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On this day, 31 years ago: Marines Barracks Bombing in Beirut..
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:44 pm
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The Beirut Barracks Bombings (October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon) occurred during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. An obscure group calling itself 'Islamic Jihad' claimed responsibility for the bombings.
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This post was edited on 10/23/14 at 3:49 pm
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Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:45 pm to FAF
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:49 pm to FAF
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An obscure group calling itself 'Islamic Jihad' claimed responsibility for the bombings.
What an OG name for a terrorist group.
We're Islamic....ya.
We're going to wage Jihad...ya
Got it! ISLAMIC JIHAD!
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:50 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
quote:They were jihading before it was trendy...
What an OG name for a terrorist group.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:50 pm to FAF
So we invaded Grenada to take our minds off it..
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:56 pm to FAF
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As the night close down on the Earth like gray dark rings Light of cities in the nights, destination for Kings with big dreams, like Castro, overthrew Bautista from Cuba, and pointed nukes toward the U.S. About to shoot us for revolution; that's how you gotta move A lot of rules, some locked in solitude Curse the day of they birth confused, who's to be praised? The mighty dollar -- or almighty Allah I'm like the farmer, plantin words, people are seeds My truth is the soil; help you grow like trees May the children come in all colors, change like leaves but hold before you, one of those, prophetic MC's with blunted flows, seven hundred souls in me Each channelin, from past to present times, heaven shines light on those, innocent to how the world grows Some men become murderers, and some girls become hoes And you accounted for, everything that you heard Do not speak to fools; they scorn the wisdom of your words My heart is wise, bloodshot eyes, the saga never dies,,,,
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:57 pm to Jim Rockford
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So we invaded Grenada to take our minds off it..
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:59 pm to REG861
My God rest my brother's souls. 
Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:01 pm to FAF
RIP
I wouldn't be able to fathom it if it happened today
I wouldn't be able to fathom it if it happened today
Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:21 pm to FAF
Friend of mine's cousin died in that attack (Vermilion Parish). Last year while in DC for the MCM, we visited Arlington and found the memorial to those killed.
At the site, there was a bottle of whiskey (among other things) -- don't remember what kind -- with a note from a friend of one of those killed. Broke my heart.
At the site, there was a bottle of whiskey (among other things) -- don't remember what kind -- with a note from a friend of one of those killed. Broke my heart.
This post was edited on 10/23/14 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:27 pm to FAF
Semper Fidelis
Posted on 10/23/14 at 5:43 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
One of those marines was from st charles parish
Posted on 10/23/14 at 5:50 pm to choupiquesushi
Semper Fi Marines.
It was the biggest non-nuclear explosion since WWII
The Marine standing guard at the gate survived and was eaten up about it for years. They determined that it all happened so fast that he wouldn't have had time to put a round in the chamber, open fire, and stop the truck so it wasn't his fault. He said the last thing he remembers seeing is a smiling face from the driver's seat as it drove by.
The fricked up thing is, the marines were only there to keep the locals from killing each other.
It was the biggest non-nuclear explosion since WWII
The Marine standing guard at the gate survived and was eaten up about it for years. They determined that it all happened so fast that he wouldn't have had time to put a round in the chamber, open fire, and stop the truck so it wasn't his fault. He said the last thing he remembers seeing is a smiling face from the driver's seat as it drove by.
The fricked up thing is, the marines were only there to keep the locals from killing each other.
This post was edited on 10/23/14 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 10/23/14 at 8:56 pm to prince of fools
The U. S. Marine is a professional who stands ready to fight anytime, anywhere, any enemy that the President and Congress may designate and to do so coolly, capably, and in the spirit of professional detachment. He is not trained to hate, nor is he whipped up emotionally for battle or for any other duty the Corps may be called on to perform. Patriotism and professionalism are his only two ‘isms.’
—Col Robert D. Heinl Jr. USMC (Ret) 1970
Had a conversation w many brothers... Asymmetrical warfare drives change. We Marines adapt and mourn our fallen brothers.
—Col Robert D. Heinl Jr. USMC (Ret) 1970
Had a conversation w many brothers... Asymmetrical warfare drives change. We Marines adapt and mourn our fallen brothers.
This post was edited on 10/23/14 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 10/23/14 at 9:04 pm to FAF
I used to work with a guy who was a soldier in the Army, tasked with cleaning up the bodies.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 9:06 pm to prince of fools
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On this day, 31 years ago: Marines Barracks Bombing in Beirut..
Semper Fi Marines.
It was the biggest non-nuclear explosion since WWII
The Marine standing guard at the gate survived and was eaten up about it for years. They determined that it all happened so fast that he wouldn't have had time to put a round in the chamber, open fire, and stop the truck so it wasn't his fault. He said the last thing he remembers seeing is a smiling face from the driver's seat as it drove by.
The fricked up thing is, the marines were only there to keep the locals from killing each other.
Peacekeeping is a serious mission....
A former SEAL officer that was with a platoon that was conducting operations there and usmc as well as French brass all later admitted the layout and access points were in no way capable of preventing such an attack.
While this was certainly a low point for the us military this was part of the rise of the us military....
As for the president at the time. I saw him cry real tears after a memorial service for 37 sailors killed a few years later...cried on nancys shoulder away from the media and most eyes.....I wonder if I current president has ever done that....
I left for a middle east deployment a few days later
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