Word: beirutization
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...will find themselves stuck in a roach motel ("they'll check in but they won't check out"). To be sure, the spectacle of "rescued" U.S. medical students kissing American soil made better press for Reagan than the nightly newscasts of mangled bodies of over 200 dead Marines in Beirut. But after all the flag-waving has died down, not even the unprecedented press censorship and disinformation can turn the Grenada invasion into a great U.S. victory in its anti-Soviet war drive. U.S. Troops Out of Grenada...
...these measures simply underscored the continuing questions about whether the headquarters security had been adequate in the first place. Why hadn't Marine commanders taken precautions earlier, particularly after the car bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut last April? Why were the Marines on guard duty not carrying loaded weapons? And why were so many Marines quartered in a single building, concentrating them as a target in an area prone to terrorist attacks? These were some of the questions that were raised on Capitol Hill last week as both
...power as our use of the M-l tank." Kelley defended the arrangement, saying that the four-story concrete structure had been chosen because it had withstood the Israeli siege last year. But Representative Sonny Montgomery of Mississippi, who led an eleven-member House contingent that traveled to Beirut a few days after the blast, said it had been immediately clear to his group that the setup was wrong. "There were too many Marines in too small an area. Why didn't they use the parking lot for security? Why didn't they have a tank ditch...
Both the Senate and the House will continue their investigations into the tragedy. The Pentagon also announced last week that it will convene a board of inquiry to look into "all the circumstances" of the Beirut bombing...
DEATH CONFIRMED. Rick Crudale, 21, Marine lance corporal from West Warwick, R.I., who was pictured on TIME's Oct. 3 cover "Lebanon: Holding the Line"; of injuries suffered in the terrorist bombing of U.S. troops; in Beirut. Crudale had apparently returned early from leave and was among those sleeping in the Marines' headquarters at Beirut International Airport when the attack took place. At first he was reported missing, but his death was officially verified last week...