Iran Fined $2.65 Bln For '83 Attack On US Marines

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Iran Fined $2.65 Bln For '83 Attack On US Marines
9/8/2007 6:55:16 AM

A US federal judge declared in a ruling on Friday that Iran must pay $2.65 billion to nearly 1,000 family members and a few survivors of the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon that killed 241 soldiers.

U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth described his ruling as the largest-ever such judgment by an American court against another country.

The militant group Hezbollah carried out the suicide bombing on October 23, 1983, which was the worst terrorist act against U.S. targets until the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Later, in a 2003- ruling, Lamberth found that Iran was ‘legally responsible' for supporting Hezbollah with financial and logistical support to carry out the attack.

However, Iran has denied responsibility for the attack and did not even respond to the lawsuit.

...it'll be a repo operation to get our money. :shrug:

in Iran Contra-

Have we payed them a dime?

NOPE

Oh, right, NOTHING!


On edit:

Actually, the US DID pay Iran $60 million in 1996 for this attack against civilians. Iranians are apparently worth about $200,000 each compared to Marines at $10 million each.

The more you know!

On re-edit:

So the NEXT question is...

How much do the US and other Western nations owe Iran for encouraging Saddam to attack them and kill about 1 million Iranians?

or for that matter going back to 1983 why not sue the Reagan estate? :shrug:

to collect the money from the US. since their country was used as an Wag The Dog exercise for the military. Five minutes of firefight five weeks of sun in the Caribbean.

pre-emptive war, making silly charges like illegality and commission of war crimes and terrorist-like acts.

Edited to add: illegality