Well worth the listen. I was sent to Beirut in 1983, as a result of the bombing!
The Beirut Barracks Bombings (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) occurred during the Lebanese Civil War, when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces—members of the Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. An obscure group calling itself 'Islamic Jihad' claimed responsibility for the bombing.[1]
Suicide bombers detonated each of the truck bombs. In the attack on the building serving as a barracks for the 1st Battalion 8th Marines (Battalion Landing Team - BLT 1/8), the death toll was 241 American servicemen: 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers, along with 60 Americans injured, representing the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Marine Corps since World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima, the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States military since the first day of the Vietnam War's Tet Offensive, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.[2] In addition, the building's elderly Lebanese custodian was killed in the first blast.[3] The explosives used were equivalent to 9,525 kg (21,000 pounds) of TNT.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing
vitokuloanaj 2 years ago
all respect roger waters.. i'm lebanese and I know what you're saying.. thank you ... thank you ... thank you roger waters.. thank you for being such an artist.. thank you for pink floyd and thank you for giving us this great feeling that music can change the world and make it a safe place to be.. peace is the answer roger.. it's peace you're talking about
Hergest Ridge 2 years ago
"Don't let the might of the christian right fuck it all up for you and the rest of the world"
Never was the f-word better used in the history of music.
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