Beirut Embassy Bombing Victims Win $8.4 Billion
Even Before Benghazi!
Iran owes $8.4 billion to more than 300 who were injured or whose loved ones died in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, a federal judge ruled.
In 1983, a Hezbollah suicide bomber drove a vehicle filled with more than 2,000 pounds of explosives into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people. Six months later, Hezbollah carried out the more famous bombing of the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, killing almost 300 American and French soldiers.
In the barracks bombing, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued more than $9.5 billion in judgments against Iran for its support of Hezbollah.
The court on Thursday ordered Iran to pay another $8.4 billion for the Embassy bombing, adopting the recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola.
Plaintiffs in this case are one U.S. citizen and 58 foreign nationals who were killed or injured in the attacks while working for the U.S. Embassy, and 255 members of their immediate families.
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