29 Years Ago Today (9 March 1977): Muslims Take Hostages in Washington, DC

various | March 9, 2002 | n/a

[IronJack]

they shot Washington DC city councilman Marion Barry in the chest, and they shot a radio reporter dead.

One miss, one hit. So they're bad shots ...

[billhilly]

At the time of that incident, my office was on N St, N.W. on the top floor(3rd) of a townhouse. The townhouse was at 1707 N, second in from 17th st, so I had a pretty good view of Rhode Island Ave from my third floor balcony. The offices of B'nai B'rith were one block south of my office, so the goings on there were quite the distraction for a couple of days.

[Covenantor]

btt

[untenured]

The Hanafi Muslims also killed and maimed to stop the showing in America of the movie "Mohammad, Messenger of God" on the grounds that it was sacrilegious.

A movie made, I think, by a Muslim, who himself died at the hands of terrorists when a wedding party was bombed at a hotel in Jordan recently.

[Pyro7480]

I think Hanafi Islam is a sect of Sunni Islam, just like Wahhabi Islam is.

[dmz]

And Carter did nothing...
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Like any good appeasing, limp-wristed, pandering liberal...

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I can't seem to remember, what was the US response to the bombing of the barracks in Beirut? I can't seem to remember who was prez then, either.

[Pyro7480]

A movie made, I think, by a Muslim, who himself died at the hands of terrorists when a wedding party was bombed at a hotel in Jordan recently.

You're absolutely right. Moustapha Akkad

[msnimje]

Wow. Don't remember that incident at all.

Me either. But then again, I was 12 and had a poster of Bobby Sherman on my wall.

[Vor Lady]

Being Jewish, I don't think Sammy Davis, Jr. would have been part of that group.

[chesty_puller]

I was in the Honor Guard when this happened. The city busses were dispatched to surround the White House and I spent the night in some damn senate basement office. Carter did nothing but hide.

[subterfuge]

Great find Pyro. I was born in D.C. many years ago butnever lived there.

[AlexandriaDuke]

If I remember right, this was really in revenge for the killing of nine people in a house owned by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. One of the dead was a baby drowned in a sink. The leader of this desperately wanted to get his hands on the perps.

[MarMema]

Wow, I never knew about this. Thanks for posting.

[StormEye]

I remember this incident also. It has been successfully
down-played and thrown down the memory hole by the "drive-by" PC media in Washington and the rest of the nation.

[madison10]

Wow. Don't remember that incident at all.

Me either. But then again, I was 12 and had a poster of Bobby Sherman on my wall.

I was 17 and a senior, but still paid attention to current/national affairs. (I think it was an assignment) ;)