Posted on 07/31/2024 7:43:28 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Hezbollah confirmed the death of its "No. 2" commander, a man with a history that includes helping orchestrate one of the deadliest days for the U.S. Marine Corps in history, after an IDF strike on Beirut.
"The latest information out of Beirut suggests that he did succumb to his injuries after being taken to a hospital for treatment," Deputy State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters at a briefing Wednesday. "Let's also remember that this was an individual who was involved in the 1983 U.S. Marine barracks bombing and certainly has American blood on his hands."
Fuad Shukr had a $5 million bounty on his head for his involvement in the 1983 Beirut bombings of a Marine barracks, which killed 241 U.S. military personnel and wounded 128 others. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced its strike had killed Shukr, but Hezbollah initially did not confirm his death, saying only that he was present in the building that the IDF destroyed with its strike.
One day after that, Hezbollah confirmed Shukr’s death on the group’s Telegram account, adding that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, will make a public address at Shukr’s funeral Thursday.
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I’ve been looking and still can’t find anything definitive about how he was taken out. If it was an airstrike or missile, that is incredibly impressive and should be horrifying to the Iranian leadership.
Israel just send a message to Iran - ‘We know where you live ‘; two high profile leaders in 1 day … amazing
“Media in Iran reported on Wednesday that Milad Bedi, an Iranian military adviser to the Revolutionary Guards, was also killed in the Israeli strike in Beirut on Tuesday in which senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was eliminated.”
“The Lebanese Civil Defense said on Wednesday night that a total of seven people were killed and 78 were injured in the Israeli strike in Beirut in which senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was eliminated.”
Definitive? Dream on!
https://matzav.com/iranian-report-haniyehs-bodyguard-leaked-info-to-israel/
...Additional reporting claimed that Haniyeh was killed using a short range Spike Missile launched at his bedroom. The Spike Missile is an Israeli made “fire and forget” missile, somewhat similar to the American Javelin.
Variants of the Spike can be fired by individuals, helicopters or from a vehicle. If this report is true, it means Haniyeh was killed by assassins located fairly close by, well within Iranian territory...
It is a disgrace the US took no action against the perps of 1983. That is a bill that has gone unpaid.
We lost 220 Marines, 18 US Soldiers and 3 US Sailors.
May they Rest In Peace.
Now send Nesrallah to Allah!
And the Iranian leaders still foolishly go out in the morning to pick up the printed newspaper the kid on the bicycle threw on the porch. Then an SUV drives by with a hail of Uzi rounds cutting them to pieces. Works every time.
Iran Daily and Tehran Times. (both printed in English since 1979).
“””””It is a disgrace the US took no action against the perps of 1983.”””””
When the bomb went off Reagan’s invasion of Grenada had already been launched hours before, Personally, I came to see Reagan’s wisdom in not getting bogged down when his goal was to bring down the Russian empire, and he succeeded, at first my emotional response was the same as yours.
Good for Israel, because God knows, our government can’t do sht with the current traitors and criminals ruining it...
Allahu Fubar!
U.S. media is keeping this huge information under blackout. Americans cannot be told that the mass-murderer of 241 Marines has been liquidated by Israel.
Why is the U.S. media antisemitic? A good number of reporters must be Jewish.
Your timeline is off. The bombing occurred at 6:22am on October 23, 1983 (11:22 pm in Washington DC, Oct 22).
H-hour for the invasion of Grenada was 05:00 on October 25 - more than two days later (EDT), not hours before.
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