Marines help Americans flee Lebanon
A token force of U.S. Marines landed in Lebanon on Thursday to evacuate Americans stranded by a nine-day-old Israeli bombardment, which has killed more than 300 people but failed to stop Hizbollah rocket strikes on Israel. It was the U.S. military’s first return to Lebanon since it withdrew in 1984, months after a Shi’ite Muslim suicide bomber destroyed a Marine barracks killing 241 U.S. service personnel. Full Story