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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (125895)3/11/2004 2:38:11 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Respond to of 281500
 
Sig, terrorism on a multi-national level hasn't really been a forethought since the 16th-century pirates. The world, essentially…forgot.

Actually piracy and corsair raids remained a real threat to Europe until they were surpressed at the beginning of the 19th century. Somebody just published a book estimating that a million Europeans were enslaved by Arab corsairs and raiders from 1500 - 1800.


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