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New probe finds 1982 blast at IDF’s headquarters in Lebanon war was suicide bombing
2024-07-07
[IsraelTimes] Officials had long claimed explosion which killed 91 in Tyre was a gas leak, but investigation headed by former general finds intentional attack to be far more likely

After more than 41 years, a new commission of inquiry into a deadly explosion at Israel’s military headquarters in Tyre during the First Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
War has determined that the blast was a suicide kaboom, officials said Wednesday
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  /\ Probably not DoS. Just a guess.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-07 21:56  

#2  Marines without ammunition (State Dept orders). Back in 1983 the "experts" even swayed Ronald Reagan.
Posted by: Marilyn+Thronter5744   2024-07-07 17:58  

#1  MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING AT BEIRUT, LEBANON | REMEMBER THE FALLEN

40th Anniversary of the Beirut Marine Corps Barracks Bombing
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-07-07 12:44  

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