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Homeland Security - CJT222_1002

Homeland Security - CJT222_1002

Q Would you classify the following attacks as a criminal act or act of war? Explain your answers in 2-3 well-written paragraphs. a. 1983 Beirut barracks bombing b. 1993 attack on the World Trade Center c. 2000 attack on the USS Cole

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In 1975, a civil war broke out in Lebanon, with the Palestinian and leftist Muslim terrorists fighting with the militias of the Christian Phalange Party, the Maronite Christian community, and other groups. In the next few years, they could not settle the fight and on August 20, 1982, a multinational force of 800 U.S Marines was ordered to Beirut to assist in the withdrawal of the Palestinian.