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Old 06-17-2008, 06:48 PM   #13
TheMercenary
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
It was arguably the first "blowback" result of US policy in the middle east. Arguably the "first shot" of which 9/11 is a continuing series of events in the same long struggle.

(Sirhan Sirhan was a Palestinian, angry at RFK for his support of Israel during the Six Days War.)
I am not sure that you could go back that far. Certainly a case can be made that since the late 80's an organized effort by islamic jiahdists to kill anyone not muslim has been well documented.
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