| Islam-The Peaceful Religion? A History Quiz |
| Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following
Multiple Choice test. (The events are actual cuts from past history.
They actually happened! Do you remember?)
1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and
massacred by: 2. In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by: 3. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon
by: 4. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: 5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old
American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by: 6. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver
trying to rescue passengers was murdered by: 7. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: 8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by: 9. In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: 10. In October of 2000 the USS Cole was bombed by: a. Alvin Brooks & cohorts Newman & Miller b. George Clooney & Brad Pitt c. The Dixie Chicks (they used to be a singing group) d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40. 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles
to take out the World Trade Center and of the remaining two, one crashed
into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted to a crash by the
passengers. Thousands of people were killed by: 12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against: 13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by: .........I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do
you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics
intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed
to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches As the writer of the award winning story Forest Gump so aptly put it, "Stupid is as stupid does!" |