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US court fines Iran $813 mil. for 1983 Lebanon attack

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A US federal judge has ordered Iran to pay more than $813 million in damages and interest to the families of 241 US soldiers killed in the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Lebanon. “After this opinion, this court will have issued over $8.8 billion in judgements against Iran as a result of the 1983 Beirut bombing,” Judge Royce Lamberth wrote in a ruling this week, a copy of which was seen Friday by AFP.

“Iran is racking up quite a bill from its sponsorship of terrorism,” the Washington judge added, noting that “a number of other Beirut bombing cases remain pending, and their completion will surely increase this amount.” On October 23, 1983, 241 American soldiers, including 220 Marines, were killed in Beirut when a truck packed with explosives rammed through barricades and detonated in front of the US barracks near Beirut’s international airport.

The attack was one of the deadliest ever against Americans. The same day, in a co-ordinated attack, 58 French paratroopers were killed by a truck bomb at the French barracks in Beirut. The twin bombings have been blamed on Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran.

Lamberth, whose ruling was delivered Tuesday, wrote that “no award – however many billions it contained – could accurately reflect the countless lives that have been changed by Iran’s dastardly acts.” The nearly $813.77 million verdict is the eighth against Iran resulting from the 1983 bombing. In 2007, under a law allowing foreign governments to be sued in US courts, the same judge ordered Iran to pay $2.65 billion to victims’ families, an amount he wrote at the time “may be the largest ever entered by a court of the United States against a foreign nation.”

“The court applauds plaintiffs’ persistent efforts to hold Iran accountable for its cowardly support of terrorism,” Lamberth wrote in this week’s ruling. “The court concludes that defendant Iran must be punished to the fullest extent legally possible for the bombing in Beirut on October 23, 1983. This horrific act impacted countless individuals and their families, a number of whom receive awards in this lawsuit,” the federal court in Washington added.

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38 responses to “US court fines Iran $813 mil. for 1983 Lebanon attack”

  1. Moe2000 Avatar
    Moe2000

    This funny the U.S is responsible for more wars and murder then any country in the past 50 years….

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      That the Arabs and Asians asked them to do for them funny is it not…..Look up history and find out how America gets involved in these wars.. They wher invited in 60% of them, asked for protection by these countries you are talking about… BUSINESS AGAIN…..why did they get involved in the Veitnam war well, go back to 1948 till 1960 and than you will understand why AMERICA got involved in wars not start them…TO make it easy Nato is one to think about the other is Protection they asked for by the American, others well Sept 11….SO READ YOUR HISTORY and the facts behind the story and not just point fingers… Read…..no hate…

  2. Moe2000 Avatar
    Moe2000

    Do Palestinians get compensation for all the crimes committed against them?

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      Do the Palestinians get compensation from the Arabs, when they told them to leave Isreal, than come back when we destroy the Jews, well did not work, so do they get compensation from these Arabs countries…  

  3. Moe2000 Avatar
    Moe2000

    Do Palestinians get compensation for all the crimes committed against them?

  4. Moe2000 Avatar
    Moe2000

    This funny the U.S is responsible for more wars and murder then any country in the past 50 years….

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      That the Arabs and Asians asked them to do for them funny is it not…..Look up history and find out how America gets involved in these wars.. They wher invited in 60% of them, asked for protection by these countries you are talking about… BUSINESS AGAIN…..

  5. Moe2000 Avatar
    Moe2000

    Do Palestinians get compensation for all the crimes committed against them?

    1. master09 Avatar
      master09

      Do the Palestinians get compensation from the Arabs, when they told them to leave Isreal, than come back when we destroy the Jews, well did not work, so do they get compensation from these Arabs countries…  

  6. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    How many Lebanese are part of this compensation plan?
    We know there are a couple hundred waiting for the Hariri-bomb-effects case.

  7. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    How many Lebanese are part of this compensation plan?
    We know there are a couple hundred waiting for the Hariri-bomb-effects case.

  8. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    How many Lebanese are part of this compensation plan?
    We know there are a couple hundred waiting for the Hariri-bomb effects.

  9. josephphdman Avatar
    josephphdman

    the us should also demand that this iranian regeme appologies to the families of the victims , and if they refuse the us should invade iran and capture ahmadinijidad and his regeme and put them in jail .this will send a message to the world , if you attack american , we will hunt hunt you down and bring you to justice , regardless of who you are and where you are .

    1. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       What about the CIA Terrorist bombings in Beirut that killed 200 people? Do they get 800 million? the CIA chief on his deathbed admitted to it..

    2. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       Reporter Bob Woodward wrote that CIA director William Casey,
      while lying on his deathbed, had admitted personal culpability in the
      attack, which he suggests was carried out with funding from Saudi Arabia.[9]
      Fadlallah would later suggest the amount $3,000,000 as the price that
      had been offered by the Saudis for Casey to arrange the bombing.[10] Woodward suggests that Fadlallah accepted $2 million from the Saudis to stop attacks from Hezbollah.[9]
      Asked about the allegations, President Reagan responded, “Never would I
      sign anything that would authorize an assassination… I never have,
      and I never will, and I didn’t.”[9]

      The U.S. National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane,
      stated that those responsible for the bomb may have had American
      training, but asserted that they were “rogue operative[s],” and the CIA
      in no way sanctioned or supported the attack.[11] Woodward’s own account of his conversation with Casey suggests that Casey’s action was “off the books”.[9]

    3. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       On 8 March 1985, a car bomb exploded between 9[1] and 45 metres[2] from the house of Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut,
      Lebanon, in a failed assassination attempt organized by the American
      CIA and British intelligence. The bombing killed more than 80 people and
      injured 200, almost all civilians.[1]

    4. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       The USA is the worlds biggest Zionist Terrorist…. China Russia Iran will take care of this terror…..

    5. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

      I went back one year on your comment history…. Your a little nuts and out of reality you sound like a Fox News Zionists Hasbara troll….. One second you talk about copts in Egypt need there own country and the next you vilify Iran with the Israeli Hasbara propaganda you get fed…. Reality is We Arab Muslims up until this Syria conflict Iran and Hezbollah where the most loved leaders in the Middle East…. It’s not over until the fat lady sings bud…. the USA is run by Zionist AIPAC even the American people are fed up with them notice how fox does not allow comments ? Iran will not lose there cause is too righteous and the USA knows it…. Enough of your nasty evil sectarian propaganda…. You don’t fool no one!! Even Americans understand Irans cause…. Iran is anti Zionist Illuminati…

      1. josephphdman Avatar
        josephphdman

        the us  had been fighting for freedom and democracy  throughout history , if you read your history book , you would  learned that when the us invaded germany and italy and all those evil dictators , it was about dictatorships is evil and the us and the free world will keep fighting it where ever it is in the world , just like the free world  had defeated hitler nazis germany, moselii, saddam hosein and so on , all the dicatators had failed in history and iranian regeme is next on the list , its an evil dictaorship regeme , mo you have been brained washed and lied to by people around you , this iranian regeme does,nt really care for any arabic or middleastern people , they are out for there own interrest only , look what they did to iraq 10 years of wars , and they killed 3 milions arab iraquis , and now killing sunninis in syria, its a fact and reality , is because those rgeme are evil dictators , and the arabic people deserve better governements , they need democratic governements ,who respect the freedom of the people and the human rights , the iranian people are great people , but they are a victim of this evil dictaor iranian regeme and they deserve better  life and freedom , and that is only achieved by democracy , look at turkey is doing great when it became secular, it is one of the richest nation in the world now and they have a higher quality of life than most countries in the world .

        1. Moe2000 Avatar
          Moe2000

          How was the USA fighting for democracy when they overthrew the democratically elected president of Iran mossadegh because he nationalized Iranian Oil and would not let the Anglo oil company steal it? The CIA installed a brutal dictator in Iran the Shah for 30 years…. What about Manuel Noreaga the CIA stooge dictator or Saddam Hussein the mass murderer that worked for CIA??? Go listen to Fox news sheeple…

        2. 73Corty77 Avatar
          73Corty77

          You have got to be fucking kidding me. fighting for the democracy and freedom. More like fighting for their own interest. Every country those fucking in breed Americans went into have been destroyed.

          Does Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya sound familiar to you. Or have had your thick head stuck in a hole for decade. Tell me what democracy and freedom have they left behind in those countries.

          You talk of dictatorship, The US and its allies are the real dictators hiding behind democracy.

          I hope the US tries to invade Iran or Syria. Maybe then they will finally have their ass kicked once and for all.

          Furthermore you claim Iran is killing Sunnis in Syria. Were the hell do you get your information from. Salifist animals are the ones killing not just Sunnis but each and every other religion in Syria. You might know them, they go by name (THE FREE SYRIAN ASS HOLES).

          Also you claim that Iran went to war against Iraq and killed 3 million Sunnis. Who the hell do you think started that war. Saddam was a puppet for the US. The US are the ones who sanctioned that war. Should Iran have just sat on its hands and done nothing.

          You talk about being brain washed. Well after reading your comments I can honestly say unlike you at least I have a brain to be washed

        3. 73Corty77 Avatar
          73Corty77

          You have got to be fucking kidding me. fighting for the democracy and freedom. More like fighting for their own interest. Every country those fucking in breed Americans went into have been destroyed.

          Does Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya sound familiar to you. Or have had your thick head stuck in a hole for decade. Tell me what democracy and freedom have they left behind in those countries.

          You talk of dictatorship, The US and its allies are the real dictators hiding behind democracy.

          I hope the US tries to invade Iran or Syria. Maybe then they will finally have their ass kicked once and for all.

          Furthermore you claim Iran is killing Sunnis in Syria. Were the hell do you get your information from. Salifist animals are the ones killing not just Sunnis but each and every other religion in Syria. You might know them, they go by name (THE FREE SYRIAN ASS HOLES).

          Also you claim that Iran went to war against Iraq and killed 3 million Sunnis. Who the hell do you think started that war. Saddam was a puppet for the US. The US are the ones who sanctioned that war. Should Iran have just sat on its hands and done nothing.

          You talk about being brain washed. Well after reading your comments I can honestly say unlike you at least I have a brain to be washed

  10. josephphdman Avatar
    josephphdman

    the us should also demand that this iranian regeme appologies to the families of the victims , and if they refuse the us should invade iran and capture ahmadinijidad and his regeme and put them in jail .this will send a message to the world , if you attack american , we will hunt hunt you down and bring you to justice , regardless of who you are and where you are .

    1. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       Reporter Bob Woodward wrote that CIA director William Casey,
      while lying on his deathbed, had admitted personal culpability in the
      attack, which he suggests was carried out with funding from Saudi Arabia.[9]
      Fadlallah would later suggest the amount $3,000,000 as the price that
      had been offered by the Saudis for Casey to arrange the bombing.[10] Woodward suggests that Fadlallah accepted $2 million from the Saudis to stop attacks from Hezbollah.[9]
      Asked about the allegations, President Reagan responded, “Never would I
      sign anything that would authorize an assassination… I never have,
      and I never will, and I didn’t.”[9]

      The U.S. National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane,
      stated that those responsible for the bomb may have had American
      training, but asserted that they were “rogue operative[s],” and the CIA
      in no way sanctioned or supported the attack.[11] Woodward’s own account of his conversation with Casey suggests that Casey’s action was “off the books”.[9]

    2. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       On 8 March 1985, a car bomb exploded between 9[1] and 45 metres[2] from the house of Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut,
      Lebanon, in a failed assassination attempt organized by the American
      CIA and British intelligence. The bombing killed more than 80 people and
      injured 200, almost all civilians.[1]

    3. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

      I went back one year on your comment history…. Your a little nuts and out of reality you sound like a Fox News Zionists Hasbara troll….. One second you talk about copts in Egypt need there own country and the next you vilify Iran with the Israeli Hasbara propaganda you get fed…. Reality is We Arab Muslims up until this Syria conflict Iran and Hezbollah where the most loved leaders in the Middle East…. It’s not over until the fat lady sings bud…. the USA is run by Zionist AIPAC even the American people are fed up with them notice how fox does not allow comments ? Iran will not lose there cause is too righteous and the USA knows it…. Enough of your nasty evil sectarian propaganda…. You don’t fool no one!! Even Americans understand Irans cause…. Iran is anti Zionist Illuminati…

  11. josephphdman Avatar
    josephphdman

    the us should also demand that this iranian regeme appologies to the families of the victims , and if they refuse the us should invade iran and capture ahmadinijidad and his regeme and put them in jail .

    1. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       What about the CIA Terrorist bombings in Beirut that killed 200 people? Do they get 800 million? the CIA chief on his deathbed admitted to it..

    2. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       Reporter Bob Woodward wrote that CIA director William Casey,
      while lying on his deathbed, had admitted personal culpability in the
      attack, which he suggests was carried out with funding from Saudi Arabia.[9]
      Fadlallah would later suggest the amount $3,000,000 as the price that
      had been offered by the Saudis for Casey to arrange the bombing.[10] Woodward suggests that Fadlallah accepted $2 million from the Saudis to stop attacks from Hezbollah.[9]
      Asked about the allegations, President Reagan responded, “Never would I
      sign anything that would authorize an assassination… I never have,
      and I never will, and I didn’t.”[9]

      The U.S. National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane,
      stated that those responsible for the bomb may have had American
      training, but asserted that they were “rogue operative[s],” and the CIA
      in no way sanctioned or supported the attack.[11] Woodward’s own account of his conversation with Casey suggests that Casey’s action was “off the books”.[9]

    3. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       On 8 March 1985, a car bomb exploded between 9[1] and 45 metres[2] from the house of Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut,
      Lebanon, in a failed assassination attempt organized by the American
      CIA and British intelligence. The bombing killed more than 80 people and
      injured 200, almost all civilians.[1]

    4. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       The USA is the worlds biggest Zionist Terrorist…. China Russia Iran will take care of this terror…..

    5. Moe2000 Avatar
      Moe2000

       I went back one year on your comment history…. Your a little nuts and out of reality you sound like a Fox News Zionists Hasbara troll….. One second you talk about copts in Egypt need there own country and the next you vilify Iran with the Israeli Hasbara propaganda you get fed…. Reality is We Arab Muslims up until this Syria conflict Iran and Hezbollah where the most loved leaders in the Middle East…. It’s not over until the fat lady sings bud…. the USA is run by Zionist AIPAC even the American people are fed up with them notice how fox does not allow comments ? Iran will not lose there cause is too righteous and the USA knows it…. Enough of your nasty evil sectarian propaganda….

      1. josephphdman Avatar
        josephphdman

        the us  had been fighting for freedom and democracy  throughout history , if you read your history book , you would  learned that when the us invaded germany and italy and all those evil dictators , it was about dictatorships is evil and the us and the free world will keep fighting it where ever it is in the world , just like the free world  had defeated hitler nazis germany, moselii, saddam hosein and so on , all the dicatators had failed in history and iranian regeme is next on the list , its an evil dictaorship regeme , mo you have been brained washed and lied to by people around you , this iranian regeme does,nt really care for any arabic or middleastern people , they are out for there own interrest only , look what they did to iraq 10 years of wars , and they killed 3 milions arab iraquis , and now killing sunninis in syria, its a fact and reality , is because those rgeme are evil dictators , and the arabic people deserve better governements , they need democratic governements ,who respect the freedom of the people and the human rights , the iranian people are great people , but they are a victim of this evil dictaor iranian regeme and they deserve better  life and freedom , and that is only achieved by democracy , look at turkey is doing great when it became secular, it is one of the richest nation in the world now and they have a higher quality of life than most countries in the world .

        1. Moe2000 Avatar
          Moe2000

          How was the USA fighting for democracy when they overthrew the democratically elected president of Iran mossadegh because he nationalized Iranian Oil and would not let the Anglo oil company steal it? The CIA installed a brutal dictator in Iran the Shah for 30 years…. What about Manuel Noreaga the CIA stooge dictator or Saddam Hussein the mass murderer that worked for CIA??? Go listen to Fox news sheeple…

        2. 73Corty77 Avatar
          73Corty77

          You have got to be fucking kidding me. fighting for the democracy and freedom. More like fighting for their own interest. Every country those fucking in breed Americans went into have been destroyed.

          Does Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya sound familiar to you. Or have had your thick head stuck in a hole for decade. Tell me what democracy and freedom have they left behind in those countries.

          You talk of dictatorship, The US and its allies are the real dictators hiding behind democracy.

          I hope the US tries to invade Iran or Syria. Maybe then they will finally have their ass kicked once and for all.

          Furthermore you claim Iran is killing Sunnis in Syria. Were the hell do you get your information from. Salifist animals are the ones killing not just Sunnis but each and every other religion in Syria. You might know them, they go by name (THE FREE SYRIAN ASS HOLES).

          Also you claim that Iran went to war against Iraq and killed 3 million Sunnis. Who the hell do you think started that war. Saddam was a puppet for the US. The US are the ones who sanctioned that war. Should Iran have just sat on its hands and done nothing.

          You talk about being brain washed. Well after reading your comments I can honestly say unlike you at least I have a brain to be washed

  12. Ali Avatar
    Ali

    shouldnt the US be paying trillions to the families of victims they have killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam?are they really that dumb to think iran will pay that much money… why don’t they demand israel to pay millions to lebanese families who have been murdered in the past? and more importantly what business did the US have in lebanon in the first place?

  13. Ali Avatar
    Ali

    shouldnt the US be paying trillions to the families of victims they have killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam?are they really that dumb to think iran will pay that much money… why don’t they demand israel to pay millions to lebanese families who have been murdered in the past? and more importantly what business did the US have in lebanon in the first place?

  14. Ali Avatar
    Ali

    shouldnt the US be paying trillions to the families of victims they have killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam?are they really that dumb to think iran will pay that much money… why don’t they demand israel to pay millions to lebanese families who have been murdered in the past? and more importantly what business did the US have in lebanon in the first place?

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