U.S. Court Fines Iran $813 Million for 1983 Beirut Bombing
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A U.S. federal judge has ordered Iran to pay more than $813 million in damages and interest to the families of 241 U.S. 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 judgments 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 Agence France Presse.
"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 U.S. barracks near Beirut's international airport.
The attack was one of the deadliest ever against Americans.
The same day, in a coordinated attack, 58 French paratroopers were killed by a truck bomb at the French barracks in Beirut.
The twin bombings have been blamed on Hizbullah, 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 U.S. 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.
07 July 2012, 09:52
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yallah open the old books , seems like war on Iran is very close. Allah Yestor ....
07 July 2012, 10:12
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What where the US doing in the first place in Beirut? It's not that they where in Beirut on peaceful mission. Lebanon should fine US and Israel for all dead in Lebanon from 1982 onward.
What a joke:)
07 July 2012, 11:52
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if the US and Israel had to pay for their damage to Lebanon and the world; they would go bankrupt!
07 July 2012, 19:46
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The US doesn't owe Lebanon SHIT! US Taxpayers have given enough of thier hard earned money to the leaches. The Lebanense always want somebody else to solve thier problems. Hey, how about this NEW thought. Solve your own fucking problems that you created yourselves! ....@ Freemind you are STUPID.
07 July 2012, 11:52
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if the US and Israel had to pay for their damage to Lebanon and the world; they would go bankrupt!
07 July 2012, 16:49
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If Hizballah had to pay for damages it's caused in Lebanon, Iran would go bankrupt!
07 July 2012, 17:08
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Considering all the criminal acts around the world that the dumb US administrations over the years have committed, the US would have to give their country away and still owe thousands of times more to the victims of their crimes. To begin, let's start with the American Indians. Come think of it, this is the same thing that the Israelis did to the Palestinians. tanjara wa le2yet ghataha
07 July 2012, 17:50
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first of all , saudi arabia does not support al qaeda , therefor your argument is invaild , i dont know why its always an eye for an eye ith you hisballah supporters... you act like kids ! if u get punished u whine and cry until the rest gets an equal punishment. grow up. i am not with nor will ever be with hisbullah however i do find it hillarious from the us to start issuing fines to countries.. i laugh at their confidence and idiocy. really stupid. no one will ever pay i know that for a fact and if they want to fine others then they must pay up as well. and the whole world would be at war... but a lawsuit war hahahaha
07 July 2012, 20:14
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typical idiots here illiterate shiaas and demented fpm supporters. what you have missed is that the lebanese government and iranian government could bring same lawsuits in their countries but wont dare to do so! they are too busy practicing their mit3a!
07 July 2012, 23:54
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Lebanese courts can sue the criminal US government for financing Israeli invasion of Lebanon. But, it will not get a penny and neither will the US get a penny from Iran. The criminal American Imperialists are trying to feel morally superior and trying to cover their crimes world wide. (would Naharnet who likes to please the white man print this comment?)
07 July 2012, 20:51
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KSA wasn't behind 9/11. Bin Laden is a Yemenite with Saudi passport... I don't think the king or government supported the terrorist attacks dating negatively impacted the entire Arab and Muslim world. Iran however was directly behind the 83 bombings... The pasdaran agents are still wandering around Beirut....
07 July 2012, 22:57
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The Killing of US marines in 83 is a terrorist Act?????? How about the killing of Lebanese civilians by the US forces in Lebanon in 1983? Was that a terrorist act?
07 July 2012, 22:55
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The criminal American Imperialists should pay fines for the killing of millions of Men, women, and children in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Etc Etc
15 July 2012, 02:23
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This judgemen is meaningless if there is no way to collect. So Iran has been fined a large amount of money. I would like to know how the US Gov. intends to collect the debt. I will bet you my beer money Iran will never pay one dime and will keep on about their terrorist ways.
