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Pastimes : Understanding Islam
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To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (2106)10/5/2002 4:28:43 PM
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The Muslim nations have been hostile to Americans since the beginning. To expect them to ever be peaceful while still promoting the doctrines of that scourge Mohammed is folly.

Tripolitan War (1801-1805), conflict between the United States and the North African state of Tripoli (now in Libya). For centuries the Muslim corsairs of North Africa either had preyed on the shipping of Christian nations or demanded tribute. The U.S. had been paying tribute since 1784, but refused to agree to an increase demanded by the pasha of Tripoli in 1801. As a result, the Tripolitans began seizing American ships, and in 1803 a U.S. naval squadron was sent to blockade the port of Tripoli. When the U.S. frigate Philadelphia was captured and taken into the harbor in February 1804, a small group of men under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur managed to reach it in a daring night raid and burn it to prevent the corsairs from using it. The war ended in 1805, when Captain William Eaton led 500 men across the desert from Alexandria and captured the Tripolitan town of Darnah. The pasha agreed to make peace, abandoning his demands for tribute but exacting a ransom of $60,000 for freeing American captives.
Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2002. © 1993-2001 Microsoft Corporation.

From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli we will fight our countries battles in the air, on land or sea.........
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