Während in Genf an einer Vereinbarung zur Atomfrage gebastelt wird, jahrt sich das katastrophale Bombenattentat von Beirut.
Am 23. Oktober 1983 expodierten 18000 Pfund Sprengstoff vor den US Baraken in Beirut und später vor den französischen Kasernen. Bei dieser größten nichtnuklearen Explosion nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg starben 241 Amerikaner und 58 Franzosen, Mitglieder der internationelen Friedenskräfte im Libanon.
Dies geschah durch die Terroreinheiten der Hisbollah unter dem Komando des iranischen Regimes. Der heute " nett verhandelnde" Präsident Rohani war damals in die Entscheidung über den Anschlag direkt involviert.
Wie vergesslich sind die Amerikaner und die Franzosen eigentlich oder ist der Diplomatie mit einem Terrorregime alles egal?
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As negotiators try to find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear impasse, the anniversary of the Beirut bombings serves as a timely reminder that tensions with Iran go beyond the nuclear issue.
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Thirty years ago today, on Oct. 23, 1983, a delivery van filled with 18,000 pounds of explosives slammed into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. Seconds later, another car bomb hit a French military building four miles away. A total of 241 American and 58 French soldiers lost their lives, all members of the Multi-National Forces in Lebanon.
The attack on the Marine barracks was not only the single-largest nonnuclear explosion since World War II, it was also the deadliest terrorist attack against Americans up to that time.
And the legacy of that moment haunts us to this day.
The attacks, perpetrated by Hezbollah under orders from Iran, announced the arrival of the Lebanese Shiite group as a potent, anti-Western terrorist force supported and directed by Tehran. Today, despite warming relations between the United States and Iran, Hezbollah remains a weapon in Iran's arsenal, a means to pursue the agenda of the Islamic Revolution in Syria and in terrorist operations around the world.
Despite the current charm offensive of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani -- and suggestions by some that the Islamic Republic is moderating its stance -- it is highly unlikely that Iran will ever give a thought to reining in Hezbollah.
