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U.S. judge fines Iran for killing Marines in 1983 Beirut bombing

By The Associated Press

Iran must pay $2.65 billion to the family members of the 241 U.S. servicemen killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, a federal judge ruled in Washington on Friday, calling it the largest-ever such judgment against another country.

Iran has been blamed for supporting the militant group Hezbollah, which carried out the suicide bombing in Beirut. It was the worst terrorist act against U.S. targets until the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Hundreds of people crowded a federal courtroom to hear Friday's ruling. "These individuals, whose hearts and souls were forever broken, waited patiently for nearly a quarter century for justice to be done," U.S District Judge Royce C. Lamberth said as families embraced.

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The crowd, many of them weeping, stood and erupted into applause as Lamberth left the bench.

The ruling allows nearly 1,000 family members and estates to try to collect Iranian assets from various sources around the world.

"This is a sense of victory, of winning a battle," said Paul Rivers, who was a 20-year-old enlisted Marine on the second floor of the barracks when it exploded. "When we win the war is when we collect, when we make them pay for what they did."

Iran has denied responsibility for the attack. The nation did not respond to the 6-year-old lawsuit and was represented only by an empty table.

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1.	Don`t Just `Fine` Them; Kill Them.	19:15	\|	Solon	07/09/07

2.	Now US needs to pay for killing 300 in downing airliner	19:16	\|	Kevin	07/09/07

3.	And will the US pay for the murder of 290 Iranian passengers...	19:33	\|	Cobra	07/09/07

4.	A weak response more than 20 years later	19:34	\|	bernard ross	07/09/07

5.	Have patience, their time is coming	20:15	\|	Ricardo	07/09/07

6.	another crazy lawsuit	20:59	\|	Leona	07/09/07

7.	Solon of London thank Carter for that one	21:04	\|	Lynn	07/09/07

8.	1 Solon - We Had Other Priorities	21:49	\|	Mark of Lewiston	07/09/07

9.	interesting timing	22:10	\|	Kindred	07/09/07

10.	I was right, Haaretz was wrong	22:33	\|	Harry	07/09/07

11.	How idiotic of these stupid americans	22:33	\|	Doug	07/09/07

12.	what a joke iran wasn`t even there	23:48	\|	reza the shah	07/09/07

13.	what a joke iran wasn`t even there	23:48	\|	reza the shah	07/09/07

14.	Oh My God.	00:15	\|	Mary	08/09/07

15.	# 1 aholesalon	00:23	\|	wh	08/09/07

16.	Well.. Millions of Iranian must sue the US support of Shah..	00:32	\|	John	08/09/07

17.	why wasn`t this suit just thrown out?	02:08	\|	Pssd Off American	08/09/07

18.	11, Doug, fellow stupid American	02:27	\|	Harry	08/09/07

19.	# 6 Leona	02:50	\|	Lynn	08/09/07

20.	# 9 Kindred It IS justice!!!	02:51	\|	Lynn	08/09/07

21.	#11 Doug Libya paid,	02:52	\|	Lynn	08/09/07

22.	dream on lynn you shalln`t collect	03:34	\|	reza the shah	08/09/07

23.	Totally menaingless	03:36	\|	spyguy	08/09/07

24.	Let Me Explain This to You,,,,,,,	04:27	\|	mike	08/09/07

25.	# 22 Court ordered, just like Libya	04:34	\|	Lynn	08/09/07

26.	# 5 Ricardo	04:36	\|	Axel	08/09/07

27.	To Harry	05:09	\|	Persian Kitty	08/09/07

28.	Lynn - Dangerous Precedent	05:12	\|	Mark of Lewiston	08/09/07

29.	#2 + #3 Why not tell the whole story?	05:13	\|	Murray of Montreal	08/09/07

30.	axel 26	06:02	\|	alan	08/09/07

31.	To Murray of Montreal	06:12	\|	Persian Kitty	08/09/07

32.	Iran Air Flight 655 "Fact Correction"	06:12	\|	Bretware	08/09/07

33.	To Mike In NYC	06:25	\|	Persian Kitty	08/09/07

34.	To alan #30	06:32	\|	Persian Kitty	08/09/07

35.	There is not enough money in the world to cover US and IDF crimes	07:47	\|	anti-racist	08/09/07

36.	WHAT A REASON TO BOMB IRAN	09:09	\|	indrajaya	08/09/07

37.	Judgement Against Iran	12:02	\|	Angel	08/09/07

38.	To the family members of the 2 million Vietnamese murdered by USA	12:53	\|	Mark B.	08/09/07

39.	CONDITIONING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOR WAR.	14:48	\|	SM	08/09/07

40.	Mark B of Amsterdam	16:15	\|	Lynn	08/09/07

41.	Iranian assets	16:16	\|	Kris	08/09/07

42.	terror attack?	16:19	\|	fadi	08/09/07

43.	Persian Kitty	16:25	\|	Lynn	08/09/07

44.	for the last time iran was not there	19:40	\|	reza the shah	08/09/07

45.	Don`t you have to know who did it first?	21:56	\|	No More Warz for Izz	08/09/07

46.	US justice?	01:34	\|	kenneth brown	09/09/07

47.	reza the shah	01:34	\|	AmericanRevolution	09/09/07

48.	To American Revolution	05:08	\|	Persian Kitty	09/09/07

49.	To Lynn	05:18	\|	Persian Kitty	09/09/07

50.	To Lynn	05:23	\|	Persian Kitty	09/09/07

51.	pathetic	10:17	\|	ben	26/09/07

52.	In God We Trust	17:08	\|	painandsarrow	26/09/07

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