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1983 Beirut barracks bombings...
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1983 Beirut barracks bombings...

Item # 727364 ·
SUN-TIMES, Chicago, Oct. 25, 1983

* 1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Lebanon
* United States Marine Corps massacre
* Lebanese Civil War terrorist suicide attack
* Islamic Jihad Organization & Iran 

The front page has a heading: "Death toll 191; grim body hunt continues" (see images) Much more on the following pages. 
Complete with all 100 pages, very minor margin wear, nice condition.

Background: The October 25, 1983, edition of the Chicago Sun-Times captures a pivotal geopolitical turning point, leading with the harrowing rescue efforts following the Beirut barracks bombings of October 23, which resulted in the deaths of 241 American servicemen—the deadliest single-day toll for the U.S. Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima. The front page headline, "Death toll 191; grim body hunt continues," underscores the immediate shock and unfolding tragedy of the first major suicide truck bombing directed at U.S. interests, an attack orchestrated by the Islamic Jihad Organization with Iranian backing during the chaotic Lebanese Civil War. The historical significance of this specific publication lies in its real-time documentation of a moment that fundamentally transformed Western foreign policy and military engagement in the Middle East. It marked the bloody debut of state-sponsored, asymmetrical suicide terrorism as a highly effective tool against superpower nations, ultimately forcing the total withdrawal of the Multinational Force from Lebanon and establishing a precursor to the modern "War on Terror." Furthermore, because this edition hit newsstands on the exact day President Ronald Reagan ordered the surprise invasion of Grenada, the newspaper stands as a remarkable historical artifact of a dual foreign policy crisis, catching the United States at a critical crossroads of immense military vulnerability and immediate, aggressive re-assertion of global power.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$48
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.