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  • Survivor of Iran-backed barracks bombings in Beirut says war a 'long time coming'

    03/02/2026 8:44:57 PM PST · by 11th_VA · 21 replies
    https://13wham.com ^ | by Christian Garzone
    Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Marine Mike Zawacki of Webster said when Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants attacked the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon on April 18, 1983, it was the start of a different kind of warfare. “And then Sunday, Oct. 23, 1983, Hezbollah drove a truck bomb into the Marine barracks at 6:22 a.m.” Zawacki said the bomb was some 12,000 pounds. On detonation, it took the four-story barracks and blew it "a story and half" in the air. “And then it came down and pancaked with our Marines, sailors and soldiers in it — killing 220 Marines, 18 sailors and...