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Hezbollah confirms death of commander, arch-terrorist who killed Marines, Israelis over decades
Fox News ^ | July 31, 2024

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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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Hezbollah; Iran; Lebanon; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 23october1983; beirutbombing; fuadshukr; hezbollah; iran; lebanon; majdalshams; marinebaracks
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To: montag813

The invasion had already been launched when the bomb went off in Lebanon and the first combat troops were actually on the ground and engaged in combat 47 hours after the bombing.


21 posted on 08/01/2024 4:50:59 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: MinorityRepublican

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.

MOST of the Jews in the media are either ignorant or afraid of losing their jobs if they become pro-Israel. Antisemites will always accuse them of what is called “Dual Loyalties”.

So they tow the Party line which for some bizarre reason is anti-Israel and anti-American.


22 posted on 08/01/2024 4:56:04 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.i)
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To: 11th_VA
..."The latest information out of Beirut suggests that he did succumb to his injuries after being taken to a hospital for treatment," ...

I see...



23 posted on 08/01/2024 7:22:58 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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