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2006-08-02 21:30:43 · 20 answers · asked by at_last_day 1 in Politics & Government Politics

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1979
Nov. 4, Tehran, Iran: Iranian radical students seized the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages. 14 were later released. The remaining 52 were freed after 444 days on the day of President Reagan's inauguration.
1982–1991
Lebanon: Thirty US and other Western hostages kidnapped in Lebanon by Hezbollah. Some were killed, some died in captivity, and some were eventually released. Terry Anderson was held for 2,454 days.
1983
April 18, Beirut, Lebanon: U.S. embassy destroyed in suicide car-bomb attack; 63 dead, including 17 Americans. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Oct. 23, Beirut, Lebanon: Shiite suicide bombers exploded truck near U.S. military barracks at Beirut airport, killing 241 Marines. Minutes later a second bomb killed 58 French paratroopers in their barracks in West Beirut.
Dec. 12, Kuwait City, Kuwait Shiite truck bombers attacked the U.S. embassy and other targets, killing 5 and injuring 80.
1984
Sept. 20, east Beirut, Lebanon: truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. embassy annex, killing 24, including 2 U.S. military.
Dec. 3, Beirut, Lebanon: Kuwait Airways Flight 221, from Kuwait to Pakistan, hijacked and diverted to Tehran. 2 Americans killed.
1985
April 12, Madrid, Spain: Bombing at restaurant frequented by U.S. soldiers, killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82.
June 14, Beirut, Lebanon: TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome hijacked to Beirut by Hezbollah terrorists and held for 17 days. A U.S. Navy diver executed.
Oct. 7, Mediterranean Sea: gunmen attack Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro. One U.S. tourist killed. Hijacking linked to Libya.
Dec. 18, Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria: airports in Rome and Vienna were bombed, killing 20 people, 5 of whom were Americans. Bombing linked to Libya.
1986
April 2, Athens, Greece:A bomb exploded aboard TWA flight 840 en route from Rome to Athens, killing 4 Americans and injuring 9.
April 5, West Berlin, Germany: Libyans bombed a disco frequented by U.S. servicemen, killing 2 and injuring hundreds.
1988
Dec. 21, Lockerbie, Scotland: N.Y.-bound Pan-Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight from a terrorist bomb and crashed into Scottish village, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground. Passengers included 35 Syracuse University students and many U.S. military personnel. Libya formally admitted responsibility 15 years later (Aug. 2003) and offered $2.7 billion compensation to victims' families.
1993
Feb. 26, New York City: bomb exploded in basement garage of World Trade Center, killing 6 and injuring at least 1,040 others. In 1995, militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges, and in 1998, Ramzi Yousef, believed to have been the mastermind, was convicted of the bombing. Al-Qaeda involvement is suspected.
1995.
Nov. 13, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: car bomb exploded at U.S. military headquarters, killing 5 U.S. military servicemen.
1996
June 25, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: truck bomb exploded outside Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds of others. 13 Saudis and a Lebanese, all alleged members of Islamic militant group Hezbollah, were indicted on charges relating to the attack in June 2001.
1998
Aug. 7, Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: truck bombs exploded almost simultaneously near 2 U.S. embassies, killing 224 (213 in Kenya and 11 in Tanzania) and injuring about 4,500. 4 men connected with al-Qaeda 2 of whom had received training at al-Qaeda camps inside Afghanistan, were convicted of the killings in May 2001 and later sentenced to life in prison. A federal grand jury had indicted 22 men in connection with the attacks, including Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, who remained at large.
2000
Oct. 12, Aden, Yemen: U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole heavily damaged when a small boat loaded with explosives blew up alongside it. 17 sailors killed. Linked to Osama bin Laden, or members of al-Qaeda terrorist network.
2001
Sept. 11, New York City, Arlington, Va., and Shanksville, Pa.: hijackers crashed 2 commercial jets into twin towers of World Trade Center; 2 more hijacked jets were crashed into the Pentagon and a field in rural Pa. Total dead and missing numbered 2,9921: 2,749 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon, 40 in Pa., and 19 hijackers. Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed. (See September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism.)
2002
June 14, Karachi, Pakistan: bomb exploded outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12. Linked to al-Qaeda.
2003
May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: suicide bombers killed 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners. Al-Qaeda suspected.
2004
May 29–31, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential compound, leaving 22 people dead including one American.
June 11–19, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: terrorists kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 other Americans and BBC cameraman killed by gun attacks.
Dec. 6, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: terrorists storm the U.S. consulate killing 5 consulate employees. 4 terrorists were killed by Saudi security.
2005
Nov. 9, Amman, Jordan: Suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt and Days Inn, in Amman Jordan, killing 57. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.

2006-08-02 21:52:40 · answer #1 · answered by cashcobra_99 5 · 0 0

I am not an American nor an Arab. Generally I would say that people hate one another if they get angry at each other. Here I think the Arabs think Americans hate them and on the other hand Americans think they are hated by the Arabs. Hatred comes because of misunderstanding. There are a lot of matters happening in the Middle East where innocent lives are affected and blood is flowing incessantly. I feel the Americans are only trying to police in places of unrest to bring peace to such places. If only all parties accept the efforts of those trying to bring peace, and if the struggle end and efforts of reconciliation is accepted at places of unrest, and if peaceful means of deciding disputes is accepted by all, there would not be any blood sheds and hatred among humanity.

2006-08-03 05:01:33 · answer #2 · answered by john j 2 · 0 0

Many Arabs hate Americans and a few did some real obvious things to show just how much so Americans decided to hate them back.

2006-08-03 04:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by tenaciousd 6 · 0 0

September 11

2006-08-03 04:35:14 · answer #4 · answered by natasha 2 · 0 0

Lets get this right so you can take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouths...Neocons hate all Arabs and that is a measly 25% in America. Now as far as the Arab criminals that's another story, they are just criminals to me and most Americans...America has it's criminal population too, so this isn't really a problem...

2006-08-03 04:43:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Americans do not hate Arabs. Its the Israelis who make them do so.

2006-08-03 05:12:04 · answer #6 · answered by zube 2 · 0 0

As an american, I can only say that I personally do not hate anyone just because of where they are from or what they look like.The Arab culture is so incredibly different from the American culture that it is difficult for us to understand. For instance, I would join the U.S.military ,fight and die for democracy and freedom anywhere in the world, but i would not strap a bomb to my body and blow myself up, no matter how many virgins are waiting for me in heaven.

2006-08-03 04:37:50 · answer #7 · answered by hott.dawg™ 6 · 0 0

Arab extremists give regular Arabs a bad name. These extremist want to kill us, because we are not Moslem. This is called racism.

For reasons I don't quite understand, many Arab-American groups don't take a strong stand against Arab groups that target civilians, and provoke war to advance their cause. They don't seem to take a strong stand against beheadings of prisoners. They don't seem to defend Israel, where Moslems enjoy the highest levels of economic freedom and political freedom.

2006-08-03 04:41:46 · answer #8 · answered by Polymath 5 · 0 0

9/11 gave all Arabs a stereotype as terrorists.

2006-08-03 04:36:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

americans need to know the reality of every country and its people in the arab world! stop listening to what they tell you in the states, and look outside the box, do some reading, outside american books! C'mon!

2006-08-03 04:37:18 · answer #10 · answered by Sue 2 · 0 0

Natasha & every body else, what proofs do you have that Arabs got any thing to do with 911? I got many proofs of otherwise.I am ready to reveal to the highest international authiorities all my evidences for the truth to prevail.

2006-08-03 04:45:11 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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