MSNBC Anchor Is ‘Frustrated’ That Bomb Suspect Has Islamic Ties

"There was part of me that was hoping this was not going to be anybody with ties to any kind of Islamic country..."

May 4, 2010 at 2:35 pm - Radio Equalizer
Dateline: New York, NY
Travis   May 4th, 2010 - 2:40 pm

Yeah, 40 year old white males are always fair game to the leftist reporters at MSNBC.

No wonder the Cartoon Channel has better ratings.

Pete   May 4th, 2010 - 2:43 pm

I’m sorry — We really hoped it was a Tea Party member. Amazing- twisted logic -

bolt   May 4th, 2010 - 2:43 pm

wow… this chick is a freaking nut case!!!

Rearden   May 4th, 2010 - 2:45 pm

So, let me get this straight. You, Brewer, think religious extremism is bad, but you would rather it be Christian extremism instead of Islamic because of what reason exactly? You think because these Islamic extremists might be a different color, they deserve a break? I’m not even following…

Kathy Leicester   May 4th, 2010 - 2:46 pm

I’ve tried to decipher what this woman was saying, and it seems that she thinks it’s bigoted to target and detail Islamo-terrorists. This is bad, and mean. And she thinks that a militia group in Michigan is just as big a threat as Islamo-fascist-terrorists, so we shouldn’t focus on Islamo-terrorists because that’s “outdated bigotry” and it’s mean, and bad. And “let’s face it,” the only reason Islamo-terrorists come to this country is to make a better life for themselves, so when they commit an act of terror it’s our fault, because we’re mean for thinking they’re Islamo-terrorists, and this is bad, and mean.

I think my head just exploded trying to get into hers….

hero   May 4th, 2010 - 2:46 pm

Faizel is a Democrat. How’s that humble pie??

pat   May 4th, 2010 - 2:47 pm

Its MSNBC. Consider where the poor babe is coming from. A PC university where she studied PC subject matter to get her degree. Obviously she never listens to any “news” or research outside her sphere of co-workers and friends. What do you expect? It similar to asking her to tune up a car – fat chance she’d get it right.

Perhaps NBC should assign this mal-educated person to an office in Saudi Arabia. Giver her assignments that require her to travel across the country instead of hanging out in Riyadh’s western compound. Have her carry a bible around. After her public whipping let her file a story about that. Upon return to the awful red neck USA she might have the mind to move outside her comfort zone and actually research her facts outside the usual leftist advocacy groups she always cites as sources.

Wanda   May 4th, 2010 - 2:47 pm

She so wanted to blame the tea parties.

Jamesb   May 4th, 2010 - 2:47 pm

Where does MessNBC get these idiots? I suspect the interview process includeds a trip UNDER the interviewer’s desk.

One dumbo after another spewing anti-American/pro Jihadist bull. Enough.

dumbasslib-hater   May 4th, 2010 - 2:49 pm

Is Dain-Bramage too extreme?? Stupid is as Stupid Does!

lesser of two evils   May 4th, 2010 - 2:49 pm

Keep the mexicans but deport the muslims!!!

Shiori   May 4th, 2010 - 2:49 pm

Are you ‘frustrated’ that Muslims stone, rape, and burn their women? Are you ‘frustrated’ that Muslims disallow women from attending school? Are you ‘frustrated’ that Ahmadinejad was invited to Manhattan to speak to the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, and went on a hateful tirade? Are you ‘frustrated’ that Muslims who have bombed and murdered are defended by Whitehouse buddies, CAIR, and
the left wing media?

It’s really a bummer when you liberals are forced to deal with reality, huh? Sorry things don’t fit your worldview Contessa. Go home and have a good cry into your chardonnay.

fastfacts   May 4th, 2010 - 2:50 pm

Interesting how almost all of the terrorist attacks in America are from the Middle East. But it isn’t the Middle East that produces them, it is the radical islamic terrorists found in those countries. They are not full of these radicals, thy are just mixed in. Interesting that it is a rare day when those countries go after these people though and we have to do all the dirty work???… JUST INTERESTING.

http://www.americanparchment.com has a great coverage of this attack. They haven’t done an archive yet but their immigration archive, though good, is getting a little old and needs to be changed.

The link is really good today though… Did you know that the Immigration march was set up on a Communist and Union March day called May Day or International Workers Day, or even Communist May Day. They had everyone from Unions to Communists to Maoists Marching all on the same day MAY 1st: http://www.americanparchment.com/library/obama_arizona_immigration.html

Jane S   May 4th, 2010 - 2:50 pm

So being a bigot about a sector of your fellow Americans, white/middleclass/conservative/tea party etc and assigning more weight to your possible fear of what they might do than the factual fear of jihad is OK? That is certifiable….seriously, people, that is the most distorted thinking I’ve heard in awhile.

Charles   May 4th, 2010 - 2:51 pm

wow what ignorent racist b***h. outrageous.

Vernis Magnetic   May 4th, 2010 - 2:51 pm

Who was she hoping it would turn out to be? If she’s hoping it is not one particular group, by default she is hoping another group did it. I think this woman is sick in the head. I don’t think she has the ability to be impartial. I guess we should be thankful she is not in a position of authority.

jktnyc   May 4th, 2010 - 2:51 pm

better lay off the 40 year old white guys, after all we are the ones who pay taxes remember? Who is John Gault?

Dr.M.L.Kingfish Jr.   May 4th, 2010 - 2:52 pm

think she might like dune coon wing-wang in her poody-woody?
tell her to get her burka on before she is stoned.

dI-da is alpha 13   May 4th, 2010 - 2:54 pm

These goat humpers want to kill us, but I’m practicing ‘outdated bigotry’. Pull your head out of that azz (could be her own, could be Obama’s), Contessa

big top   May 4th, 2010 - 2:54 pm

She needs to be fired for hate speech against Christians. She’s in denial about muslim violence even though they’ve been at was with the West for 17 years. She wants Christians to be blamed for something, so she can complete her journalistic narrative. What a fraud.

Al   May 4th, 2010 - 2:54 pm

I’m not sure why she’s upset. After all, doesn’t her network just “report” what they want to anyway? She can go ahead and report that the REAL perp was a white Christian male who loves guns and wears a USA flag lapel pin and was recently seen in the vacinity of a Tea Party rally. That should send her viewers running for cover.

Milli   May 4th, 2010 - 2:54 pm

MSNBC – Muslim Station Needs Better Commentators. What can you expect from news that is brought to you on the arse of a peacock!

Lisa B.   May 4th, 2010 - 2:54 pm

How the h*ll can anyone follow this kind of liberal logic??? This is how the left thinks. Makes absolutely no sense to me, but they keep spouting this crap. They need to go. They all need to go. This yahoo should be the first deported for stupidity. She acted stupidly. Not only was this guy not a conservative, but he was also a lib…. I wonder how this idiot woman will spin it. Will she apologize?

Pitchfork   May 4th, 2010 - 2:56 pm

that whistling sound you hear is the wind blowing through Contessa’s head.

john   May 4th, 2010 - 2:56 pm

She is begging for it to be Christians, so she doesn’t have to make it up anymore. She is so bigoted she just can’t believe there is no violence from Christians like she was taught by the Hollywood movies.

lost in space   May 4th, 2010 - 2:58 pm

Contessa Brewer is the MSNBC racist who thinks all blacks look alike — she kept calling Jesse Jackson by Al Sharpton’s name.

WhiteDevil   May 4th, 2010 - 2:58 pm

The media was already on the hunt for the White male before there was any information. All the reports were looking for a 30-40 year old White male. New York Mayor said it was probably some anti-health care tea party white supremest that ate small kittens. I don’t get it. I think these people are just incompetent or on drugs. The reality is that all kinds of people create all kinds of problems. If one group is causing more than another then you need to address it. To be quite honest I think the black and mexican gangbangers are more terrorist than the muslims. They cause more damage on a daily basis than the muslims. Instead, this lady makes an excuse and tries to find a group of Whites to blame it on. They may have had some bad intentions who knows, but, it hasn’t been proven. Anyways, I really don’t care..I’m proud to be a White. We built this country and pretty much the standards throughout the world. I am, we are, The White Devils.

Chevy Chase   May 4th, 2010 - 2:58 pm

Contessa, you ignorant slot.

Al   May 4th, 2010 - 2:59 pm

In fairness, we probably should have some sympathy for the army of poor schmucks who stayed up late putting together extensive articles and front page news reports, complete with endless statistics, about the impact of the ‘rising culture of the right!!!!!!’ Think about how many topics they could have spun this into if the white guy on the video tape HAD turned out to be the perp.

Bummer for them to have to shelve all that research and writing until the next Tea Party rally.

duh   May 4th, 2010 - 2:59 pm

Send her to iran or any one of the other islamic terrorist states and she might learn a thing or two.

jib jabber   May 4th, 2010 - 3:02 pm

Brewer is so bigoted she doesn’t give it another thought to blame Christians. And, she does anything she can to shift the blame away from the obvious, that violent muslim haters of the west are still trying to kill us.

I guess she wants to defend the Obama plan, and her narrative, which is that muslims are all supposed to like us now that Obama has made friends with muslims and even bowed to the Saudi King. Not exactly working out like Obama planned.

Milli   May 4th, 2010 - 3:02 pm

Used the “M” word and my comment was taken off. What a hoot.

Darth Shatner   May 4th, 2010 - 3:02 pm

Translation:

But but but…right wing extremists and tea party memebers are terrorists. Muslims are misunderstood. I have a college degree. I am on TVG. I’m a white liberal. I’m important. Waaaaa. Waaaaaa. Waaaaaa. George Bush is evil! Praise Obama! Gaaaaaarrrrrbbbbbbbllllllleee

Hooked on Obonics   May 4th, 2010 - 3:04 pm

“Darn it!,why do they keep living up to the stereotype? Why do they keep discrediting my arguments?” “When will these stupid Teabaggers do something like this!”

“It’s just not fair!”

dumb broad

Keith   May 4th, 2010 - 3:05 pm

So sorry, he was a registered Democrat. The leftist politicians and their little pets like Contessa want soooo badly for reality to go away! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIXVgUdcudY

Calvin&Hobbes   May 4th, 2010 - 3:07 pm

MSNBC must have a requirement for employment; you must be racist socialist idiot, hence Contessa Brewer as one of their anchors.

Anon   May 4th, 2010 - 3:07 pm

She sounds like a Valley girl.

Seairail   May 4th, 2010 - 3:09 pm

IMUS was right. She is a BLITHERING IDIOT!

8644   May 4th, 2010 - 3:10 pm

This bimbo just put MSNBC in thier place…They need to fire this hag.

Hypocrite   May 4th, 2010 - 3:12 pm

I am sure she was hoping it was a Tea Party member so she could write off people who believe a certain way and look a certain way. What a hypocrite. And even though it was islamic extremist lets through in the white guys from the militia. Never let a chance to slam white people go to waste.

Dave, Tn   May 4th, 2010 - 3:13 pm

Those Manhattanistanis are all alike. bahahhaahahah

Ed   May 4th, 2010 - 3:13 pm

everything she said was projection “thr r some that would use this”(liberals)”because of thr skin color”(Evil white people) I’m starting to see what it must have been like for black people to live in the days segregation shes so sad it wasn’t a white dumb tea party Iraq vet wonder when someone will want ratings over political ideology at these news networks…are they even making any money anymore?

NoNewsHere   May 4th, 2010 - 3:13 pm

Olbermann! You can put on makeup and a wig and call yourself Contessa, but you’re still a jerk!

js   May 4th, 2010 - 3:14 pm

and this is called professional journalism…(more like wanna-be’s with its head in the sand)

Miker   May 4th, 2010 - 3:16 pm

OMG… I had to listen to it twice. She is like a three old “Don’t forget white christian oppressors that are evil and filled with hatred…” This is absolutely appalling! However, now we see why their ratings are falling even further….

Michael Medved   May 4th, 2010 - 3:18 pm

What a CUHMMBUHCKETT.

porchhound   May 4th, 2010 - 3:18 pm

For this bimbo’s info the Michigan militia was let out of jail by the presiding judge because the government couldn’t provide ANY evidence they were doing anything but exercising their first amendment rights to free speech….another FBI boondoggle relying on an “informant” who was trying to incite the group to commit crimes they weren’t interested in….no illegal weapons…no bombs or bomb-making material…no plans…NADA!!! Guess they were PROFILED!!! Now any bets on how the actual TRIAL will turn out? If it were not for Brietbart and Fox news and Drudge..NO ONE would even know MSNBC existed.

Paul Thompson   May 4th, 2010 - 3:18 pm

Dumber than dirt, but probably still able to blow away Wolf Blitzer on Jeopardy!

Mike   May 4th, 2010 - 3:18 pm

My God! Do you realize what this bimbo is insinuating with her lame rhetoric? She was hoping it wasn’t a Muslim, so consequently, she was hoping it would be another Militia group member perhaps, or someone from the Tea Party, or maybe a right wing Conservative Christian, or ANYBODY but these pooooorrrrrr radical Muslims hell bent on destroying humanity in the name Islam. Of course this poor excuse for a reporter should be fired ASAP, but knowing BSNBC she’ll probably continue to stick around just like ‘tingle up my leg’ Chris Matthews and Keith Overbite have. It guess the head of BSNBC likes his ratings to continue to swirl down the toilet into oblivion as evidenced by the dunderheads he has working for him. Oh well… BSNBC’s loss, Fox News’ gain. Which suits me just fine I might add. I’d rather take Fair & Balanced over Dimwitted Liberal Trash any day of the week. ;)

American   May 4th, 2010 - 3:19 pm

As Rush often notes, these lefties give themselves away in time.
When Obama was selected, the word got out that there were no longer any restraints on what progressive nutjobs could say or do. They were above the law.
This Feminazi is typical of what has been hiding for years. Our country is full of these 5th column traitors and seditionists. She should be prosecuted and jailed once real Americans take back the rein of power from these manchild perverts who are out to Fun-Damn-entally Transmogrify America.

We now know what we always believed they thought in private. Now it’s in the open and they are telling us what they think of Straight, White Americans.

Imagine if this would have happened the other way around under Bush or on FOX.
The ACLU would be all over the case. But then the ACLU is primarily comprised of Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 people.

Tom   May 4th, 2010 - 3:20 pm

Oh my God.Where did this stupid itch come from.Please go back to the j=hole you sliped out of.

Islam Calling   May 4th, 2010 - 3:20 pm

I say, well done operative No. 666 (code name : Air-head).
Contessa has quite rightly destroyed any possible argument that we had anything to do with the normal practice of blowing innocent people to bits.
She is so wise, that here in our caves we tremble at her very existance.
What she doesn’t know however is that once she’s served her purpose she will be sent, in several packages, to the Satanic CIA and the legendary useless FBI.
Right, time for me to have a Brew……………er.

alice notinwonderland   May 4th, 2010 - 3:20 pm

WOW! The truth isn’t convenient to these ideologues. It doesn’t matter that the teaparty has NEVER been violent, that Obama’s buddies, Bill Ayers, Reverend Wright, et al ARE Terrorists and Muslim Extremist want to KILL us. I wonder why their brains just don’t MELT with this mindset!!!

William   May 4th, 2010 - 3:22 pm

Wow! This Contessa is one dumb female dog. She was practically defending the Muslims as victims and telling people not to convict him just yet while in the same sentence convicting the Hurta (whatever) Milita. Hey Contessa, the militia was accused of plotting to kill police officers a legitimate target if you are planning to overthrow the government (I do not agree with there methods), while the sand people specifically target innocent civilians.

People like Contessa are a disease that needs to be eradicated with chemical lobotomies.

Ernst   May 4th, 2010 - 3:29 pm

Who the hell is this woman and is she for real???

AZsmitty, Arizona   May 4th, 2010 - 3:29 pm

When it dosen’t fit your template, it is sooooooooo upsetting. Terrorists, so far its been 95% Islamic radicals. When the lamestreet crowd thought they hit paydirt with the Michigan militia religeous group, (just had to be right wingnuts) turned out the leader of group are all registered Democrats……gee! that story sure died in the lamestreet media. Everytime these DWEEBS(Democrats with Elitist-envy bovinescattology syndrome)open their traps they further cement the fact, they are not to be trusted with the reporting of the news.

Big Bruce   May 4th, 2010 - 3:31 pm

As long as she is quiet when we are making love, I don’t care.

meh   May 4th, 2010 - 3:33 pm

Just keep talkin honey!

wade mitchell   May 4th, 2010 - 3:34 pm

what a nut!!!

Brad Pittless   May 4th, 2010 - 3:35 pm

I hear she screams “allah” during orgasims.

Joe Doakes   May 4th, 2010 - 3:35 pm

This lady should of never left the local strip club scene. Her assets are better used for another purpose, because her brain is certainly not in gear.

say_again   May 4th, 2010 - 3:36 pm

Contessa, Jihad has not become “outdated” in over 1700 years. Maybe read some history before you open your mouth and prove you are an idiot. Maybe I’m wrong, you get paid to do this right?

Frank N.   May 4th, 2010 - 3:36 pm

One sick puppy – not to mention her mindless babbling.

rewrite   May 4th, 2010 - 3:36 pm

The stupidity of these comments are breathtaking. She believes what she wants to believe and then just makes up noise to justify it to whoever is stupid enough to listen to it. Yah we are back to ratings again, no mystery as to why that networks are so low.

Rider   May 4th, 2010 - 3:38 pm

Using it for speaking is obviously a useless waste of Brewer’s mouth. There are much better uses…

miker   May 4th, 2010 - 3:39 pm

Big Bruce May 4th, 2010 – 3:31 pm

As long as she is quiet when we are making love, I don’t care.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

LOL… Here, please insert this to shut up! Actually, she is the first attractive liberal I have seen.

rodlang   May 4th, 2010 - 3:39 pm

And they wonder why the ratings are in the toilet.

Bart Efferdingding   May 4th, 2010 - 3:39 pm

She is beautiful though. Doesn’t that mean anything anymore?

dee   May 4th, 2010 - 3:40 pm

Reality sucks doesn’t it b##ch? Can’t in any way, shape or form admit MUSLIM terrorists! But she’d LOVE to blame tea partiers, christians, humm? And they sure have NO problem blaming any “white male” at the drop of a hat! I for one am sick, sick, sick of this sh##!

bitterweed   May 4th, 2010 - 3:40 pm

Yeah..sounds like the PUKE station..would rather have some red blooded home grown militia to blame this on..what a stupid sow..but, Bloomberg and Couric were hoping the same thing..to hell with the liberals..

Desiree   May 4th, 2010 - 3:41 pm

What a dumbazz twit. No wonder the only gig she can find is on pmsnbc. She has that deer in the headlights look about her. Hey tina fey,
this one is ripe for the pickin.

Mark Mensa   May 4th, 2010 - 3:43 pm

The actual odds of someone being a 10 in both looks and brains is 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1. Give her a break.

cdogg   May 4th, 2010 - 3:46 pm

What do you expect from MSLSD?

Peter Dick   May 4th, 2010 - 3:47 pm

She’s hot and dumb, just the way I like ‘em!

Lawyers Guns & Money   May 4th, 2010 - 3:50 pm

This stupidity is what you get when the on air talent sleeps its way into the job

chasman   May 4th, 2010 - 3:50 pm

If this chick did not screw her way to the top, it has never been done before. On brains alone she couldn’t work in the commissary.

BobPDX   May 4th, 2010 - 3:52 pm

So she was hoping that this guy was a white anglo saxon christian so that this wouldn’t fuel bigotry towards a certain race?

What do you call it when she and her ilk do this, oh yea, “RACISM”!

I want someone to come up with a new name for people who hate the white middle class and blame us for this country’s failures.

Besides Jackasses…

CyniKal   May 4th, 2010 - 3:52 pm

D a m n Contessa, if you feel that bad, wear a burqa from now on…

The Big Shrink   May 4th, 2010 - 3:54 pm

Her self-hatred is deafening. MSNBC is like a case study in myopic unselfaware narcissistic mentality. Fascinating.

mauren   May 4th, 2010 - 3:57 pm

What an idiot! Don’t blame this terrorist,oh no. I am tired of watching idiots like this comment on anything except their hair,makeup and nail polish. Get rid of these morons ,please.

christy   May 4th, 2010 - 3:59 pm

Wow. She doesn’t want to pre-judge, but apparently that only applies to the Muslim from New York, not the Michigan Hutaree, since she knows what they were planning better than the judge on the case does.

MD21226Man   May 4th, 2010 - 4:00 pm

Perhaps COMCAST will take a serious look at what the hell is going on over at MSNBC and make some real changes when ownership transfers. This is an appalling insight into the minds of over the top lefties. The woman should be fired….

Allan   May 4th, 2010 - 4:01 pm

Contessa, if you feel that strongly about it, start wearing a burka…you are showing a bit too much skin. This would be a good way to show solidarity with those that you feel are being misrepresented. An absolute twit. Reminds me of my Ex.

Hungster   May 4th, 2010 - 4:03 pm

Your comment is awaiting moderation. Moderation? Well, I understand. So, let me rephrase that:

Khunt.

Kevin   May 4th, 2010 - 4:04 pm

This bimbette was a train wreck whe she worked in Milwaukee. She is a complete partisan, America hating, no talent.

Clear Thinker   May 4th, 2010 - 4:04 pm

Yeah, why would you use logic and common sense and examine people who are from nations or are of religions that have flat-out stated that they wish to destroy us? Why would you do that? That would be the smart, sane thing to do.

Yup, I dunno. Instead, we can be politically correct and pretend that all these attacks on the USA don’t have one thing in common. Let’s all pretend! Come on everybody!

What could that common thread be? I just don’t know. Somebody PLEASE tell me?

This is just a partial list of ISLAMIST attacks on the USA and Americans both here and abroad:

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 explodes outside American consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12. Linked to al-Qaeda.

2003 1
May 12, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: suicide bombers kill 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
Sept. 13, Damascus, Syria: an attack by four gunman on the American embassy is foiled.

2007
Jan. 12, Athens, Greece: the U.S. embassy is fired on by an anti-tank missile causing damage but no injuries.
Dec. 11, Algeria: more than 60 people are killed, including 11 United Nations staff members, when Al Qaeda terrorists detonate two car bombs near Algeria’s Constitutional Council and the United Nations offices.
2008
May 26, Iraq: a suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills six U.S. soldiers and wounds 18 others in Tarmiya.
June 24, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills at least 20 people, including three U.S. Marines, at a meeting between sheiks and Americans in Karmah, a town west of Baghdad.
June 12, Afghanistan: four American servicemen are killed when a roadside bomb explodes near a U.S. military vehicle in Farah Province.
July 13, Afghanistan: nine U.S.soldiers and at least 15 NATO troops die when Taliban militants boldly attack an American base in Kunar Province, which borders Pakistan. It’s the most deadly against U.S. troops in three years.
Aug. 18 and 19, Afghanistan: as many as 15 suicide bombers backed by about 30 militants attack a U.S. military base, Camp Salerno, in Bamiyan. Fighting between U.S. troops and members of the Taliban rages overnight. No U.S. troops are killed.
Sept. 16, Yemen: a car bomb and a rocket strike the U.S. embassy in Yemen as staff arrived to work, killing 16 people, including 4 civilians. At least 25 suspected al-Qaeda militants are arrested for the attack.
Nov. 26, India: in a series of attacks on several of Mumbai’s landmarks and commercial hubs that are popular with Americans and other foreign tourists, including at least two five-star hotels, a hospital, a train station, and a cinema. About 300 people are wounded and nearly 190 people die, including at least 5 Americans.
2009
Feb. 9, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills four American soldiers and their Iraqi translator near a police checkpoint.
April 10, Iraq: a suicide attack kills five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen.
Dec. 30, Iraq: a suicide bomber kills eight Americans civilians, seven of them CIA agents, at a base in Afghanistan. It’s the deadliest attack on the agency since 9/11. The attacker is reportedly a double agent from Jordan who was acting on behalf of al-Qaeda.
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Yeah, I dunno. Those dangerous tea-party people.

You are an idiot.   May 4th, 2010 - 4:07 pm

What an AIR HEAD! I am embarrassed to be a woman right now. This woman should apologize to all her sisters right now.

The only people using skin color, luv, are you and your friends. What a complete dipwad.

Joe   May 4th, 2010 - 4:09 pm

What an air head!! Hey Contessa, these muslim extremists want to cut off your thick liberal head. GET IT?!!

Sunnyr   May 4th, 2010 - 4:12 pm

To borrow a phrase from another DemocRAT nutwad, Rahm Emmanuel, this woman is an “effing retard.” Don Imus who worked with this twit for a couple of years says she has a room temperature IQ. I believe it. She is too stupid to be spewing her ignorant rhetoric on the air waves, even though no one really watches MESSNBC anymore.

mauren   May 4th, 2010 - 4:12 pm

to Alice:”WOW! The truth isn’t convenient to these ideologues. ” They don’t know or want to know the truth or ,in Contessa’s case, they are too dumb to understand it. Moronic bigot.

Lindsay   May 4th, 2010 - 4:13 pm

What a Moron. She gets paid for this crap?

pjziems   May 4th, 2010 - 4:14 pm

OMG….I don’t think that anyone..even Chris Matthews could top this comment for stupidity. These elitist don’t have a clue what the real world is like. Truly sorry that she can’t blame this one on an over 40 white guy, the tea party, Christians, Michigan Militia (though she would if there was a prayer that it would stick.. Thank God not very many people watch msnbc.

Sunnyr   May 4th, 2010 - 4:17 pm

We have to make allowances for poor Contessa. Don Imus worked with this airhead for a couple of years and says she has a Room Temperature IQ. That explains her silly, gibberish.

winstonsmythe   May 4th, 2010 - 4:20 pm

This is just the latest in inane idiocy spewed by this semi-attractive but empty headed nutcase. Mayor Bloomberg and some of the other libnuts had already blamed this bomb scare on the Tea Party or some similar unhappy with Obama kook then learns it was an Arab nut so he goes on the air to assure everyone NYC will not treat all Arabs badly. He never went back and apologized for blaming it on Tea Party, nor did he assure everyone that NYC would not treat all Tea Partiers as nuts. I’m beginning to think that if Ted Bundy were a Muslim, he would have gotten off.

Art   May 4th, 2010 - 4:22 pm

“Outdated Bigotry”….I think not..this is a classic case of if the shoe fits!

john   May 4th, 2010 - 4:23 pm

These people just want things to be different then they really are…

CNN has clearly over and over again defined that they are islamic sympathisers more than they ever were Americans…

They would’ve loved it if it had been a tea party guy…they would’ve wet themselves had that been the case…

CNN MSNBC….Sedatious treasonist non american bastards.

Mike   May 4th, 2010 - 4:24 pm

I’m so sorry she can’t accept the reality that the majority of these terrorists have been and are Islamic Extremists! He’s “a person of color” and she’s so sad that it will give encouragement to the nasty, evil racists out there. It’s reality baby! Our enemy reminds us all the time who they are and where they come from.

Gresh77   May 4th, 2010 - 4:26 pm

I’m sorry, did she just say she was frustrated because it justified bigotry (him having Islamic ties), then go on to stereotype militias?

Hud   May 4th, 2010 - 4:31 pm

jib jabber May 4th, 2010 – 3:02 pm — “I guess she wants to defend the Obama plan, and her narrative, which is that muslims are all supposed to like us now that Obama has made friends with muslims and even bowed to the Saudi King. Not exactly working out like Obama planned.”

This is exactly what it boils down to. In a nutshell, a large segment of the population voted for Obama because they believed the poisoned narrative that Bush is the reason we are hated by the radical jihadists, and all that’s needed (in lib-speak) is a carrot and not a stick to open a better dialogue with our worldly brethren.
But, again, reality opens up on the utopian fantasy of the left and pisses all over their rainbows and unicorns.

catherine   May 4th, 2010 - 4:33 pm

“Outdated bigotry”??? What does she want…updated bigotry instead…?
What a sad sad woman she is. Critical thinking is clearly not her speciality nor interest.

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