al@aurora.UUCP (Al Globus) (07/10/85)
If I remember correctly, the US Navy shelled the hills around Beruit for a couple of weeks before the Marines were attacked with the truck bomb. Recently, I saw a piece in the SF Chronical that indicated that the villages shelled were Shiite. I remember TV pictures of destroyed houses but I can't remember casualty figures. I think it was in the hundreds, and I know the guns weren't spotted very well and therefore were probably pretty inaccurate. In any case, if anyone knows how many Shiites were killed and wounded or lost their homes to US naval gunfire I think the net might be interested. It's obviously relevant to the recent hijacking.
tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL) (07/13/85)
> If I remember correctly, the US Navy shelled the hills around Beruit for > a couple of weeks before the Marines were attacked with the truck bomb. > Recently, I saw a piece in the SF Chronical that indicated that the > villages shelled were Shiite. I remember TV pictures of destroyed houses > but I can't remember casualty figures. I think it was in the hundreds, and > I know the guns weren't spotted very well and therefore were probably > pretty inaccurate. In any case, if anyone knows how many Shiites were > killed and wounded or lost their homes to US naval gunfire I think the > net might be interested. It's obviously relevant to the recent hijacking. -------- I don't know how many people were hurt by US naval gunfire, but for what it's worth, one of the returned hostages was quoted saying that his captors kept mentioning the shelling by the U. S. S. New Jersey. -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan
myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) (07/13/85)
> If I remember correctly, the US Navy shelled the hills around Beruit for > a couple of weeks before the Marines were attacked with the truck bomb. Your memory is right on. > Recently, I saw a piece in the SF Chronical that indicated that the > villages shelled were Shiite. I remember TV pictures of destroyed houses > but I can't remember casualty figures. I think it was in the hundreds, and > I know the guns weren't spotted very well and therefore were probably > pretty inaccurate. In any case, if anyone knows how many Shiites were > killed and wounded or lost their homes to US naval gunfire I think the > net might be interested. It's obviously relevant to the recent hijacking. Who cares? They were ONLY Shiites. ``The Amuricans too, now have God on their side.'' Apologies to Bobby Zimmerman.
martillo@mit-athena.UUCP (Joaquim Martillo) (07/15/85)
It will probably make no difference to the apologists for Shiite and Muslim barbarism but the US Navy shelled Druze positions. Shiite and Sunnites often do not consider Druze Muslims and have a history of slaughtering them when the relative strenght is in Muslim favor. I should point out the Shiites and Sunnites have long had a history of random slaughter of non-muslims and they really need no excuse to commit attrocities on non-muslims.