1983 Beirut Barracks and 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing Claimants ...

The U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund

This fund for victims of international terrorism needs to be better known, explains an FS survivor of the East Africa bombings.

KHOBAR TOWERS: THE AFTERMATH AND IMPLICATIONS ... - DTIC

On 25 June 1996 a terrorist attack upon US forces deployed to Dhahran, Saudi. Arabia resulted in nineteen fatalities and numerous injuries. The Khobar Towers ...

Memories of Beirut bombings resurface after Ibrahim Aqil's death

Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil, whom Israel says was killed on Friday, was wanted for bombing the U.S Marine barracks and embassy in ...

Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act

barracks bombing or the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing. agreements. Congress preserved claims against Sudan The catch-up payments allow eligible 9/11 victims to

Catch-up for Khobar Towers

... 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing terror attacks. The Fairness Act intended to provide victims of those terror attacks ...

They Came in Peace - Defense Intelligence Agency

Thirty years ago, in 1983, DIA responded to the devastating Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon—marking a turning point in the agency's ...

subchapter iii—additional victim compensation and services

(II) the final judgment was awarded to a 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victim or a 1996 Khobar Towers bombing victim before December 29, 2022, in which case such ...

1983 Beirut barracks bombing: 'The BLT Building is gone!'

At 6:22 on Sunday morning Oct. 23, 1983, a 19-ton yellow Mercedes stake-bed truck entered a public parking lot at the heart of Beirut International Airport.

Justices rule Iran bank must pay terror victims - North Shore

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a judgment allowing families of victims of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and other terrorist ...

Khobar Towers | Air & Space Forces Magazine

No one in the 58th Fighter Squadron could go home from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, until all rooms were clean. The contract airliner was to arrive on June 27, ...

40 years after Beirut: How the bombing still haunts the Corps today

23, 1983. Two hundred forty-one U.S. service members — 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers — died in the explosion of the barracks, ...

U.S. top court rules Iran bank must pay 1983 bomb victims | Reuters

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in the 1983 ...

Captured: Mastermind behind the 1996 Khobar Towers attack

Ahmed al-Mughassil, a Saudi Shiite who masterminded the June 25, 1996 attack on an American military base in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, has been captured by Saudi ...

Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports & Testimony

GAO provides fact-based, nonpartisan information to Congress. The HSDL includes GAO reports and testimony relevant to homeland security.

From Beirut to Khobar Towers, What Have We Learned? - DTIC

There were many recommendations made after the tragic bombing of the Marine. Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983. If the lessons were truly learned from the ...

1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia

On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force ...

Christie v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civil Action No. 19-1289 (BAH)

This action arises out of the bombing on June 25, 1996 of the Khobar Towers apartment complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, which housed United States military ...

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Iran's Terrorism Victims Can Collect $2 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law that could pave the way for the families of Americans killed in terrorist attacks tied to ...

Global Terrorism Victims Remembrance Day Begins but Some Still ...

The Global Terrorism Index finds that Islamic State is still the world's deadliest terrorist group. The United Nations established the ...

Justice for United States victims of state sponsored terrorism

The claims referred to in paragraph (1) are claims for—. (A) compensatory damages awarded to a United States person in a final judgment—. (i) issued by a United ...