Israeli Book Claims on Mossad and US Marines

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-