Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

November 19, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296075,00.html

U.S. Judge Orders Iran to Pay $2.65 Billion to 1983 Beirut Attack Families

[AP/FOX News] Iran must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, a federal judge declared Friday. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth described his ruling as the largest-ever such judgment by an American court against another country. Iran has been blamed for supporting the militant group Hizbullah, which carried out the suicide bombing in Beirut. It was the worst terrorist act against U.S. targets until the Sep. 11, 2001 attacks.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: