BEIRUT 1983: Marine Barracks Bombing

Almost a quarter of a century after the first intervention, the Marines return to the Lebanese beaches, to Tripoli and above all to Beirut, first to facilitate the exit of the PLO fighters and then to try to reduce friction between the many souls of the civil war Lebanese. Peacekeeping, however, is a dangerous profession, especially if on the other side you have to deal with a new militarized reality determined to attack the foreign presence. On a cool autumn Sunday, the French Marines and paratroopers will see Lebanon transform into a second and more tragic Vietnam.

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