Book Claims Mossad Withheld Warning Before Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing
1 min War & conflict
An Israeli request to stop the distribution of a book that contains some pretty damning information about the Israeli secret service, the Mossad, if it is true. Here's ABC's John Martin.
The most sensational claim in the book involves this bloody day, the Beirut Marine barracks bombing. The book says Israeli agents kept vital information from US Marines that might have saved the lives of two hundred forty-one Americans killed here.
Israeli government sources deny this account, but according to the book, an Israeli informant saw a Mercedes truck being fitted with secret panels for explosives. Israeli troops were told to be on the lookout for the truck, but the book says the Israelis intentionally gave the
Americans only a vague warning, not mentioning the kind or size of vehicle. The book says Israeli intelligence was willing to let the terrorists succeed to protect their sources and out of contempt for US intelligence.
It says agents withheld information on U-
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