# prosecution of terrorists from Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, 1983?

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**Created:** [October 11, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosecution-of-terrorists-from-marine-barracks-bombing-in-beirut-1983/86745 "2001-10-11T05:44:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosecution-of-terrorists-from-marine-barracks-bombing-in-beirut-1983/86745/1 "2001-10-11T05:44:15Z")

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The recently released list of most-wanted terrorists includes terrorists going back to 1985, with the hijacking of the TWA flight. I have seen reports that Imad Mugniyeh was also associated with the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983. (see here for example [http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/10/11/News/News.36005.html](http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/10/11/News/News.36005.html) )

But that crime was not mentioned on the FBI site. I looked around the web a bit, and couldn’t find any mention of attempts to bring the terrorists behind that act to justice. I was a bit young then, but I imagine there must have been tremendous outrage at that act. Were any of the terrorists placed on the wanted list then? Have any been apprehended or killed? Most of what I have found has dealt with which states had responsibility – Syria, Iran, etc.