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Posted by Fred G on Thu May 23 18:25:51 2013, in response to Re: Muslims behead man in brutal south London attack, posted by Train Dude on Thu May 23 18:14:42 2013. That's not how it happenedThere was no serious retaliation for the Beirut bombing from the Americans,[22] besides a few shellings. In December 1983, U.S. aircraft from the USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence battle groups attacked Syrian targets in Lebanon, but this was ostensibly in response to Syrian missile attacks on American warplanes. Multi-service ground-support units were withdrawn from Beirut after the attack on the barracks due to retaliatory threats. In the meantime, the attack boosted the prestige and growth of the Shi'ite organization Hezbollah. Hezbollah officially denied any involvement in the attacks, but was seen by Lebanese as involved nonetheless as it praised the "two martyr mujahideen" who "set out to inflict upon the U.S. Administration an utter defeat, not experienced since Vietnam."[23] Hezbollah was now seen by many as "the spearhead of the sacred Muslim struggle against foreign occupation".[24] later in the article: The U.S. Marines were moved offshore where they could not be targeted. On February 7, 1984, President Reagan ordered the marines to begin withdrawing from Lebanon. Their withdrawal was completed on February 26, four months after the barracks bombing; the rest of the multinational force was withdrawn by April 1984. Gaddafi was a separate matter. your pal, Fred |
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