Bombing Mecca

July 19, 2005

"You could take out their holy sites"

Last week,  Rep. Tom Tancredo , R-Colo., had this on-air exchange with radio host Patrick Campbell:

TANCREDO: "[If] we determine that [a terrorist attack] is the result of extremist fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites."

CAMPBELL: You're talking about bombing Mecca.

TANCREDO: Yeah.

Listen here to an audio clip.