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...actually the Russians did treat the Turks downing their jet as an act of war, you friggin moron. And the Russians probably violated Turkish airspace, while the Iranians had no business attacking American soldiers in Iraq.You silly goose, that's like saying that Turkey's downing of the Russian bomber is an act of war by the U.S. on Russia because Turkey's military is financed in part by the U.S. Grow up.
"Iran never attacked anyone", said the fucken idiot.You silly goose, that's like saying that Turkey's downing of the Russian bomber is an act of war by the U.S. on Russia because Turkey's military is financed in part by the U.S. Grow up.
"Iran never attacked anyone", said the fucken idiot.You silly goose, that's like saying that Turkey's downing of the Russian bomber is an act of war by the U.S. on Russia because Turkey's military is financed in part by the U.S. Grow up.
Tell that to the federal judge:
Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts - CNN.com
(CNN)Here is a look at what you need to know about the 1983 bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 U.S. service personnel.
Facts:
October 23, 1983 - 241 U.S. service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.
Three hundred service members had been living at the four-story building at the airport in Beirut. There were 1,800 Marines stationed in Beirut at the time.
A multi-national force with units from France, Italy and the United Kingdom was also on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon at the same time.
At the same time the Marine barracks was hit, a suicide bomber drove a pickup truck full of explosives and crashed into a building housing French paratroopers. Approximately 58 French soldiers were killed in the attack.
This was the deadliest attack against U.S. Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in February 1945.
The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian involvement was suspected.
The Marines were criticized for having lax security at the barracks.
The commander of the barracks, Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, said in congressional hearings investigating the attacks that the compound was hard to defend because it was on flat ground and vehicles drove by it daily to access the airport.
Timeline:
1982 - President Ronald Reagan sends Marines to Lebanon on a peacekeeping mission.
October 23, 1983 - At 6:22 am, a truck carrying 2000 pounds of explosives drives into the Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, and crashes into the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regimental Battalion Landing Team barracks.
February 1984 - U.S. troops withdraw from Lebanon.
1985 - The Inman Report is released. It finds that Marine officers did not take proper steps to protect the barracks against terrorist attacks.
May 30, 2003 - A U.S. federal judge rules that the terrorist group Hezbollah carried out the attack at the direction of the Iranian government. The ruling allows families of the victims to sue Iran.
September 7, 2007 - U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth orders Iran to pay $2.65 billion to survivors and to family members of the service members killed in the 1983 bombing.
March 1, 2010 - A lawsuit is filed in New York City seeking to force Iran to pay the $2.65 billion awarded to survivors and family members in 2007.
March 30, 2012 - U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth issues a judgment against Iran of $2.1 billion, to be paid to the families and survivors of the attack.
July 2013 - U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Forrest rules to release $1.75 billion of Iranian funds, held in a New York Citibank account, to set up a fund for victims of the 1983 bombing.
July 9, 2014 - A federal appeals court affirms a 2013 ruling that $1.75 billion in Iranian funds should be awarded to the victims' family members.
"Iran never attacked anyone", said the fucken idiot.You silly goose, that's like saying that Turkey's downing of the Russian bomber is an act of war by the U.S. on Russia because Turkey's military is financed in part by the U.S. Grow up.
Tell that to the federal judge:
Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts - CNN.com
(CNN)Here is a look at what you need to know about the 1983 bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 U.S. service personnel.
Facts:
October 23, 1983 - 241 U.S. service personnel -- including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel -- are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon.
Three hundred service members had been living at the four-story building at the airport in Beirut. There were 1,800 Marines stationed in Beirut at the time.
A multi-national force with units from France, Italy and the United Kingdom was also on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon at the same time.
At the same time the Marine barracks was hit, a suicide bomber drove a pickup truck full of explosives and crashed into a building housing French paratroopers. Approximately 58 French soldiers were killed in the attack.
This was the deadliest attack against U.S. Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in February 1945.
The bombing was traced to Hezbollah, a militant and political group that originated in Lebanon in 1982. Iranian involvement was suspected.
The Marines were criticized for having lax security at the barracks.
The commander of the barracks, Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, said in congressional hearings investigating the attacks that the compound was hard to defend because it was on flat ground and vehicles drove by it daily to access the airport.
Timeline:
1982 - President Ronald Reagan sends Marines to Lebanon on a peacekeeping mission.
October 23, 1983 - At 6:22 am, a truck carrying 2000 pounds of explosives drives into the Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, and crashes into the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regimental Battalion Landing Team barracks.
February 1984 - U.S. troops withdraw from Lebanon.
1985 - The Inman Report is released. It finds that Marine officers did not take proper steps to protect the barracks against terrorist attacks.
May 30, 2003 - A U.S. federal judge rules that the terrorist group Hezbollah carried out the attack at the direction of the Iranian government. The ruling allows families of the victims to sue Iran.
September 7, 2007 - U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth orders Iran to pay $2.65 billion to survivors and to family members of the service members killed in the 1983 bombing.
March 1, 2010 - A lawsuit is filed in New York City seeking to force Iran to pay the $2.65 billion awarded to survivors and family members in 2007.
March 30, 2012 - U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth issues a judgment against Iran of $2.1 billion, to be paid to the families and survivors of the attack.
July 2013 - U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Forrest rules to release $1.75 billion of Iranian funds, held in a New York Citibank account, to set up a fund for victims of the 1983 bombing.
July 9, 2014 - A federal appeals court affirms a 2013 ruling that $1.75 billion in Iranian funds should be awarded to the victims' family members.
Well, what would a U.S. Court say? Note: The frozen Iranian funds are under international control, what the U.S. court says, has no validity.
Again, Iran has not attacked any other country for the past 200 years. Any country can be accused of financing proxies and it can be claimed that there is some sort of direct control. The U.S. has been accused of controlling and financing the Contra terrorists, for example. Does that constitute an attack by the U.S. on Nicaragua? I think not.
ha ha ha ha.
No, the Iranian Mullocrats had no interest in bombing the Great Satan infidels, except in Beirut.No, Iran had no interest in bombing Americans or French soldiers. The Lebanese of any faction not Maronite, had that interest, But, carry on.
No, Iran had no interest in bombing Americans or French soldiers. The Lebanese of any faction not Maronite, had that interest, But, carry on.
"Iran has never attacked anyone" 
Jon Snow is a "legendary broadcaster"? A legend in his own mind or yours?In a recent speech to Chatham House, legendary Channel 4 broadcaster Jon Snow said that the West could not have constructed a worse relationship with another country than they have managed with Iran. 'Iran is a country that has not invaded another country in 300 years. And there are plenty of countries that we could point to with whom we have most fraternal relationships which have had a hand in bombing places of interest to ourselves'.
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2012/08/lnl_20120827_2205.mp3
Jon Snow is a "legendary broadcaster"? A legend in his own mind or yours?In a recent speech to Chatham House, legendary Channel 4 broadcaster Jon Snow said that the West could not have constructed a worse relationship with another country than they have managed with Iran. 'Iran is a country that has not invaded another country in 300 years. And there are plenty of countries that we could point to with whom we have most fraternal relationships which have had a hand in bombing places of interest to ourselves'.
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2012/08/lnl_20120827_2205.mp3
All seriousness aside:
State Sponsors: Iran
The U.S. State Department considers Iran the world's "most active state sponsor of terrorism." U.S. officials say Iran provides funding, weapons, training, and sanctuary to numerous terrorist groups--most notably in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon--posing a security concern to the international community.
