U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo clarifies 'nuke Mecca' comments
{{date|July 22, 2005}}

[[US House of Representatives|Representative]] [[Tom Tancredo]] ([[Republican Party (US)|R]]-[[Colorado|CO]]) has clarified his earlier statement that "you could take out their holy sites," in the event of a nuclear attack upon the [[U.S.]] by {{w|Islamism|Islamic}} terrorists.  Rep. Tancredo has refused to make any apologies, saying "When we bombed Hiroshima, when we bombed Dresden, we punished a lot of people who were not necessarily (guilty).  Not every [[Germany|German]] was a member of the Nazi Party. You do things in war that are ugly."  However, Tancredo emphasized that he was speaking hypothetically and not necessarily suggesting policy.  

The remarks, made in a July 15th radio interview, hosted by Pat Campbell of WFLA in [[Orlando]], [[Florida]], have drawn support from conservatives groups such as {{w|Northeast Intelligence Network}} and {{w|Free Republic}}, and have offended the American [[Islam|Muslim]] community.
In the interview, Tancredo discussed his request for information from the Justice Department regarding the claim of evangelical Christian journalist {{w|Joseph Farah}} that al-Qaida has smuggled multiple nuclear weapons into the U.S.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3935487,00.html
|title=Transcript of Tancredo's comment
|author=Rocky Mountain News
|pub=Rocky Mountain News
|date=July 18, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3937059,00.html
|title=Tancredo: No apology 
|author=M. Sprengelmeyer
|pub= Rocky Mountain News
|date=July 19, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45298
|title=Tancredo clarifies 'ultimate response' 
|author=Art Moore
|pub=World Net Daily
|date=July 21, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/18/congressman.muslims.ap/
|title=Congressman suggests way to retaliate for nuclear terror
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=July 18, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/tancredo.asp
|title=U.S. Nuke Threat: We Could Nuke Mecca
|author=Douglas J. Hagmann
|pub= Northeast Intelligence Network
|date=July 19, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1443646/posts
|title=U.S. Nuke Threat: We Could Nuke Mecca
|author=underwiredsupport
|pub=Free Republic
|date=July 15, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45203
|title=Al-Qaida nukes already in U.S.
|author=Joseph Farah
|pub=World Net Daily
|date= July 11, 2005}}

== External links ==

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|title=Interview by Pat Campbell
|author=[[Tom Tancredo]]
|pub=WFLA
|date=July 15, 2005
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|archivedescription=Archived from the original on July 23, 2005 via the Internet Archive
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Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has clarified his earlier statement that "you could take out their holy sites," in the event of a nuclear attack upon the U.S. by Islamic terrorists.  Rep. Tancredo has refused to make any apologies, saying "When we bombed Hiroshima, when we bombed Dresden, we punished a lot of people who were not necessarily (guilty).  Not every German was a member of the Nazi Party. You do things in war that are ugly."  However, Tancredo emphasized that he was speaking hypothetically and not necessarily suggesting policy.  

The remarks, made in a July 15th radio interview, hosted by Pat Campbell of WFLA in Orlando, Florida, have drawn support from conservatives groups such as Free Republic, and have offended the American Muslim community.
In the interview, Tancredo discussed his request for information from the Justice Department regarding the claim of evangelical Christian journalist  that al-Qaida has smuggled multiple nuclear weapons into the U.S.


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