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From: al@aurora.UUCP (Al Globus)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Query: Shiite casualties in US naval bombardment
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 23:53:19 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  9 23:53:19 1985
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If I remember correctly, the US Navy shelled the hills around Beruit for
a couple of weeks before the Marines were attacked with the truck bomb.
Recently, I saw a piece in the SF Chronical that indicated that the
villages shelled were Shiite.  I remember TV pictures of destroyed houses
but I can't remember casualty figures.  I think it was in the hundreds, and
I know the guns weren't spotted very well and therefore were probably
pretty inaccurate.  In any case, if anyone knows how many Shiites were
killed and wounded or lost their homes to US naval gunfire I think the
net might be interested.  It's obviously relevant to the recent hijacking.