Title

US marines bombed in Lebanon

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Dec 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:15

Description

Report back on a speech made by US President Ronald Reagan in which he accepts responsibility for the suicide bomb which killed 241 US peacekeeping servicemen in Beirut, the Lebanon. Male reporter and studio presenter not identified. Audio quality poor.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Middle East; Armed forces; Terrorism; Terrorists; Military personnel; Lebanon; Beirut; Presidents; Peacekeeping; Bombs; Marines

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