History's bloodiest siege used human heads as cannonballs (Siege of Malta in 1565 against Muslims)

UK Daily Mail ^ | 7/7/07 | James Jackson

[The_Media_never_lie]

Where can we find a good Grand Master (not of the Klan type)?

[wastedyears]

Paging Dick Marcinko

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Grand Master of the Free Masons?

[patton]

LOL. Had to happen.

[TheSpottedOwl]

What’s that saying? “Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it”? Something like that...

Thanks for posting a very powerful reminder about Muslim determination to rule the world by whatever means.

[TheSpottedOwl]

LOL! When the time comes, who cares about “Fraternal Affiliations” when the chips are down :)

Is that guy still around? He looks like he plays for keeps...

[DariusBane]

A hundred years earlier the West stood aside and let Constantinople fall to the Turks. It strikes me that the only reason Malta survived was because of the determination of a few in the face of the apathy of the many. Reminds me of today.

[wagglebee]

Malta survived was because of the determination of a few in the face of the apathy of the many. Reminds me of today.

Yep.

[mjp]

Jean Parisot de la Valette

[Riley]

That’s Harry Truman, who is no longer with us.

[mamelukesabre]

THat looks like harry truman. Is that who it is?

[Gritty]

[Sherman Logan]

These knights lived by raiding and disrupting his Ottoman shipping routes.

IOW, the Christian equivalent of the Barbary pirates.

Except that the real Barbary pirates were less motivated by religion than by desire for riches. Most of them were Christian renegades.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Wow! What a gripping story. I think I’ll have to get this book to read more.

But it is no wonder that this battle is forgotten. It is pretty hard for today’s warriors and politicians to take pride in the tactics of warfare used on either side.

I believe that this is the FIRST battle that I’ve ever heard of that was saved by the Sicilians. I’ll have to show this account to my husband and send this article to all my friends of Sicilian descent.

I’d like to visit Malta some day. I’ve known a couple of priests from there. Fine men.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Yep, ol’ Harry was a Master Mason.

[NonValueAdded]

Guess we showed them! Don't mess with me!

[JSDude1]

The “300” that should have been made but never will is Gideon and his “100” in the story of the Israelite Judges.

[NonValueAdded]

James Jackson’s Blood Rock, ISBN: 0-7195-6914-1 / 978-0-7195-6914-2 (UK edition) Appears to only be available in UK & Canada.

[dennisw]

If only George Bush would read this and get a flippin clue about our enemy

[in the Arena]

Another view...

http://www.storialibera.it/epoca_moderna/turchi_ed_europa/assedio_di_malta_1565/malta_of_the_knights.html