Beirut Bombing

The wife and daughter of a Lebanese citizen employed by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, who was killed in the 1983 Hezbollah attack, are entitled to damages from Iran because it financed and directed the attack, a federal judge ruled.

WASHINGTON - The wife and daughter of a Lebanese citizen employed by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, who was killed in the 1983 Hezbollah attack, are entitled to damages from Iran because it financed and directed the attack, a federal judge ruled.

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