Seventeen DEAD, Seventeen Wounded in attacks on U.S. Soil since 9/11.I'm tired of hearing freeps say the Patriot Act is working and that spying on Americans will stop terrorism. Let's look at the facts:
1. September 18th, 2001 -- Anthrax Attack # 1: 2 KILLED, 10 wounded (source: 1)
2. October 9th, 2001 -- Anthrax Attack #2: 3 KILLED, 7 wounded (source: 1)
3. Fall, 2001 -- Jewish Defense League plot to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, California, foiled.
4. December, 2001 -- Richard Reid, attempting to destroy American Airlines Flight 63, is subdued by passengers and flight attendants before he could detonate his shoe bomb. (source: 3)
5. July 4, 2002 -- An Egyptian gunman opens fire at an El Al ticket counter in Los Angeles International Airport: 3 KILLED. (source: 3)
6. October 2002 -- D.C. Sniper Attacks: 10 KILLED (I was THERE DURING THE ATTACKS) (source: 3) TO ANY FREEPER WHO SAYS THIS WASN'T TERRORISM: Malvo was sentenced to DEATH because it was an ACT OF TERRORISM.
7. December 2005 -- Bombing of Mosque in Cincinati OH (no killed or wounded) (source: 4)
Sources:
1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks#Timeline_of_the_2001_anthrax_attacks2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Defense_League3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents#20014.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051222/EDIT01/512220302(on edit: added the latest attack, #7)