Try telling that to the hateful man from Kenmore who poured gasoline in the Mosque's parking lot just after Sept. 11.

"It's time for you pigs to get out of this country!" That was a phone message a local muslim received right after 9-11.

Arab Americans under attack.

That was then.

This is now.

Vandals write the words "Kill All Muslims" inside an Islamic Community Center in a Florida suburb.

The Council of American Islamic Relations says reports of harassment and violence against Arab Americans have almost doubled since 9-11. And, the Iraq war just makes it worse.

"There's this really other ugly side that we have to deal with which is our fear of our own safety, " says Lena Tuffaha, a spokesperson for the local chapter of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee.

You don't have to be Arab to be under suspicion.

Ian Spiers looks Middle Eastern. "I'm half black and I'm half Scottish," Spiers says.

And so when Spiers, a photographer, took pictures at the Ballard Locks recently, Spiers says Seattle Police interrogated him and believed he was 'suspicious.' That's what the word they used in the police report.

No question, there's an atmosphere of suspicion that didn't exist before 9-11.

And now on the anniversary of the attacks, Arab Americans wish they could mourn like the rest of the country.

And Lena Tuffaha says she will.

"But we're going to be a little bit more on edge, because we don't know whose grief is going to take that extra step into an act of hate. Because that hate is being charged by this atmosphere of stay afraid. Stay afraid. Stay afraid," says Tuffaha.

And she says every time the country is put on alert, there's the added concern for Arab Americans.

"Exactly, it's a double risk," says Tuffaha.

The risk of terrorism.

And the risk of backlash.

"There are Orange Alerts that will then bring out this kind of hatred based on ignorance against the people who are the color of my skin," say Tuffaha.

Lena Tuffaha says it's suspicious behavior that needs to be investigated.

Investigate 'behavior,' not people with her skin color or Ians'.

"I'm half black and I'm Scottish," Spiers repeats with a nod. And now a target.