On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 06:10:51 GMT, Greyrover <greyrovr@earthlink.net> wrote:

>In article <cob5jo$fcc$1@usenet.cso.niu.edu>,
> "Jim Stewart" <stewart@ceet.niu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Militant Islam has been a threat for two decades. But it is not a financual
>> threat.

Which is of course preposterously wrong.

>Militant Islam has been a threat for more than three decades but some 
>people did not realize it until 1979, with the takeover by Khomeini. 
>Even then there were/are some who did not realize the implications for 
>many years.

And still don't to this day.

One other correction.  Militant Islam has been a threat for 1400 years.

MacHamish M$(D??(Br