On the result of the latest bombing in Lebanon which killed al- Hassan, the head of internal security agency in the country, the 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing was clearly remembered.
As early as 6:22 AM, Sunday morning of October 23, 1983, a suicide bomb truck full of explosives got through the barbed wire and fences and successfully hit the barracks lobby. 220 Marines got killed,along with another 21 US servicemen.
It was said that, US troops got set up as they could sense threat from Iran and Syria. US government sent forces to Lebanon to help the country move along with its long running civil war.
As early as 6:22 AM, Sunday morning of October 23, 1983, a suicide bomb truck full of explosives got through the barbed wire and fences and successfully hit the barracks lobby. 220 Marines got killed,along with another 21 US servicemen.
It was said that, US troops got set up as they could sense threat from Iran and Syria. US government sent forces to Lebanon to help the country move along with its long running civil war.
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