Time Magazine- Carnage in Beirut - October 31, 1983

[Catherine Vincent]

I have recently read the articles from this issue and nowhere does it mention that Hezzbollah is responsible for the attack on the marine barracks in beirut. It does mention several groups that may be responsible. Here is a quote from the article: "The Hizbolla is widely assumed to have been behind the U.S. embassy bombing, but neither Lebanese nor U.S. authorities have been able to pin this down. A measure of the difficulty of identifying terrorists in Lebanon is that although two or three people confessed to taking part in the embassy bombing, nobody has yet figured out for certain what group was behind their act."

A couple of days ago, CNN Presents did a special on Hezzbollah and said that they were responsible for the bombing of the marine barracks in Beirut in 1983. My question is was Hezzbollah responsible for the bombing or is the U.S. news media telling us they were responsible?

[jackstraw45]

1. In 2026, would you pull out a Newsweek from march 2003 to teach kids

the "truth" about Iraq and their WMDs?

I'm not saying you're wrong to question current administration propaganda. But just mentioning that Time Magazine in 1983 isn't all that different from Time Magazine in 2006. Take it ALL with a grain of salt...

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. Hmm...

From wikipedia:

The responsibility for the bombing is uncertain. Most (notably the U.S. government) believe the Hezbollah militant group, backed by Iran and Syria, was responsible for the bombings, as well as the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in April of that year. Hezbollah, Iran and Syria, all staunch opponents of a Western presence in Lebanon, denied any involvement. Several Shia militant groups claimed responsibility for the attacks, and one, the Free Islamic Revolutionary Movement, identified the two suicide bombers as Abu Mazen, 26, and Abu Sijaan, 24.<3>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_barracks_bombing

So, assuming Wikipedia is correct, then CNN is making assumptions it should not make.