one of the gunmen and captured the others. >> >>1986 >> >>Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986: A Palestinian splinter >>group detonated a bomb as TWA Flight 840 approached Athens airport, >>killing four U.S. citizens. >> >>Berlin Discothèque Bombing, April 5, 1986: Two U.S. soldiers were >>killed and 79 American servicemen were injured in a Libyan bomb attack >>on a nightclub in West Berlin, West Germany. In retaliation U.S. >>military jets bombed targets in and around Tripoli and Benghazi. >> > > >>1987 >> > > >>1988 >> >>Kidnapping of William Higgins, February 17, 1988: U.S. Marine Corps >>Lieutenant Colonel W. Higgins was kidnapped and murdered by the >>Iranian-backed Hizballah group while serving with the United Nations >>Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) in southern Lebanon. >> >>Naples USO Attack, April 14, 1988: The Organization of Jihad Brigades >>exploded a car-bomb outside a USO Club in Naples, Italy, killing one >>U.S. sailor. >> > > >>Pan Am 103 Bombing, December 21, 1988: Pan American Airlines Flight >>103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, by a bomb believed to have >>been placed on the aircraft by Libyan terrorists in Frankfurt, West >>Germany. All 259 people on board were killed. >> >>1989 >> > > >>Bombing of UTA Flight 772, September 19, 1989: A bomb explosion >>destroyed UTA Flight 772 over the Sahara Desert in southern Niger >>during a flight from Brazzaville to Paris. All 170 persons aboard were >>killed. Six Libyans were later found guilty in absentia and sentenced >>to life imprisonment. >> > > >>1990 >> > > >>1991 >> >>Attempted Iraqi Attacks on U.S. Posts, January 18-19, 1991: Iraqi >>agents planted bombs at the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia’s home >>residence and at the USIS library in Manila. >> > > >>Assassination of former Indian Prime Minister, May 21, 1991: A female >>member of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) killed herself, >>Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and 16 others by detonating an explosive >>vest after presenting a garland of flowers to the former Prime >>Minister during an election rally in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. >> >>1992 >> > > >>Bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17, 1992: Hizballah >>claimed responsibility for a blast that leveled the Israeli Embassy in >>Buenos Aires, Argentina, causing the deaths of 29 and wounding 242. >> >> >> >>1993 > > >>World Trade Center Bombing, February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center >>in New York City was badly damaged when a car bomb planted by Islamic >>terrorists exploded in an underground garage. The bomb left 6 people >>dead and 1,000 injured. The men carrying out the attack were followers >>of Umar Abd al-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric who preached in the New York >>City area. >> >>Attempted Assassination of President Bush by Iraqi Agents, April 14, >>1993: The Iraqi intelligence service attempted to assassinate former >>U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait. In retaliation, >>the U.S. launched a cruise missile attack 2 months later on the Iraqi >>capital Baghdad. >> >>1994 >> >>Hebron Massacre, February 25, 1994: Jewish right-wing extremist and >>U.S. citizen Baruch Goldstein machine-gunned Moslem worshippers at a >>mosque in West Bank town of Hebron, killing 29 and wounding about 150. >> > > >>Air France Hijacking, December 24, 1994: Members of the Armed Islamic >>Group seized an Air France Flight to Algeria. The four terrorists were >>killed during a rescue effort. >> >>1995 >> >>Attack on U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan, March 8, 1995: Two unidentified >>gunmen killed two U.S. diplomats and wounded a third in Karachi, >>Pakistan. >> > > >>Kashmiri Hostage-taking, July 4, 1995: In India six foreigners, >>including two U.S. citizens, were taken hostage by Al-Faran, a >>Kashmiri separatist group. One non-U.S. hostage was later found >>beheaded. >> >>Jerusalem Bus Attack, August 21, 1995: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the detonation of a bomb that killed 6 and injured over 100 >>persons, including several U.S. citizens. >> >>Attack on U.S. Embassy in Moscow, September 13, 1995: A >>rocket-propelled grenade was fired through the window of the U.S. >>Embassy in Moscow, ostensibly in retaliation for U.S. strikes on Serb >>positions in Bosnia. >> >>Saudi Military Installation Attack, November 13, 1995: The Islamic >>Movement of Change planted a bomb in a Riyadh military compound that >>killed one U.S. citizen, several foreign national employees of the >>U.S. government, and over 40 others. >> >>Egyptian Embassy Attack, November 19, 1995: A suicide bomber drove a >>vehicle into the Egyptian Embassy compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, >>killing at least 16 and injuring 60 persons. Three militant Islamic >>groups claimed responsibility. >> >>1996 >> > > >>Tamil Tigers Attack, January 31, 1996: Members of the Liberation >>Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rammed an explosives-laden truck into the >>Central Bank in the heart of downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 90 >>civilians and injuring more than 1,400 others, including 2 US >>citizens. >> > > >>Athens Embassy Attack, February 15, 1996: Unidentified assailants >>fired a rocket at the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens, causing minor >>damage to three diplomatic vehicles and some surrounding buildings. >>Circumstances of the attack suggested it was an operation carried out >>by the 17 November group. >> > > >>HAMAS Bus Attack, February 26, 1996: In Jerusalem, a suicide bomber >>blew up a bus, killing 26 persons, including three U.S. citizens, and >>injuring some 80 persons, including three other US citizens. >> >>Dizengoff Center Bombing, March 4, 1996: HAMAS and the Palestine >>Islamic Jihad (PIJ) both claimed responsibility for a bombing outside >>of Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall that killed 20 persons and injured >>75 others, including 2 U.S. citizens. >> >>West Bank Attack, May 13, 1996: Arab gunmen opened fire on a bus and a >>group of Yeshiva students near the Bet El settlement, killing a dual >>U.S./Israeli citizen and wounding three Israelis. No one claimed >>responsibility for the attack, but HAMAS was suspected. >> > > >>Zekharya Attack, June 9, 1996: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a >>car near Zekharya, killing a dual U.S./Israeli citizen and an Israeli. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was >>suspected. >> > > >>Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996: A fuel truck carrying a bomb >>exploded outside the US military's Khobar Towers housing facility in >>Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, >>including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility >>for the attack. >> > > >>Bombing of Archbishop of Oran, August 1, 1996: A bomb exploded at the >>home of the French Archbishop of Oran, killing him and his chauffeur. >>The attack occurred after the Archbishop's meeting with the French >>Foreign Minister. The Algerian Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected. >> > > >>PUK Kidnapping, September 13, 1996: In Iraq, Patriotic Union of >>Kurdistan (PUK) militants kidnapped four French workers for >>Pharmaciens Sans Frontieres, a Canadian United Nations High >>Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) official, and two Iraqis. >> > > > >>Paris Subway Explosion, December 3, 1996: A bomb exploded aboard a >>Paris subway train as it arrived at the Port Royal station, killing >>two French nationals, a Moroccan, and a Canadian, and injuring 86 >>persons. Among those injured were one U.S. citizen and a Canadian. No >>one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are >>suspected. >> > > >>1997 >> >>Egyptian Letter Bombs, January 2-13, 1997: A series of letter bombs >>with Alexandria, Egypt, postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat >>newspaper bureaus in Washington, New York City, London, and Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were >>found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal >>experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat >>office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor >>damage. >> >>Tajik Hostage Abductions, February 4-17, 1997: Near Komsomolabad, >>Tajikistan, a paramilitary group led by Bakhrom Sodirov abducted four >>United Nations (UN) military observers. The victims included two >>Swiss, one Austrian, one Ukrainian, and their Tajik interpreter. The >>kidnappers demanded safe passage for their supporters from Afghanistan >>to Tajikistan. In four separate incidents occurring between Dushanbe >>and Garm, Bakhrom Sodirov and his group kidnapped two International >>Committee for the Red Cross members, four Russian journalists and >>their Tajik driver, four UNHCR members, and the Tajik Security >>Minister, Saidamir Zukhurov. >> > > >>Empire State Building Sniper Attack, February 23, 1997: A Palestinian >>gunman opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire >>State Building in New York City, killing a Danish national and >>wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland, and >>France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried >>by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the >>"enemies of Palestine." >> > > >>Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, September 4, 1997: Three suicide >>bombers of HAMAS detonated bombs in the Ben Yehuda shopping mall in >>Jerusalem, killing eight persons, including the bombers, and wounding >>nearly 200 others. A dual U.S./Israeli citizen was among the dead, and >>7 U.S. citizens were wounded. >> > > >>Yemeni Kidnappings, October 30, 1997: Al-Sha'if tribesmen kidnapped a >>U.S. businessman near Sanaa. The tribesmen sought the release of two >>fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several >>public works projects they claim the government promised them. They >>released the hostage on November 27. >> >>Murder of U.S. Businessmen in Pakistan, November 12, 1997: Two >>unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas >>Petroleum Corporation and their Pakistani driver after they drove away > >>from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. The Islami Inqilabi Council, or > >>Islamic Revolutionary Council, claimed responsibility in a call to the >>U.S. Consulate in Karachi. In a letter to Pakistani newspapers, the >>Aimal Khufia Action Committee also claimed responsibility. >> >>Tourist Killings in Egypt, November 17, 1997: Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya >>(IG) gunmen shot and killed 58 tourists and four Egyptians and wounded >>26 others at the Hatshepsut Temple in the Valley of the Kings near >>Luxor. Thirty-four Swiss, eight Japanese, five Germans, four Britons, >>one French, one Colombian, a dual Bulgarian/British citizen, and four >>unidentified persons were among the dead. Twelve Swiss, two Japanese, >>two Germans, one French, and nine Egyptians were among the wounded. >> >>1998 >> >>UN Observer Abductions, February 19, 1998: Armed supporters of late >>Georgian president Zviad Gamsakhurdia abducted four UN military >>observers from Sweden, Uruguay, and the Czech Republic. >> > > >>Somali Hostage-takings, April 15, 1998: Somali militiamen abducted >>nine Red Cross and Red Crescent workers at an airstrip north of >>Mogadishu. The hostages included a U.S. citizen, a German, a Belgian, >>a French, a Norwegian, two Swiss, and one Somali. The gunmen were >>members of a sub-clan loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohammed, who controlled the >>northern section of the capital. >> > > >>U.S. Embassy Bombings in East Africa, August 7, 1998: A bomb exploded >>at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 12 >>U.S. citizens, 32 Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs), and 247 Kenyan >>citizens. Approximately 5,000 Kenyans, 6 U.S. citizens, and 13 FSNs >>were injured. The U.S. Embassy building sustained extensive structural >>damage. Almost simultaneously, a bomb detonated outside the U.S. >>Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 7 FSNs and 3 Tanzanian >>citizens, and injuring 1 U.S. citizen and 76 Tanzanians. The explosion >>caused major structural damage to the U.S. Embassy facility. The U.S. >>Government held Usama Bin Laden responsible. >> > > > >>1999 >> >>Angolan Aircraft Downing, January 2, 1999: A UN plane carrying one >>U.S. citizen, four Angolans, two Philippine nationals and one Namibian >>was shot down, according to a UN official. No deaths or injuries were >>reported. Angolan authorities blamed the attack on National Union for >>the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels. UNITA officials >>denied shooting down the plane. >> > > >>Greek Embassy Seizure, February 16, 1999: Kurdish protesters stormed >>and occupied the Greek Embassy in Vienna, taking the Greek Ambassador >>and six other persons hostage. Several hours later the protesters >>released the hostages and left the Embassy. The attack followed the >>Turkish Government's announcement of the successful capture of the >>Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan. Kurds also >>occupied Kenyan, Israeli, and other Greek diplomatic facilities in >>France, Holland, Switzerland, Britain, and Germany over the following >>days. >> > > >>Shell Platform Bombing, June 27, 1999: In Port Harcourt, Nigeria, >>armed youths stormed a Shell oil platform, kidnapping one U.S. >>citizen, one Nigerian national, and one Australian citizen, and >>causing undetermined damage. A group calling itself "Enough is Enough >>in the Niger River" claimed responsibility. Further seizures of oil >>facilities followed. >> >>AFRC Kidnappings, August 4, 1999: An Armed Forces Revolutionary >>Council (AFRC) faction kidnapped 33 UN representatives near Occra >>Hills, Sierra Leone. The hostages included one U.S. citizen, five >>British soldiers, one Canadian citizen, one representative from Ghana, >>one military officer from Russia, one officer from Kyrgystan, one >>officer from Zambia, one officer from Malaysia, a local Bishop, two UN >>officials, two local journalists, and 16 Sierra Leonean nationals. >> > > >>PLA Kidnapping, December 23, 1999: Colombian People’s Liberation Army >>(PLA) forces kidnapped a U.S. citizen in an unsuccessful ransoming >>effort. >> >>Indian Airlines Airbus Hijacking, December 24, 1999: Five militants >>hijacked a flight bound from Katmandu to New Delhi carrying 189 >>people. The plane and its passengers were released unharmed on >>December 31. >> >>2000 >> > > >>Diplomatic Assassination in Greece, June 8, 2000: In Athens, Greece, >>two unidentified gunmen killed British Defense Attaché Stephen >>Saunders in an ambush. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November >>claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Kidnappings in Kyrgyzstan, August 12, 2000: In the Kara-Su Valley, the >>Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan took four U.S. citizens hostage. The >>Americans escaped on August 12. >> >>Church Bombing in Tajikistan, October 1, 2000: Unidentified militants >>detonated two bombs in a Christian church in Dushanbe, killing seven >>persons and injuring 70 others. The church was founded by a >>Korean-born U.S. citizen, and most of those killed and wounded were >>Korean. No one claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Attack on U.S.S. Cole, October 12, 2000: In Aden, Yemen, a small dingy >>carrying explosives rammed the destroyer U.S.S. Cole, killing 17 >>sailors and injuring 39 others. Supporters of Usama Bin Laden were >>suspected. >> >>Manila Bombing, December 30, 2000: A bomb exploded in a plaza across >>the street from the U.S. Embassy in Manila, injuring nine persons. The >>Moro Islamic Liberation Front was likely responsible. >> >>2001 > > >>Srinagar Airport Attack and Assassination Attempt, January 17, 2001: >>In India, six members of the Lashkar-e-Tayyba militant group were >>killed when they attempted to seize a local airport. Members of Hizbul >>Mujaheddin fired two rifle grenades at Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister >>for Jammu and Kashmir. Two persons were wounded in the unsuccessful >>assassination attempt. >> > > Bush sworn into office for first term, on January 20, 2001 > > >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 4, 2001: A suicide bomb attack in >>Netanya killed 3 persons and wounded 65. HAMAS later claimed >>responsibility. >> > > >>Airliner Hijacking in Istanbul, March 15, 2001: Three Chechens >>hijacked a Russian airliner during a flight from Istanbul to Moscow >>and forced it to fly to Medina, Saudi Arabia. The plane carried 162 >>passengers and a crew of 12. After a 22-hour siege during which more >>than 40 passengers were released, Saudi security forces stormed the >>plane, killing a hijacker, a passenger, and a flight attendant. >> >>Bus Stop Bombing, April 22, 2001: A member of HAMAS detonated a bomb >>he was carrying near a bus stop in Kfar Siva, Israel, killing one >>person and injuring 60. >> >>Philippines Hostage Incident, May 27, 2001: Muslim Abu Sayyaf >>guerrillas seized 13 tourists and 3 staff members at a resort on >>Palawan Island and took their captives to Basilan Island. The captives >>included three U.S. citizens: Guellermo Sobero and missionaries Martin >>and Gracia Burnham. Philippine troops fought a series of battles with >>the guerrillas between June 1 and June 3 during which 9 hostages >>escaped and two were found dead. The guerrillas took additional >>hostages when they seized the hospital in the town of Lamitan. On June >>12, Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya claimed that Sobero had been >>killed and beheaded; his body was found in October. The Burnhams >>remained in captivity until June 2002. >> >>Tel-Aviv Nightclub Bombing, June 1, 2001: HAMAS claimed responsibility >>for the suicide bombing of a popular Israeli nightclub that caused >>over 140 casualties. >> >>HAMAS Restaurant Bombing, August 9, 2001: A HAMAS-planted bomb >>detonated in a Jerusalem pizza restaurant, killing 15 people and >>wounding more than 90. The Israeli response included occupation of >>Orient House, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political >>headquarters in East Jerusalem. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, September 9, 2001: The first suicide >>bombing carried out by an Israeli Arab killed 3 persons in Nahariya. >>HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Death of "the Lion of the Panjshir", September 9, 2001: Two suicide >>bombers fatally wounded Ahmed Shah Massoud, a leader of Afghanistan’s >>Northern Alliance, which had opposed both the Soviet occupation and >>the post-Soviet Taliban government. The bombers posed as journalists >>and were apparently linked to al-Qaida. The Northern Alliance did not >>confirm Massoud’s death until September 15. >> >>Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Homeland, September 11, 2001: Two hijacked >>airliners crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Soon >>thereafter, the Pentagon was struck by a third hijacked plane. A >>fourth hijacked plane, suspected to be bound for a high-profile target >>in Washington, crashed into a field in southern Pennsylvania. The >>attacks killed 3,025 U.S. citizens and other nationals. President Bush >>and Cabinet officials indicated that Usama Bin Laden was the prime >>suspect and that they considered the United States in a state of war >>with international terrorism. In the aftermath of the attacks, the >>United States formed the Global Coalition Against Terrorism. >> >>Attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature, October 1, 2001: After a >>suicide car bomber forced the gate of the state legislature in >>Srinagar, two gunmen entered the building and held off police for >>seven hours before being killed. Forty persons died in the incident. >>Jaish-e-Muhammad claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Assassination of an Israeli Cabinet Minister, October 17, 2001: A >>Palestinian gunman assassinated Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam >>Zeevi in the Jerusalem hotel where he was staying. The Popular Front >>for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed to have avenged the >>death of PFLP Mustafa Zubari. >> >>Attack on a Church in Pakistan, October 28, 2001: Six masked gunmen >>shot up a church in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, killing 15 Pakistani >>Christians. No group claimed responsibility, although various militant >>Muslim groups were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Jerusalem, December 1, 2001: Two suicide bombers >>attacked a Jerusalem shopping mall, killing 10 persons and wounding >>170. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, December 2, 2001: A suicide bomb attack >>aboard a bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for both this attack and those on December 1 to >>avenge the death of a HAMAS member at the hands of Israeli forces a >>week earlier. >> >>Attack on the Indian Parliament, December 13, 2001: Five gunmen >>attacked the Indian Parliament in New Delhi shortly after it had >>adjourned. Before security forces killed them, the attackers killed 6 >>security personnel and a gardener. Indian officials blamed >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and demanded that Pakistan crack down on it and on >>other Muslim separatist groups in Kashmir. >> >>2002 >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, January 15, 2002: Palestinian militants fired >>on a vehicle in Beit Sahur, killing one passenger and wounding the >>other. The dead passenger claimed U.S. and Israeli citizenship. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Battalion claimed responsibility. >> >>Shooting Incident in Israel, January 17, 2002: A Palestinian gunman >>killed 6 persons and wounded 25 in Hadera, Israel, before being killed >>by Israeli police. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed >>responsibility as revenge for Israel’s killing of a leading member of >>the group. >> >>Drive-By Shooting at a U.S. Consulate, January 22, 2002: Armed >>militants on motorcycles fired on the U.S. Consulate in Calcutta, >>India, killing 5 Indian security personnel and wounding 13 others. The >>Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami and the Asif Raza Commandoes claimed >>responsibility. Indian police later killed two suspects, one of whom >>confessed to belonging to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as he died. >> >>Bomb Explosion in Kashmir, January 22, 2002: A bomb exploded in a >>crowded retail district in Jammu, Kashmir, killing one person and >>injuring nine. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, January 23, 2002: Armed militants >>kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi, >>Pakistan. Pakistani authorities received a videotape on February 20 >>depicting Pearl’s murder. His grave was found near Karachi on May 16. >>Pakistani authorities arrested four suspects. Ringleader Ahmad Omar >>Saeed Sheikh claimed to have organized Pearl’s kidnapping to protest >>Pakistan’s subservience to the United States, and had belonged to >>Jaish-e-Muhammad, an Islamic separatist group in Kashmir. All four >>suspects were convicted on July 15. Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to >>death, the others to life imprisonment. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, January 27, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>in Jerusalem killed one other person and wounded 100. The incident was >>the first suicide bombing made by a Palestinian woman. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, February 16, 2002: A suicide bombing >>in an outdoor food court in Karmei Shomron killed 4 persons and >>wounded 27. Two of the dead and two of the wounded were U.S. citizens. >>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 7, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>a supermarket in the settlement of Ariel wounded 10 persons, one of >>whom was a U.S. citizen. The PFLP claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 9, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>Jerusalem restaurant killed 11 persons and wounded 52, one of whom was >>a U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> > > >>Grenade Attack on a Church in Pakistan, March 17, 2002: Militants >>threw grenades into the Protestant International Church in Islamabad, >>Pakistan, during a service attended by diplomatic and local personnel. >>Five persons, two of them U.S. citizens, were killed and 46 were >>wounded. The dead Americans were State Department employee Barbara >>Green and her daughter Kristen Wormsley. Thirteen U.S. citizens were >>among the wounded. The Lashkar-e-Tayyiba group was suspected. >> > > >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, March 21, 2002: A suicide bombing in >>Jerusalem killed 3 persons and wounded 86 more, including 2 U.S. >>citizens. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, March 27, 2002: A suicide bombing in a >>noted restaurant in Netanya, Israel, killed 22 persons and wounded >>140. One of the dead was a U.S. citizen. The Islamic Resistance >>Movement (HAMAS) claimed responsibility. >> >>Temple Bombing in Kashmir, March 30, 2002: A bomb explosion at a Hindu >>temple in Jammu, Kashmir, killed 10 persons. The Islamic Front claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in the West Bank, March 31, 2002: A suicide bombing >>near an ambulance station in Efrat wounded four persons, including a >>U.S. citizen. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Armed attack on Kashmir, April 10, 2002: Armed militants attacked a >>residence in Gando, Kashmir, killing five persons and wounding four. >>No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Synagogue Bombing in Tunisia, April 11, 2002: A suicide bomber >>detonated a truck loaded with propane gas outside a historic synagogue >>in Djerba, Tunisia. The 16 dead included 11 Germans, one French >>citizen, and three Tunisians. Twenty-six German tourists were injured. >>The Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Sites claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, April 12, 2002: A female suicide bomber >>killed 6 persons in Jerusalem and wounded 90 others. The al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, May 8, 2002: A car bomb exploded near a >>Pakistani navy shuttle bus in Karachi, killing 12 persons and wounding >>19. Eleven of the dead and 11 of the wounded were French nationals. >>Al-Qaida was suspected of the attack. >> >>Parade Bombing in Russia, May 9, 2002: A remotely-controlled bomb >>exploded near a May Day parade in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, killing 42 >>persons and wounding 150. Fourteen of the dead and 50 of the wounded >>were soldiers. Islamists linked to al-Qaida were suspected. >> >>Attack on a Bus in India, May 14, 2002: Militants fired on a passenger >>bus in Kaluchak, Jammu, killing 7 persons. They then entered a >>military housing complex and killed 3 soldiers and 7 military >>dependents before they were killed. The al-Mansooran and Jamiat >>ul-Mujahedin claimed responsibility. >> >>Bomb Attacks in Kashmir, May 17, 2002: A bomb explosion near a civil >>secretariat area in Srinagar, Kashmir, wounded 6 persons. In Jammu, a >>bomb exploded at a fire services headquarters, killing two and >>wounding 16. No group claimed responsibility for either attack. >> >>Hostage Rescue Attempt in the Philippines, June 7, 2002: Philippine >>Army troops attacked Abu Sayyaf terrorists on Mindanao Island in an >>attempt to rescue U.S. citizen Martin Burnham and his wife Gracia, who >>had been kidnapped more than a year ago. Burnham was killed but his >>wife, though wounded, was freed. A Filipino hostage was killed, as >>were four of the guerrillas. Seven soldiers were wounded. >> >>Car Bombing in Pakistan, June 14, 2002: A car bomb exploded near the >>U.S. Consulate and the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan. Eleven >>persons were killed and 51 were sounded, including one U.S. and one >>Japanese citizen. Al Qaida and al-Qanin were suspected. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 19, 2002: A suicide bombing at a >>bus stop in Jerusalem killed 6 persons and wounded 43, including 2 >>U.S. citizens. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv, July 17, 2002: Two suicide bombers >>attacked the old bus station in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 5 persons >>and wounding 38. The dead included one Romanian and two Chinese; >>another Romanian was wounded. The Islamic Jihad claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Bombing at the Hebrew University, July 31, 2002: A bomb hidden in a >>bag in the Frank Sinatra International Student Center of Jerusalem’s >>Hebrew University killed 9 persons and wounded 87. The dead included 5 >>U.S. citizens and 4 Israelis. The wounded included 4 U.S. citizens, 2 >>Japanese, and 3 South Koreans. The Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, August 4, 2002: A suicide bomb attack on a >>bus in Safed, Israel, killed 9 persons and wounded 50. Two of the dead >>were Philippine citizens; many of the wounded were soldiers returning > >>from leave. HAMAS claimed responsibility. > >>Attack on a School in Pakistan, August 5, 2002: Gunmen attacked a >>Christian school attended by children of missionaries from around the >>world. Six persons (two security guards, a cook, a carpenter, a >>receptionist, and a private citizen) were killed and a Philippine >>citizen was wounded. A group called al-Intigami al-Pakistani claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attack on Pilgrims in Kashmir, August 6, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked a group of Hindu pilgrims with guns and grenades in Pahalgam, >>Kashmir. Nine persons were killed and 32 were wounded. The >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiba claimed responsibility. >> >>Assassination in Kashmir, September 11, 2002: Gunmen killed Kashmir’s >>Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone and six security guards in Tikipora. >>Lashkar-e-Tayyiga, Jamiat ul-Mujahedin, and Hizb ul-Mujahedin all >>claimed responsibility. Other militants attacked the residence of the >>Minister of Tourism with grenades, injuring four persons. No group >>claimed responsibility. >> >>Ambush on the West Bank, September 18, 2002: Gunmen ambushed a vehicle >>on a road near Yahad, killing an Israeli and wounding a Romanian >>worker. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Israel, September 19, 2002: A suicide bomb >>attack on a bus in Tel Aviv killed 6 persons and wounded 52. One of >>the dead was a British subject. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on a French Tanker, October 6, 2002: An explosive-laden boat >>rammed the French oil tanker Limburg, which was anchored about 5 miles >>off al-Dhabbah, Yemen. One person was killed and 4 were wounded. >>Al-Qaida was suspected. >> >>Car Bomb Explosion in Bali, October 12, 2002: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Sari Club Discotheque in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, >>killing 202 persons and wounding 300 more. Most of the casualties, >>including 88 of the dead, were Australian tourists. Seven Americans >>were among the dead. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Two suspects >>were later arrested and convicted. Iman Samudra, who had trained in >>Afghanistan with al-Qaeda and was suspected of belonging to Jemaah >>Islamiya, was sentenced to death on September 10, 2003. >> >>Chechen Rebels Seize a Moscow Theater, October 23-26, 2002: Fifty >>Chechen rebels led by Movsar Barayev seized the Palace of Culture >>Theater in Moscow, Russia, to demand an end to the war in Chechnya. >>They seized more than 800 hostages from 13 countries and threatened to >>blow up the theater. During a three-day siege, they killed a Russian >>policeman and five Russian hostages. On October 26, Russian Special >>Forces pumped an anesthetic gas through the ventilation system and >>then stormed the theater. All of the rebels were killed, but 94 >>hostages (including one American) also died, many from the effects of >>the gas. A group led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Assassination of an AID Official, October 28, 2002: Gunmen in Amman >>assassinated Laurence Foley, Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for >>International Development Mission in Jordan. The Honest People of >>Jordan claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, November 21, 2002: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus on Mexico Street in Jerusalem killed 11 persons and wounded >>50 more. One of the dead was a Romanian. HAMAS claimed responsibility. >> >>Attack on Temples in Kashmir, November 24, 2002: Armed militants >>attacked the Reghunath and Shiv temples in Jammu, Kashmir, killing 13 >>persons and wounding 50. The Lashkare-e-Tayyiba claimed >>responsibility. >> >>Attacks on Israeli Tourists in Kenya, November 28, 2002: A >>three-person suicide car bomb attack on the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa, >>Kenya, killed 15 persons and wounded 40. Three of the dead and 18 of >>the wounded were Israeli tourists; the others were Kenyans. Near >>Mombasa’s airport, two SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles were fired as an >>Arkia Airlines Boeing 757 that was carrying 261 passengers back to >>Israel. Both missiles missed. Al-Qaida, the Government of Universal >>Palestine in Exile, and the Army of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for both attacks. Al-Ittihad al-Islami was also suspected of >>involvement. >> >>Attack on a Bus in the Philippines, December 26, 2002: Armed militants >>ambushed a bus carrying Filipino workers employed by the Canadian >>Toronto Ventures Inc. Pacific mining company in Zamboanga del Norte. >>Thirteen persons were killed and 10 wounded. Philippine authorities >>suspected the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which had been >>extorting money from Toronto Ventures. The Catholic charity >>Caritas-Philippines said that Toronto Ventures had harassed tribesmen >>who opposed mining on their ancestral lands. >> >>Bombing of a Government Building in Chechnya, December 27, 2002: A >>suicide bomb attack involving two explosives-laden trucks destroyed >>the offices of the pro-Russian Chechen government in Grozny. The >>attack killed over 80 people and wounded 210. According to a Chechen >>website run by the Kavkaz Center, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev >>claimed responsibility. >> >>2003 >> >>Suicide Bombings in Tel Aviv, January 5, 2003: Two suicide bomb >>attacks killed 22 and wounded at least 100 persons in Tel Aviv, >>Israel. Six of the victims were foreign workers. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ >>Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Night Club Bombing in Colombia, February 7, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside a night club in Bogota, Colombia, killing 32 persons and >>wounding 160. No group claimed responsibility, but Colombian officials >>suspected the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) of >>committing the worst terrorist attack in the country in a decade. >> >>Assasination of a Kurdish Leader, February 8, 2003: Members of Ansar >>al-Islam assassinated Kurdish legislator Shawkat Haji Mushir and >>captured two other Kurdish officials in Qamash Tapa in northern Iraq. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Haifa, March 5, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard a >>bus in Haifa, Israel, killed 15 persons and wounded at least 40. One >>of the dead claimed U.S. as well as Israeli citizenship. The bomber’s >>affiliation was not immediately known. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Netanya, March 30, 2003: A suicide bombing in a >>cafe in Netanya, Israel, wounded 38 persons. Only the bomber was >>killed. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and called the attack a >>"gift" to the people of Iraq. >> >>Unsuccessful Hostage Rescue Attempt in Colombia, May 5, 2003: The FARC >>killed 10 hostages when Colombian special forces tried to rescue them > >>from a jungle hideout near Urrao, in Colombia’s Antioquia State. The > >>dead included Governor Guillermo Gavira and former Defense Minister >>Gilberto Echeverri Mejia, who had been kidnapped in April 2002. >> >>Truck Bomb Attacks in Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2003: Suicide bombers >>attacked three residential compounds for foreign workers in Riyadh, >>Saudi Arabia. The 34 dead included 9 attackers, 7 other Saudis, 9 U.S. >>citizens, and one citizen each from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and >>the Philippines. Another American died on June 1. It was the first >>major attack on U.S. targets in Saudi Arabia since the end of the war >>in Iraq. Saudi authorities arrested 11 al-Qaida suspects on May 28. >> >>Truck Bombing in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: A truck bomb explosion >>demolished a government compound in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, killing 54 >>persons. Russian authorities blamed followers of a Saudi-born Islamist >>named Abu Walid. President Vladimir Putin said that he suspected that >>there was an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Chechnya, May 12, 2003: Two female suicide >>bombers attacked Chechen Administrator Mufti Akhmed Kadyrov during a >>religious festival in Iliskhan Yurt. Kadyrov escaped injury, but 14 >>other persons were killed and 43 were wounded. Chechen rebel leader >>Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attacks in Morocco, May 16, 2003: A team of 12 suicide >>bombers attacked five targets in Casablanca, Morocco, killing 43 >>persons and wounding 100. The targets were a Spanish restaurant, a >>Jewish community, a Jewish cemetery, a hotel, and the Belgian >>Consulate. The Moroccan Government blamed the Islamist al-Assirat >>al-Moustaquim (The Righteous Path), but foreign commentators suspected >>an al-Qaida connection. >> >>Suicide Bomb Attack in Jerusalem, May 18, 2003: A suicide bomb attack >>on a bus in Jerusalem’s French Hill district killed 7 persons and >>wounded 20. The bomber was disguised as a religious Jew. HAMAS claimed >>responsibility >> >>Suicide Bombing in Afula, May 19, 2003: A suicide bomb attack by a >>female Palestinian student killed 3 persons and wounded 52 at a >>shopping mall in Afula, Israel. Both Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa >>Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, June 11, 2003: A suicide bombing aboard >>a bus in Jerusalem killed 16 persons and wounded at least 70, one of >>whom died later. HAMAS claimed responsibility, calling it revenge for >>an Israeli helicopter attack on HAMAS leader Abdelaziz al-Rantisi in >>Gaza City the day before. >> >>Truck Bombing in Northern Ossetia, August 1, 2003: A suicide truck >>bomb attack destroyed a Russian military hospital in Mozdok, North >>Ossetia and killed 50 persons. Russian authorities attributed the >>attack to followers of Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev. >> >>Hotel Bombing in Indonesia, August 5, 2003: A car bomb exploded >>outside the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 10 persons >>and wounding 150. One of the dead was a Dutch citizen. The wounded >>included an American, a Canadian, an Australian, and two Chinese. >>Indonesian authorities suspected the Jemaah Islamiah, which had >>carried out the October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali. >> >>Bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, August 7, 2003: A car >>bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, killing >>19 persons and wounding 65. Most of the victims were apparently >>Iraqis, including 5 police officers. No group claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel and the West Bank, August 12, 2003: The >>first suicide bombings since the June 29 Israeli-Palestinian truce >>took place. The first, in a supermarket at Rosh Haayin, Israel, killed >>one person and wounded 14. The second, at a bus stop near the Ariel >>settlement in the West Bank, killed one person and wounded 3. The >>al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility for the first; HAMAS >>claimed responsibility for the second. >> >>Bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, August 19, 2003: A truck >>loaded with surplus Iraqi ordnance exploded outside the United Nations >>Headquarters in Baghdad’s Canal Hotel. A hospital across the street >>was also heavily damaged. The 23 dead included UN Special >>Representative Sergio Viera de Mello. More than 100 persons were >>wounded. It was not clear whether the bomber was a Baath Party >>loyalist or a foreign Islamic militant. An al-Qaeda branch called the >>Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri later claimed responsibility. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Jerusalem, August 19, 2003: A suicide bombing >>aboard a bus in Jerusalem killed 20 persons and injured at least 100, >>one of whom died later. Five of the dead were American citizens. HAMAS >>and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, although HAMAS leader >>al-Rantisi said that his organization remained committed to the truce >>while reserving the right to respond to Israeli military actions. >> >>Car Bomb Kills Shi’ite Leader in Najaf, August 29, 2003: A car bomb >>explosion outside the Shrine of the Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq killed at >>least 81 persons and wounded at least 140. The dead included the >>Ayatollah Mohammed Bakir al-Hakim, one of four leading Shi’ite clerics >>in Iraq. Al-Hakim had been the leader of the Supreme Council for the >>Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) since its establishment in 1982, >>and SCIRI had recently agreed to work with the U.S.-sponsored Iraqi >>Governing Council. It was not known whether the perpetrators were >>Baath Party loyalists, rival Shi’ites, or foreign Islamists. >> >>Suicide Bombings in Israel, September 9, 2003: Two suicide bombings >>took place in Israel. The first, at a bus stop near the Tsrifin army >>base southeast of Tel Aviv, killed 7 soldiers and wounded 14 soldiers >>and a civilian. The second, at a café in Jerusalem’s German Colony >>neighborhood, killed 6 persons and wounded 40. HAMAS did not claim >>responsibility until the next day, although a spokesman called the >>first attack" a response to Israeli aggression." >> >>Assassination of an Iraqi Governing Council Member, September 20, >>2003: Gunmen shot and seriously wounded Akila Hashimi, one of three >>female members of the Iraqi Governing Council, near her home in >>Baghdad. She died September 25. >> >>A Second Attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, September 22, 2003: >>A suicide car bomb attack on the UN Headquarters in Baghdad killed a >>security guard and wounded 19 other persons. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, October 4, 2003: A Palestinian woman made a >>suicide bomb attack on a restaurant in Haifa, killing 19 persons and >>wounding at least 55. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the >>attack. The next day, Israel bombed a terrorist training camp in >>Syria. >> >>Attacks in Iraq, October 9, 2003: Gunmen assassinated a Spanish >>military attaché in Baghdad. A suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi >>police station killed 8 persons and wounded 40. >> >>Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 12, 2003: Two suicide car bombs >>exploded outside the Baghdad Hotel, which housed U.S. officials. Six >>persons were killed and 32 wounded. Iraqi and U.S. security personnel >>apparently kept the cars from actually reaching the hotel. >> >>Bomb Attack on U.S. Diplomats in the Gaza Strip, October 15, 2003: A >>remote-controlled bomb exploded under a car in a U.S. diplomatic >>convoy passing through the northern Gaza Strip. Three security guards, >>all employees of DynCorp, were killed. A fourth was wounded. The >>diplomats were on their way to interview Palestinian candidates for >>Fulbright scholarships to study in the United States. Palestinian >>President Arafat and Prime Minister Qurei condemned the attack, while >>the major Palestinian militant groups denied responsibility. The next >>day, Palestinian security forces arrested several suspects, some of >>whom belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees. >> >>Rocket Attack on the al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: >>Iraqis using an improvised rocket launcher bombarded the al-Rashid >>Hotel in Baghdad, killing one U.S. Army officer and wounding 17 >>persons. The wounded included 4 U.S. military personnel and seven >>American civilians. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz, who >>was staying at the hotel, was not injured. After visiting the wounded, >>he said, "They’re not going to scare us away; we’re not giving up on >>this job." >> >>Assassination of a Deputy Mayor in Baghdad, October 26, 2003: Two >>gunmen believed to be Baath Party loyalists assassinated Faris Abdul >>Razaq al-Assam, one of three deputy mayors of Baghdad. U.S. officials >>did not announce al-Assam’s death until October 28. >> >>Wave of Car Bombings in Baghdad, October 27, 2003: A series of suicide >>car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 35 persons and wounded at >>least 230. Four attacks were directed at Iraqi police stations, the >>fifth and most destructive was directed at the International Committee >>of the Red Cross headquarters, where at least 12 persons were killed. >>A sixth attack failed when a car bomb failed to explode and the bomber >>was wounded and captured by Iraqi police. U.S. and Iraqi officials >>suspected that foreign terrorists were involved; the unsuccessful >>bomber said he was a Syrian national and carried a Syrian passport. >>After a meeting with Administrator L. Paul Bremer, President Bush >>said, "The more successful we are on the ground, the more these >>killers will react." >> >>Suicide Bombing in Riyadh, November 8, 2003: In Riyadh, a suicide car >>bombing took place in the Muhaya residential compound, which was >>occupied mainly by nationals of other Arab countries. Seventeen >>persons were killed and 122 were wounded. The latter included 4 >>Americans. The next day, Deputy Secretary of State Armitage said >>al-Qaeda was probably responsible. >> >>Truck Bombing in Nasiriyah, November 12, 2003: A suicide truck bomb >>destroyed the headquarters of the Italian military police in >>Nasiriyah, Iraq, killing 18 Italians and 11 Iraqis and wounding at >>least 100 persons. >> >>Synagogue Bombings in Istanbul, November 15, 2003: Two suicide truck >>bombs exploded outside the Neve Shalom and Beth Israel synagogues in >>Istanbul, killing 25 persons and wounding at least 300 more. The >>initial claim of responsibility came from a Turkish militant group, >>the Great Eastern Islamic Raiders’ Front, but Turkish authorities >>suspected an al-Qaeda connection. The next day, the London-based >>newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi received an e-mail in which an al-Qaeda >>branch called the Brigades of the Martyr Abu Hafz al-Masri claimed >>responsibility for the Istanbul synagogue bombings. >> > > >>More Suicide Truck Bombings in Istanbul, November 20, 2003: Two more >>suicide truck bombings devastated the British HSBC Bank and the >>British Consulate General in Istanbul, killing 27 persons and wounding >>at least 450. The dead included Consul General Roger Short. U.S., >>British, and Turkish officials suspected that al-Qaeda had struck >>again. The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul was closed, and the Embassy in >>Ankara advised American citizens in Istanbul to stay home. >> >>Car Bombing in Kirkuk, November 20, 2003: A suicide car bombing in >>Kirkuk killed 5 persons. The target appeared to be the headquarters of >>the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. PUK officials suspected the Ansar >>al-Islam group, which was said to have sheltered fugitive Taliban and >>al-Qaeda members after the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan. >> >>Attacks on Other Coalition Personnel in Iraq, November 29-30, 2003: >>Iraqi insurgents stepped up attacks on nationals of other members of >>the Coalition. On November 29, an ambush in Mahmudiyah killed 7 out of >>a party of 8 Spanish intelligence officers. Iraqi insurgents also >>killed two Japanese diplomats near Tikrit. On November 30, another >>ambush near Tikrit killed two South Korean electrical workers and >>wounded two more. A Colombian employee of Kellogg Brown & Root was >>killed and two were wounded in an ambush near Balad. >> >>Train Bombing in Southern Russia, December 5, 2003: A suicide bomb >>attack killed 42 persons and wounded 150 aboard a Russian commuter >>train in the south Russian town of Yessentuki. Russian officials >>suspected Chechen rebels; President Putin said the attack was meant to >>disrupt legislative elections. Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov >>denied any involvement. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Moscow, December 9, 2003: A female suicide bomber >>killed 5 other persons and wounded 14 outside Moscow’s National Hotel. >>She was said to be looking for the State Duma. >> >>Suicide Car Bombings in Iraq, December 15, 2003: Two days after the >>capture of Saddam Hussein, there were two suicide car bomb attacks on >>Iraqi police stations. One at Husainiyah killed 8 persons and wounded >>20. The other, at Ameriyah, wounded 7 Iraqi police. Guards repelled a >>second vehicle. >> >>Office Bombing in Baghdad, December 19, 2003: A bomb destroyed the >>Baghdad office of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in >>Iraq, killing a woman and wounding at least 7 other persons. >> >>Suicide Car Bombing in Irbil, December 24, 2003: A suicide car bomb >>attack on the Kurdish Interior Ministry in Irbil, Iraq, killed 5 >>persons and wounded 101. >> >>Attempted Assassination in Rawalpindi, December 25, 2003: Two suicide >>truck bombers killed 14 persons as President Musharraf’s motorcade >>passed through Rawalpindi, Pakistan. An earlier attempt on December 14 >>caused no casualties. Pakistani officials suspected Afghan and >>Kashmiri militants. On January 6, 2004, Pakistani authorities >>announced the arrest of 6 suspects who were said to be members of >>Jaish-e-Muhammad. >> >>Suicide Bombing in Israel, December 25, 2003: A Palestinian suicide >>bomber killed 4 persons at a bus stop near Petah Tikva, Israel. The >>Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility >>for the attack in retaliation for Israeli military operations in >>Nablus that had begun two days earlier. >> >>Restaurant Bombing in Baghdad, December 31, 2003: A car bomb explosion >>outside Baghdad’s Nabil Restaurant killed 8 persons and wounded 35. >>The wounded included 3 Los Angeles Times reporters and 3 local >>employees > > > > Gunner > > "Considering the events of recent years, > the world has a long way to go to regain > its credibility and reputation with the US." > unknown amen. Article: 318551 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gunner Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:14:18 GMT On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:07:37 GMT, "Rick" wrote: >3 1/2 years of relentless (I use that word both advisedly and literally) >fear and terror mongering by the Bush administration did wonders >to coerce loyalty among the electorate. Tell that to the dead Londoners this morning. Im sure the "terror mongering" will be well received. Gunner "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown Article: 318552 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Gunner Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:14:55 GMT On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:07:37 GMT, "Rick" wrote: >When historians search for reasons why a President who had one >of the most disastrous performance records in U.S. history was >re-elected to office, the first thing they'll do is go back and read his >speeches. Hell..simply go to the Clinton Library and read em yourself. Gunner "Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown Article: 318553 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:16:28 -0700 Message-ID: <3j858tFoql39U3@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> Gunner wrote: > > > Hell..simply go to the Clinton Library and read em yourself. amen. Article: 318554 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:16:57 -0700 Message-ID: <3j859qFoql39U4@individual.net> References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> <2tmpc1hbgjoj2roqetg5u1vgvpt7cn2ill@4ax.com> <11cruveidsg4rba@corp.supernews.com> <11cs1j4pqv57a42@corp.supernews.com> <11csls5n6d4rp03@corp.supernews.com> Gunner wrote: > Tell that to the dead Londoners this morning. amen. Article: 318555 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:17:38 -0400 From: -ex- Subject: Re: Shipping UK to US References: <1120847849.851090.23930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <916d0$42cedf65$4232bd61$9516@COQUI.NET> Stephanie Weil wrote: > > Wonder if the devaluated American dollar has anything to do with that. > It does if you pay in US Dollars. I've always found shipping from the UK to the US to be significantly higher than from other parts of Europe in spite of the fluctuation in exchange rates...although some of the other countries are quickly catching up in the past few years. -Bill Article: 318556 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: About the "Thanks George" thresd Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:25:10 -0600 Message-ID: References: its easy with outlook express, although i admit it reqiures what i would consider to be a redundant step... after you 'ignore conversation'. make a custom view called 'hide ignored conversations' use the appropriate settings to do that, and switch to it. randy >I have this thread sort of blocked. I still see the posts, but they are > flagged. > > Because the original post was cross-posted to a bunch of newsgroups, all > replies from whatever newsgroup appear here. What a mess. > > Anybody know how to make this disappear entirely in OE? > > Phil B > > Article: 318557 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: Shipping UK to US Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:26:50 -0600 Message-ID: References: <1120847849.851090.23930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> because they can charge that much and people pay it?? this must be another trick question.... randy wrote in message news:1120847849.851090.23930@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Could one of our UK friends enlighten me? Why does it cost so much to > ship a radio - or any item for that matter - to the US? I'm being > quoted 40 UKP to ship a 5kg package to the US. Seems like sooooo much. > I know I can ship an item there for 1/2 of that easily. > > Thanks, > > Terry. > Article: 318558 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "David Winter" Subject: Flame tube: where can I find one, what references ? Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 22:34:20 +0200 Message-ID: <42cee259$0$22275$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-05.noos.net> Hello, I am currently restoring a french Marconi 35 radio. I not only need the schematic, but also the "flame" indicator tube, which is a long and thin 4-pin tube (from memory, about 3 inches wide, 0.5 inch wide). Any info please email me at d_winter@hotmail.com . Thanks, David Winter - http://www.paleophonies.com Article: 318559 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: Newbie Question #234,542-B Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:33:51 -0600 Message-ID: References: personally i use 'pure core' solder. you dont need any flux, and after you solder it you wash it with water and a toothbrush for the shiniest solder joint you ever seen. that said, sounds to me like your soldering iron isnt getting hot enough or isnt properly tinned. randy "Wes Jacson" wrote in message news:caSdnXg6H51uL1DfRVn-jQ@rockisland.com... > Howdy Group, > Well as I learn more the less I seem to know. > So here is a question for all the folks in the know. > How the heck do you get solder to take to those old transformer leads? > I clean and heat and curse and........ > The solder beads off like... well it just beads off.I some times use older > terminal strips and I have learned to wire brush them.But the wire allways > seems to have a dry resin kinda lookin' stuff that seems to come off if I > rub it a bit.Then I clean with alcohol and sometimes it will work ok. > Is it just corrosion that is hard to get off the wire?Or is it some kind > of shelac coating that has deteriated? Or am I just nuts?Allways a > possibility. > I am about ready to try something more toxic than alcohol.Or just heat the > leads with a torch. > Or maybe I should...................? > So any tricks out there for this little problem? > Thanks and have a good day all. > WesJ....... > Article: 318560 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: Passing on PayPal Fees? Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:35:59 -0600 Message-ID: References: <8MCdnX88D6DoQ1bfRVn-hA@comcast.com> <648pc19ofn45nvefhk86b5j555b19plgv7@4ax.com> "Bruce Mercer" wrote in message news:urOdnXeKXt3EelDfRVn-2A@sigecom.net... > > "Jim Adney" wrote in message...... > >> Once PayPal started charging fees, I started a fee schedule of my own >> to pass them on to the buyer. I'm happy to accept payment in other >> ways, but if someone wants to pay via paypal, I expect them to pay for >> that convenience. >> >> I state my policy up front and let them make the choice. That seems to >> meet with universal approval. >> >> - >> ----------------------------------------------- >> Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org >> Madison, WI 53711 USA >> ----------------------------------------------- > > Jim, > how do you phrase that policy in your listings? How is your fee schedule > structured? > I'm all for passing these fees on but haven't known quite how to go about > it. this is where that evil 'and handling fee' comes in that has gotten so many people in this group upset... randy Article: 318561 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Don" Subject: Russian Radio Photo Gallery Message-ID: <6uBze.126605$g5.39062@twister.nyroc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:37:22 GMT Worth a look: http://oldradio.onego.ru/foy.htm Article: 318562 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: Lou deGonzague Subject: Re: What Are They Thinking?? References: <0ykze.227$dU3.72@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:42:05 GMT I like your idea Larry. A lot of the ol timers already have enough stuff and it would wind up on Ebay. We had a new member to our radio club and I gave him a couple boxes of used tubes and some old ARC mags to get started. We need to do more to keep it going if we want the younger generation to get interested in this hobby. Larry wrote: > David Stinson wrote in > news:0ykze.227$dU3.72@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: > > >>userid = dead-peoples-things >> >> > > > I have a T-shirt I wear to hamfests. It's black and says in Olde English > Script in white: > > "If you die, we split your gear" > > Same idea. > > When a ham dies, just like any pack animals, other hams show up on his > widow's doorstep immediately after the funeral ready to help her "dispose > of" the dead ham's equipment, parts, and anything else that isn't nailed > down they think might sell at a hamfest for a tidy profit. > > I find it disgusting. One of my friends died and his wife asked me what > she should do with his equipment. "Let's give it to the youngest licensed > ham at the Sumter Hamfest next month to pass on the tradition to the next > generation.", I offered. Boy, was THAT a mistake! His nice HF station > caused a regular riot at the little hamfest. Hell, there were old farts on > the air since Hiram Maxim started ARRL signing up on the signup sheet to > try to get it, instead of letting the kids, whom they felt unworthy, have > at it. By the end of the day, they were all pissed off at me for giving > all his gear to a new 15-year-old kid from Irmo, SC, who was the youngest > ham at the fest that could produce a license. Not a ham family, he was the > first. Not some rich kid, either. Lived in a trailer and worked hard > after school. After all the pissing and moaning, it sure felt good helping > him haul it all out to his mom's car. The only thing I asked him to do, he > did immediately....write a thank you letter to my friend's widow. She was > really touched. I swore I'd never tear up another hamfest by doing it > again....God they were like ANIMALS fighting over a DEAD GOAT! > Article: 318563 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: and the old farts won Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:49:18 -0600 Message-ID: References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> guys, you're letting a 6 year old yank your chain. and its working. let this thread die. randy Article: 318564 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "xrongor" Subject: Re: old farts cruise victory lane Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:50:07 -0600 Message-ID: References: <42bb997c$0$2230$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ce5ed2$0$2226$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> <42ceb94e$0$2231$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org> "jim menning" wrote in message news:nCzze.78$9S1.55@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... > > "truegridtz" wrote in message > news:42ceb94e$0$2231$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org... > >> In close (don't worry, I won't post ever again: you win, you >> da baddest) ... > > That didn't last long. :o( you guys keep feeding him, he's gonna keep eating... randy Article: 318565 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: "Rick" References: <11cpij4qan8h62d@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: thanks, George! Message-ID: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:55:43 GMT "Gunner" wrote in message news:keltc1hpfp8jishs6fdcdt0c4vkq47lsv1@4ax.com... > On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:34:51 GMT, "Rick" wrote: > > >"Gunner" wrote in message news:cmjsc11976tdbvufa45g06pkcu968d8gah@4ax.com... > >> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 06:22:06 GMT, "Rick" wrote: > >> > >> >> Perhaps you would care to explain how the US lost? Be specific, use > >> >> as much whitespace as you desire. > >> > > >> >Why were we fighting in Vietnam, and what form of government > >> >have the Vietnamese people had for the last 30 years? > >> > > >> >Be specific, use as much whitespace as you desire. > >> > >> Your weasel is noted. Please answer the question. > > > >Sure I'll answer your question. Our forces withdrew, Vietnam > >immediately went under Communist control, and has remained > >so for the past 30+ years. > > Correct..sorta. Our forced withdrew due to public opinion. Pesky thing, that public opinion. The lives of 58,000+ American kids, flushed right down the toilet. And all you can do is whine about public opinion. If only you were dictator, everything would be set right. Article: 318566 of rec.antiques.radio+phono Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:22:16 -0500 From: Stubby Subject: Re: thanks, George! References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com> Message-ID: <42ceee89$0$643$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> Pagan wrote: > "Stubby" wrote in message > news:42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net... > >>invalid@example.com wrote: >> >>>Stubby wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>You're right: Brain damage is easy to spot. I see it every day in people >>>>that continue to support the policies of the neo-cons against their own >>>>economic self interests. Rather insane, actually. >>> >>> >>>Still bitter about your man getting caught telling lies about his >>>swift boat service, I see. http://www.swiftvets.com/index.php >>> >> >>Be more specific, please. What lies are you talking about? >> >>Are you saying that the entire US Navy lied about Kerry's service? > > > Not the entire US Navy. The folks at www.swiftvets.com are telling the > truth. > > >>His >>commanders who recommended him for his medals? The review boards that >>approved the medals? Doesn't that call into question the decorations of >>all veterans? > > > Spoken like a true civilian. > > > >>For that matter, who are you to question Mr. >>Kerry's waar record? Were you there? > > > Anybody can question Kerry's war record, since Kerry himself has made his > 'war' record a public issue, proudly proclaiming his heroism, bravery, and > when he has time, his unyielding humility. Since it was his idea to tell > everybody what a great war hero he was, it is a legitimate target where > people who don't agree with Kerry can find fault. > > Kerry was at least smart enough to keep his real war record secret until > after he was miserably beaten in the election, due obviously to his piss > poor grades, showing him to be less than a shadow of the intellect of Bush. > My guess is that after taking a test, he looked around at other papers and > hastily changed his answers, which is exactly what he does today. > > Of course, Bush has nothing to hide, which is why he indeed made public his > war record. And since the US Army National Guard believes he served > honorably, that's good enough for me. After all, you don't think the entire > Army is lying about Bush, do you? :-) > > By the way, I don't recall any group of veterans protesting Bush, or > exposing his service, or lack thereof, or claiming that he lied. There was > that one guy, the one who was found to by lying, causing much excitement and > ending the careers of prominent reporters and anybody who worked for them. > He didn't have a web site though. > > Sucks to have your guy fail, eh? heh > > Pagan > > The election is over. Get over it. I have. Article: 318567 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: philsvintageradios Subject: Re: Silver mica disease Message-ID: References: Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:42:45 GMT On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:54:22 GMT, Lou deGonzague wrote: >Apparently this has been around a while. See my post on the binaries for >a 1958 GE Techni-Talk article. Thanks for posting this Lou, I saw the pics a while back on the binaries group and have heard mention of this, but I don't really understand quite what is happening here so I thought I would ask. Is it that the mica is coated with silver, and the silver starts to migrate, thus shorting the capacitor or making it intermittent? At first I thought the mica was only used as an insulator between thin metal plates , like the ones that you tune from the top, but this looks like one of the ones you adjust from top and bottom. What are the symptoms? I F cans that won't allign right, or cause the set to crackle when tapped? is this only apparent in the later , AA5 cans made with clear plastic parts or are the cans of pre war radios affected in the same way? Phil Article: 318568 of rec.antiques.radio+phono From: G Henslee Subject: Re: thanks, George! Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:41:36 -0700 Message-ID: <3j8a8hFo8f31U1@individual.net> References: <42c9e653$0$252$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <42cac87d$0$256$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11clo2uc6dh7a96@corp.supernews.com> <42cbf5e3$0$650$8046368a@newsreader.iphouse.net> <11cr1nmmvia8ue4@corp.supernews.com> <42ce