The Third Terrorist ...
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Started reading Jayna Davis' "The Third Terrorist" finally ...
Was immediately put off by use of the word "Arab"
While all that is undisputably true, why should "Arab terrorists" bother me, you might ask.
To answer that, first I would ask, "Why Arab ?"
- why not Egyptian, or Persian, or ... ?
Truck bombing IS and has been "a classic operation of Arab terrorists" and of others.
Where did "Arabs" learn such tactics ?
Right now if you do a google search for "first truck bomb" you will see that term used in so many ways, and every item on the first page relates to "arab terrorists"
... but you will still not know.
What WAS the first truck bombing incident ?
Again, history begins too late for too many Americans who do not study history.
wikipedia offers a "List of terrorist incidents"
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents
Enlightening, but not enough by itself - of course there were no trucks until the Twentieth Century, but the same could have been accomplished with a horse-drawn wagon.
"The Wall Street bombing was a terrorist incident that occurred at 12:01 p.m. on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of New York City. It was the deadliest bomb attack on American soil for seven years, until the Bath School disaster. Thirty-eight were killed and 400 persons were injured by the blast.[1]
"At noon, a horse-drawn wagon passed by lunchtime crowds on Wall Street in New York City. The wagon then stopped across the street from the headquarters of the J.P. Morgan Inc. bank at 23 Wall Street, on the Financial District's busiest corner. Inside, 100 pounds (45 kg) of dynamite with 500 pounds (230 kg) of heavy cast-iron slugs exploded in a timer-set detonation, sending the slugs tearing through the air. The horse and wagon were vaporized. Scores of bodies littered the street, and the bomb caused over $2 million in property damage, wrecking most of the interior spaces of the Morgan building. An automobile was hurled into the air, and glass was shattered for blocks (the damage can still be seen on the buildings today [1]). Word soon spread that another bomb was nearby, creating further panic."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Bombing
No mention of "Arabs" there at all as I can see.
1933 October 10: A Boeing 247 is destroyed in midflight by a nitroglycerin bomb. All seven people aboard are killed. This incident is the first proven case of air sabotage in the history of aviation.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Chesterton_Crash
Ctrl F on that page for "arab" produces no results.
1946 July 22: Bombing of King David Hotel, the British Military HQ in Jerusalem, by the Zionist group Irgun, with 91 deaths
- a mix of military and civilian
"The King David Hotel bombing (July 22, 1946) was a bombing attack against the British government of Palestine by members of Irgun — a militant Zionist organization.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing
The attack on the King David Hotel was NOT the same sort of "classic (truck bomb) operation" to be sure, though milk cans were delivered by truck.
Did the incident set an example for a tactic that could be improved ?
1954: Lavon Affair – Mossad agents bomb targets in Egypt, attempting to discredit the Egyptian government.
The account of the Lavon Affair does not mention "Arab" except that the "affair" related to "Arab-Israeli conflict · History"
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair
Basques and Puerto Rican nationalists may have used tactics similar to truck bombings in the 70's
The first "car bomb" incident I found in that list was:
March 30: A car bomb explodes in the Palace of Westminster car park killing the driver. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) claimed responsibility for the killing. (see Airey Neave)"
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents
1984 April 18: U.S. Embassy Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon kills 63.
That is the first mention I find of a "suicide bombing" which was "detonated in a delivery van driven by a suicide bomber, carrying about 2000 pounds of explosives"
... yet even that report nowhere includes the word "Arab" because ...
"A U.S. District court judge ruled in 2003 that the attack was by what had been at the
time been a new organization called Hezbollah supported by the state of Iran."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1983_US_Embassy_bombing
1985 March 8: Car bomb explodes in Beirut, killing 80, injuring 175; reportedly planned and executed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency.[21]
Today, you can talk with just about anyone in the U.S. and mention of "car bomb" or "truck bomb" seems to immediately equate to "Arab terrorist"
WHY IS THAT ???
.
Started reading Jayna Davis' "The Third Terrorist" finally ...
Was immediately put off by use of the word "Arab"
"The bombing and murder of innocents was a classic operation of Arab terrorists, and the method conformed to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the attack on the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia."
While all that is undisputably true, why should "Arab terrorists" bother me, you might ask.
To answer that, first I would ask, "Why Arab ?"
- why not Egyptian, or Persian, or ... ?
Truck bombing IS and has been "a classic operation of Arab terrorists" and of others.
Where did "Arabs" learn such tactics ?
Right now if you do a google search for "first truck bomb" you will see that term used in so many ways, and every item on the first page relates to "arab terrorists"
... but you will still not know.
What WAS the first truck bombing incident ?
Again, history begins too late for too many Americans who do not study history.
wikipedia offers a "List of terrorist incidents"
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents
Enlightening, but not enough by itself - of course there were no trucks until the Twentieth Century, but the same could have been accomplished with a horse-drawn wagon.
"The Wall Street bombing was a terrorist incident that occurred at 12:01 p.m. on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of New York City. It was the deadliest bomb attack on American soil for seven years, until the Bath School disaster. Thirty-eight were killed and 400 persons were injured by the blast.[1]
"At noon, a horse-drawn wagon passed by lunchtime crowds on Wall Street in New York City. The wagon then stopped across the street from the headquarters of the J.P. Morgan Inc. bank at 23 Wall Street, on the Financial District's busiest corner. Inside, 100 pounds (45 kg) of dynamite with 500 pounds (230 kg) of heavy cast-iron slugs exploded in a timer-set detonation, sending the slugs tearing through the air. The horse and wagon were vaporized. Scores of bodies littered the street, and the bomb caused over $2 million in property damage, wrecking most of the interior spaces of the Morgan building. An automobile was hurled into the air, and glass was shattered for blocks (the damage can still be seen on the buildings today [1]). Word soon spread that another bomb was nearby, creating further panic."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Bombing
No mention of "Arabs" there at all as I can see.
1933 October 10: A Boeing 247 is destroyed in midflight by a nitroglycerin bomb. All seven people aboard are killed. This incident is the first proven case of air sabotage in the history of aviation.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Chesterton_Crash
Ctrl F on that page for "arab" produces no results.
1946 July 22: Bombing of King David Hotel, the British Military HQ in Jerusalem, by the Zionist group Irgun, with 91 deaths
- a mix of military and civilian
"The King David Hotel bombing (July 22, 1946) was a bombing attack against the British government of Palestine by members of Irgun — a militant Zionist organization.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing
The attack on the King David Hotel was NOT the same sort of "classic (truck bomb) operation" to be sure, though milk cans were delivered by truck.
Did the incident set an example for a tactic that could be improved ?
1954: Lavon Affair – Mossad agents bomb targets in Egypt, attempting to discredit the Egyptian government.
The account of the Lavon Affair does not mention "Arab" except that the "affair" related to "Arab-Israeli conflict · History"
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair
Basques and Puerto Rican nationalists may have used tactics similar to truck bombings in the 70's
The first "car bomb" incident I found in that list was:
March 30: A car bomb explodes in the Palace of Westminster car park killing the driver. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) claimed responsibility for the killing. (see Airey Neave)"
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents
1984 April 18: U.S. Embassy Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon kills 63.
That is the first mention I find of a "suicide bombing" which was "detonated in a delivery van driven by a suicide bomber, carrying about 2000 pounds of explosives"
... yet even that report nowhere includes the word "Arab" because ...
"A U.S. District court judge ruled in 2003 that the attack was by what had been at the
time been a new organization called Hezbollah supported by the state of Iran."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1983_US_Embassy_bombing
1985 March 8: Car bomb explodes in Beirut, killing 80, injuring 175; reportedly planned and executed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency.[21]
Today, you can talk with just about anyone in the U.S. and mention of "car bomb" or "truck bomb" seems to immediately equate to "Arab terrorist"
WHY IS THAT ???
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posted by JamesB at 11:11 PM
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