August 6, 2007
Source: Rocky Mountain News
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5660547,00.html
DES MOINES, Iowa - Fellow Republicans repudiated Rep. Tom Tancredo on Sunday over his controversial comments threatening to target Muslim holy sites as a deterrent to Islamic terrorism.
During a Republican presidential debate from Drake University in Des Moines, Tancredo, R-Colorado, stood behind his two-year-old deterrent strategy, which created another international uproar this week when he raised it during an Iowa campaign stop.
Tancredo has said he sees no other way to deter a potential nuclear attack by Islamic terrorists except to threaten to destroy the Muslim holy sites of Mecca and Medina.