Algeria before, during and after the French
Northern Nigeria (not the oil producing South)
Sunni v. Shia bloodshed (pick your country, esp. Pakistan)
Leon Klinghoffer
Entebbe
1972 Olympics
Beirut Marines Barracks
I have a superior theory: Beer.
It is the lack of Beer, rather than the existence of oil, that is the main problem fomenting Islamic terror. For want of a some barley and a few good brewmasters, the Islamists would certainly chill out with a cold one and some pistachios rather than blow us up.
My theory is superior because the lack of beer coexists with Islamists everywhere, regardless of the existence of oil. As the previous posts show, oil is clearly not the problem that caused all those situations, while the lack of beer is endemic to them. And as we all know, it’s hard to get motivated to blow yourself up after a six pack, and the abayas just gotta go.
Islam: Nothing Beer wouldn’t cure!