Beruit bombing

[flack]

October 23 1983

Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Library

Updated 4:23 PM ET, Mon October 7, 2019

US Marines searching for victims in Beirut eight days after an attack that killed 241 American service members on October 23, 1983.
(CNN)Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel.

Facts:
October 23, 1983 - 241 US service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.
Three hundred service members had been living at the four-story building at the airport in Beirut. There were 1,800 Marines stationed in Beirut at the time.
A multi-national force with units from France, Italy and the United Kingdom was also on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon at the same time.
At the same time the Marine barracks was hit, a suicide bomber drove a pickup truck full of explosives and crashed into a building housing French paratroopers. Approximately 58 French soldiers were killed in the attack.
This was the deadliest attack against US Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in 1945.
The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian and Syrian involvement was also suspected.
The Marines were criticized for having lax security at the barracks.
The commander of the barracks, Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, said in congressional hearings investigating the attacks that the compound was hard to defend because it was on flat ground and vehicles drove by it daily to access the airport.

 

[whitehall]

Did the commander really excuse himself from responsibility by saying "the compound was hard to defend"? A Court Martial was in order.

 

[flack]

Did the commander really excuse himself from responsibility by saying "the compound was hard to defend"? A Court Martial was in order.

yes

 

[Litwin]

October 23 1983

Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Library

Updated 4:23 PM ET, Mon October 7, 2019

US Marines searching for victims in Beirut eight days after an attack that killed 241 American service members on October 23, 1983.
(CNN)Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel.

Facts:
October 23, 1983 - 241 US service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.
Three hundred service members had been living at the four-story building at the airport in Beirut. There were 1,800 Marines stationed in Beirut at the time.
A multi-national force with units from France, Italy and the United Kingdom was also on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon at the same time.
At the same time the Marine barracks was hit, a suicide bomber drove a pickup truck full of explosives and crashed into a building housing French paratroopers. Approximately 58 French soldiers were killed in the attack.
This was the deadliest attack against US Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in 1945.
The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian and Syrian involvement was also suspected.
The Marines were criticized for having lax security at the barracks.
The commander of the barracks, Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, said in congressional hearings investigating the attacks that the compound was hard to defend because it was on flat ground and vehicles drove by it daily to access the airport.

do you know who did this?

 

[flack]

October 23 1983

Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Library

Updated 4:23 PM ET, Mon October 7, 2019

US Marines searching for victims in Beirut eight days after an attack that killed 241 American service members on October 23, 1983.
(CNN)Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel.

Facts:
October 23, 1983 - 241 US service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.
Three hundred service members had been living at the four-story building at the airport in Beirut. There were 1,800 Marines stationed in Beirut at the time.
A multi-national force with units from France, Italy and the United Kingdom was also on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon at the same time.
At the same time the Marine barracks was hit, a suicide bomber drove a pickup truck full of explosives and crashed into a building housing French paratroopers. Approximately 58 French soldiers were killed in the attack.
This was the deadliest attack against US Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in 1945.
The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian and Syrian involvement was also suspected.
The Marines were criticized for having lax security at the barracks.
The commander of the barracks, Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, said in congressional hearings investigating the attacks that the compound was hard to defend because it was on flat ground and vehicles drove by it daily to access the airport.

do you know who did this?

From the article.

The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian and Syrian involvement was also suspected.

 

[Litwin]

October 23 1983

Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Library

Updated 4:23 PM ET, Mon October 7, 2019

US Marines searching for victims in Beirut eight days after an attack that killed 241 American service members on October 23, 1983.
(CNN)Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel.

Facts:
October 23, 1983 - 241 US service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.
Three hundred service members had been living at the four-story building at the airport in Beirut. There were 1,800 Marines stationed in Beirut at the time.
A multi-national force with units from France, Italy and the United Kingdom was also on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon at the same time.
At the same time the Marine barracks was hit, a suicide bomber drove a pickup truck full of explosives and crashed into a building housing French paratroopers. Approximately 58 French soldiers were killed in the attack.
This was the deadliest attack against US Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in 1945.
The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian and Syrian involvement was also suspected.
The Marines were criticized for having lax security at the barracks.
The commander of the barracks, Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, said in congressional hearings investigating the attacks that the compound was hard to defend because it was on flat ground and vehicles drove by it daily to access the airport.

do you know who did this?

From the article.

The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian and Syrian involvement was also suspected.

no its a myth , KGB/GRU planed and orchestrated this attack , Iran& Hezbollah played only small roles in this USSR operation

 

[harmonica]

..I remember clearly when I heard the Marines were going there..I was in the USMC Barracks Duty [ Naval Base Guard ]...I heard Reagan had sent them there as --in so many words--a guard force/defensive force/etc--my immediate thought was --O SHIT! O NO!....'''this is not good''''....you don't send a force into a shithole war mess like that for '''defensive purposes'' only......if they were not going into it as an offensive force to kick a$$, that means they would be a target--and BOOM! that happened

Reagan claimed: “Their mission is to provide an interposition force at agreed locations,” but “in carrying out this mission, the American force will not engage in combat.”

When Reagan Cut and Run
SO---the bad guys knew they could do whatever they wanted

 

[flack]

Was a bad time.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

October 23 1983

Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Library

Updated 4:23 PM ET, Mon October 7, 2019

US Marines searching for victims in Beirut eight days after an attack that killed 241 American service members on October 23, 1983.
(CNN)Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel.

Facts:
October 23, 1983 - 241 US service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.
Three hundred service members had been living at the four-story building at the airport in Beirut. There were 1,800 Marines stationed in Beirut at the time.
A multi-national force with units from France, Italy and the United Kingdom was also on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon at the same time.
At the same time the Marine barracks was hit, a suicide bomber drove a pickup truck full of explosives and crashed into a building housing French paratroopers. Approximately 58 French soldiers were killed in the attack.
This was the deadliest attack against US Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in 1945.
The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian and Syrian involvement was also suspected.
The Marines were criticized for having lax security at the barracks.
The commander of the barracks, Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, said in congressional hearings investigating the attacks that the compound was hard to defend because it was on flat ground and vehicles drove by it daily to access the airport.

We have the great Ronnie reagan to thank fir that as well.

 

[Mushroom]

..I remember clearly when I heard the Marines were going there..I was in the USMC Barracks Duty [ Naval Base Guard ]...I heard Reagan had sent them there as --in so many words--a guard force/defensive force/etc--my immediate thought was --O SHIT! O NO!....'''this is not good''''....you don't send a force into a shithole war mess like that for '''defensive purposes'' only......if they were not going into it as an offensive force to kick a$$, that means they would be a target--and BOOM! that happened

And it was largely the last time the Marines were used in that way.

I also remember that day very clearly. Start of third phase, just back from the Infantry training at Pendleton, and MCRD was quiet as a tomb that morning. Being one of the fastest eaters, I was one of the first out of the chow hall, and being Sunday I bought a newspaper. And the headline shocked me, as it did all others when we came out and got into formation.

When we got back after breakfast, all of our DIs were there, even the Senior (who never worked on Sunday). They then told us all that was known at the time, and set up the TV for the first time ever so we would watch the news broadcasts all day. Most training was cancelled, it was like the entire base was in shock.

 

[surada]

From the article.

The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian and Syrian involvement was also suspected.

In retaliation for the Sabra and Shatilla massacre when Sharon betrayed Reagan.