Iran Fined $2.65 Billion for Terrorism

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U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth described his ruling as the largest-ever such judgment by an American court against another country.
(http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070908/D8RH3CPG0.html)

Sep 8, 1:41 AM (ET)

By MATT APUZZO


WASHINGTON (AP) - Iran must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, a federal judge declared Friday in a ruling that left survivors and families shedding tears of joy.

Lets not forget that the French Foreign Legion HQ was bombed at the same time killing 52 Legionaries.

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Finally there's some official assignment of culpability after years of hearsay. The timing is terrible, though - I can't imagine it'd do much to cool US-Iran relations and it gives Ahmadinejad more anti-US rhetoric to use domestically.