Mecca
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Mecca is a city in western Saudi Arabia that is considered holy in Islam as the birthplace of Muhammad and because of Kaaba Temple.
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- If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina ... Because that's the only thing I can think of that might deter somebody from doing what they otherwise might do.
- Tom Tancredo, U.S. Representative, "Republican candidate advocates threat to bomb Islamic holy sites as response to terrorist attack on U.S.". International Herald Tribune. August 2, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
- "Tancredo says threat of attack on holy sites would deter terrorism". IowaPolitics.com. 31 July 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
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- Bomb Islam's Holy Cities into the Stone Age!, July 17 2007
- Pakistan condemns US Republican candidate, Press TV video, 3 August 2007
