To the shores of Tripoli: long before the term "state-sponsored terrorism" was coined, the Barbary pirates took hostages and exacted tribute from nations around the world, including the United States.(HISTORY--STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM)

The New American | April 17, 2006| | Copyright

On February 16, 1804, young Stephen Decatur, Jr., a naval lieutenant, completed his dangerous and extraordinary mission to destroy one of America's best naval ships, the frigate Philadelphia, moored deep within the harbor of Tripoli (Libya, today). Decatur was 25 years old at the time, serving under Commodore Edward Preble.

The Philadelphia, under command of William Bainbridge, had run aground in the reef-ridden harbor of Tripoli the previous fall while chasing a Tripolitan ship. All 307 officers, sailors, and Marines aboard the Philadelphia were then captured and ...

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