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powerlineblog.com - 10/26/2009
Obama remembers to forget
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There is something profoundly disgusting about President Obama's October 23 anniversary statement on the 1983 attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 Americans. Here is Obama's statement in its entirety: We remember today the 241 American Marines, soldiers, and sailors ...
rubinreports.blogspot.com - 10/25/2009
White House on Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing--Can't Remember Who Murdered 241 Americans
— rubinreports.blogspot.com — [Please subscribe. There's too much news from the Middle East to miss a single article; and too... little good analysis in the media to miss a single analysis.] By Barry Rubin The White House has just released a very routine but still quite disturbing ... (more) White House on Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing--Can't ...

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forbes.com - 10/23/2009
Armageddon Time
— forbes.com — Victor Davis Hanson is a military historian; Robert Baer a former CIA field officer. Both have studied... the Middle East for decades, traveled to the area repeatedly in recent years and written about the region extensively. And both have become ... (more) Armageddon Time

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whitehouse.gov - 10/25/2009
Statement by The President on the Anniversary of the Attack on The U.S. Marine Barracks in ...
— whitehouse.gov — We remember today the 241 American Marines, soldiers, and sailors who lost their lives twenty-six years ago... as the result of a horrific terrorist attack that destroyed the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.  The military personnel serving in ... (more) Statement by The President on the Anniversary of the ...

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