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Treaty of Tripoli

The Boston clipper ships were trading with the Muslim pepper ports of Sumatra starting decades earlier. Pepper was how Elihu Yale and the Peabody’s made their millions. Pepper, of course, was critical in the preservation of meat in the days before refrigeration. Peppered and spiced meats could last through a “gameless” winter or a smoldering summer, and conceal the smell and flavor of spoilage.

Most of the trade was without incident, but there were pirates in that region as well. About the same time that Jefferson sent out Marines to North Africa, there was another incident involving the capture and ransoming of sailors from one of the Bostonian clippers. The Marines were sent out to locate, and destroy, the pirate chief that had undertaken the attack. Other Sumatran Pepper ports were more than willing to assist, and joined in the raid.

The Dutch, British and French were all trying to establish trade monopolies along the coast, the American s were constantly at risk from attack, not only by pirates, but also foreign vessels.

“Saudi Arabia’s rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted, according to court documents revealed yesterday.

Previously secret files describe how investigators were told they faced “another 7/7″ and the loss of “British lives on British streets” if they pressed on with their inquiries and the Saudis carried out their threat to cut off intelligence.

Prince Bandar, the head of the Saudi national security council, and son of the crown prince, was alleged in court to be the man behind the threats to hold back information about suicide bombers and terrorists. He faces accusations that he himself took more than £1bn in secret payments from the arms company BAE.”
Bush probably backed his ass
Balsy little bastard