The 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut killed 241 U.S. military personnel and was a harbinger of a vicious new era in terrorism
saying he played "a key role in Hizballah's military operations in Syria, and he helped plan and launch the 1983attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracksin Beirut that killed 241 of our Marines."
The Beirut barracks terror attack on U.S. Marines in Oct. 1983, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Oct. 2023, was the "single deadliest day for the U.S. Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima."(Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool) Up on the roof, Corporal Mart...
A resident of the suburb whose home is about 200 meters (220 yards) away said that dust from the explosion “covered everything,” and that the glass in his son’s apartment was broken. “Then people went down on the streets,” he said. “Everyone has family. They went to check on ...
The State Departmentannounced a $5 million reward in 2017for information leading to his location or arrest in any country, saying he played "a key role in Hizballah's military operations in Syria, and he helped plan and launch the 1983attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracksin Beirut that...
A resident of the suburb whose home is about 200 meters (220 yards) away said that dust from the explosion “covered everything,” and that the glass in his son’s apartment was broken. “Then people went down on the streets,” he said. “Everyone has family. They went to check on ...