The Barbary States were countries - what is now parts of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. In the 1500's naval forces under Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha and later Uluch Ali took over a several North African ports such as Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers, Salé, and other ports in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. They were under the aegis of the Ottomans, but the Barbary States (as they were also known) became autonomous in the 1700's.
They were treated as a country or rather countries by most of Europe and the US. Various countries signed treaties with them and sent ambassadors to Algiers. The US did consider them a country, signing treaties with them in the 1790's, and several more between 1800 and 1825. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM, William Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Al-Queda is not a nation the last time I checked. > >>> Al Qaeda declared war against the US. > > There's no difference between Al Queda and the Barbary Pirates (a > "Fred Smith" precedent if there ever was one) of the 19th Century. > > No nation. No problem. Declare war on the "leadership" and > "membership" and be done with it. > > I thought this had been covered? > > > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318323 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
