[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. Res. 516 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 516

 Solemnly commemorating the 25th anniversary of the tragic April 1983 
 bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut and remembering those 
            who lost their lives and those who were injured.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 15, 2008

  Mr. Lugar (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. 
  Casey) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Solemnly commemorating the 25th anniversary of the tragic April 1983 
 bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut and remembering those 
            who lost their lives and those who were injured.

Whereas, on April 18, 1983, terrorists detonated a bomb at the United States 
        Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people, including 42 American and 
        Lebanese Embassy staff;
Whereas the bombing injured many other people, including 35 Embassy staff;
Whereas President Ronald Reagan denounced the ``vicious terrorist bombing'' as a 
        ``cowardly act''; and
Whereas the April 18, 1983 attack was at the time the deadliest attack against a 
        United States diplomatic mission in history, but was followed by other 
        terrorist attacks against Americans in Beirut including the bombing of 
        the United States Marines barracks in Beirut on October 23, 1983, which 
        killed 241 members of the United States Armed Forces, the bombing of the 
        United States Embassy annex in Beirut on September 20, 1984, which 
        killed 12 people, including 9 Embassy staff, and the bombing of a United 
        States Embassy vehicle on January 15, 2008, which injured 2 Lebanese 
        employees of the Embassy and killed 3 Lebanese passers by: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate, on the 25th anniversary of the April 18, 
1983, bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon--
            (1) remembers the victims of the bombing;
            (2) joins family and friends in mourning the American and 
        Lebanese victims who lost their lives in this tragic bombing;
            (3) condemns all terrorist acts that deliberately target 
        the innocent; and
            (4) reiterates its strong support for the people of Lebanon 
        and their Government as they seek to build a better future free 
        from the threat of terrorist violence.
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