Muslim violence against Americans began in 1801

JUNE 10, 1801 - JUNE 4, 1805 : Barbary Wars, Mediterranean Sea, First Barbary War, Tripoli, undeclared, Tripoli declared war, although the US.did not. The First Barbary War included the USS George Washington and USS Philadelphia affairs and the Eaton expedition, during which a few marines landed with United States Agent William Eaton to raise a force against Tripoli in an effort to free the crew of the Philadelphia.

1815 : Second Barbary War, undeclared. Algiers. The second Barbary War was declared by the opponents but not by the United States. Congress authorized an expedition. A large fleet under Decatur attacked Algiers and obtained indemnities.

1815 : Tripoli. After securing an agreement from Algiers, Decatur demonstrated with his squadron at Tunis and Tripoli, where he secured indemnities for offenses during the War of 1812. AUGUST 6, 1815 - US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers Tunis & Tripoli

1820-1823 : Africa. US Naval units raided the slave traffic pursuant to the 1819 act of Congress.

NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 16, 1843 : Africa. Four United States vessels demonstrated and landed various parties (one of 200 marines and sailors) to discourage piracy and the slave trade along the Ivory coast, and to punish attacks by the natives on American seamen and shipping.

January 1851 : Murder of foreigners including Americans at Jaffa. Turkey. After a massacre of foreigners (including Americans) at Jaffa in January, a demonstration by the Mediterranean Squadron was ordered along the Turkish (Levant) coast.

August 1851 : Johanns Island (east of Africa). Forces from the U.S. sloop of war Dale exacted redress for the unlawful imprisonment of the captain of an American whaling brig

1858-59 : Turkey. The Secretary of State requested a display of naval force along the Levant after a massacre of Americans at Jaffa and mistreatment elsewhere "to remind the authorities (of Turkey) of the power of the United States."

September 7 to 12, 1903 : Syria -- U.S. forces protected the American consulate in Beirut when a local Moslem uprising was feared.

1904 : Tangier, Morocco. "We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisula dead." A squadron demonstrated to force release of a kidnapped American. Marine guard was landed to protect the consul general.

JULY 3, 1908 : The Young Turks revolt breaks out in the Ottoman empire, and is eventually led by Enver Pasha; Sultan ‘Abd al-Hamid II is forced to restore the constitution of 1876, entailing the creation of a new parliament, and indirect representative elections. ‘Abd al-Hamid is then deposed (27Apr 09), and his brother Mehmet V installed. Policies for the ‘Turkification’ of the Ottoman territories promulgated through 1909, resulting in the creation of societies promoting pan-Arab ideas

November 18 to December 3, 1912 : Turkey. U.S. forces guarded the American legation at Constantinople during a Balkan War.

1919 : Turkey. Marines from the USS Arizona were landed to guard the U.S. Consulate during the Greek occupation of Constantinople. JANUARY 1919 : First Palestinian Congress advocated incorporation of Palestine into greater Syria.

JULY 1919 : General Syrian Congress (which included prominent Palestinians, Transjordanians, Lebanese & Syrians) held in Damascus, supporting the independence of an undivided Syria, and opposed to Zionism. Britain cedes authority over Syria to France after the congress finishes; Gen. Henri Gourand becomes High Commissioner.

AUGUST 28, 1919 : Henry King and Charles Crane, the US members of the International Commission of Inquiry, sent primarily on the initiative of President Wilson, present their report based on their visit to the region in June-July, against creation of a Jewish National home in Palestine.

FEBRUARY - MARCH 1920 : Two Jewish settlements of Tel Hai and Metullah in N. Palestine attacked (Feb 20). Josef Trumpeldor killed in second attack at Tel Hai (March 1)

APRIL 1920 : Musa Kazim al-Husayni, mayor of Jerusalem, is replaced by Raghib al-Nashashibi; clan rivalry grows. APRIL 1920 : Arab riots led by Haj Amin El Husseini and Aref El Aref in Hebron and Jerusalem. Forty Six Jews Killed. JUNE 1920 : Haganah, Jewish Self Defense, organized by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky.

MAY 1921 : Arab riots in Jaffa against Jewish population.

JULY 24, 1922 : British Mandate for Palestine; Official establishment of Transjordan as a separate state; Britain, in military control of Syria, allows French forces led by Gourand to retake Damascus by force.

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1922 : Turkey. A landing force was sent ashore with consent of both Greek and Turkish authorities, to protect American lives and property when the Turkish Nationalists entered Smyrna

AUGUST 1929 : Arab riots in Hebron, Jerusalem, Safed, Haifa, Motza and elsewhere. The Jews had set up a dividing screen at the Wailing Wall in Yom Kippur of 1928 to separate men and women worshippers, prompting rumors that the Jews wanted to build a synagogue at wall, which were spread deliberately by Haj Amin El-Husseini. Amid heightening tensions, a demonstration by Jews in 1929 and Arab incitement ignited violence and rioting again Jews. Thousands of Jews fled the ancient Jewish quarter in Jerusalem. The Hebron Jewish community was evacuated after 64-67 were killed in riots.

1934: The United St

ates of America formally recognizes Afghanistan

1947 - UN Partition Plan-- The United Nations approved a partition plan in 1947 that would have created two states, one Jewish and one Arab. The Jews accepted this arrangement. The Arabs refused. Five Arab armies invaded the new state of Israel. In the ensuing war, thousands of refugees fled. Jews fled Arab nations for Israel, and Arabs fled Israel for Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. The Jewish refugees became full citizens of Israel. The Palestinian refugees became pawns. There has never been an independent Palestinian state on the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River. The area -- which always contained Arabs and Jews -- was under Ottoman control for several hundred years until World War I, then British control under the League of Nations Mandate and finally under United Nations control.

1948 : A US marine consular guard was sent to Jerusalem to protect the U.S. Consul General.

1956 : Egypt. A US Marine battalion evacuated U.S. nationals and other persons from Alexandria during the Suez crisis.

1957 Bin Laden was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to a Yemeni family. His late father owned a major Saudi construction business and bin Laden became immensely wealthy through his inheritance, estimated at over $250 million.

1958 : Lebanon. US Marines were landed in Lebanon at the invitation of its government to help protect against threatened insurrection supported from the outside.

1964: PLO was created. The PLO was not formed in order to secure a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza. It was created in 1964, when both territories were under Arab sovereignty. Jordan and Egypt did not create a state for the Palestinians because they preferred to keep the refugees angry and homeless.

1979: Iranian Islamic Terrorists storm American Embassy in Tehran and hold its staff as hostages for 444 days.

1983 and after : American Marines killed in explosion in Beirut. American Embassies bombed in Kenya and Tanzania, USS Cole torpedoed.

2001: Islamic Terrorists slam civilian airliners in the Twin Towers and Pentagon.

So we see the Muslim attack on America did not begin on 9/11, nor is it a recent phenomenon. It has existed since the beginning of the USA. In fact Muslim animosity was born the day Islam was born in 622 C.E., nearly 1400 years back, and will last till Islam lasts.

Story Credits: Lexington Green writing in the Free Republic