CBS Evening News - 1983-10-23 (Marine barracks bombing)

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[0:00] did friends.

[0:03] >> I know there are no words

[0:06] that can express our sorrow and grief

[0:09] over the loss of those splendid young

[0:11] men and the injury to so many others.

[0:16] I know there are no words also that can

[0:20] ease the burden of grief for the

[0:21] families of those young men.

[0:25] Those young men at least 146. That's a

[0:28] new total, and I repeat for emphasis, at

[0:30] least 146 US Marines and sailors now

[0:35] confirmed as dead, killed as they slept

[0:37] this morning by a terrorist suicide

[0:39] bomber at the Beirut airport and scores

[0:41] of other US servicemen wounded. Not far

[0:43] away, almost simultaneously, a similar

[0:45] bomb attack killed other young men. A

[0:48] reported 25 French soldiers with many

[0:50] more Frenchmen missing. Good evening,

[0:53] this is a special edition of the CBS

[0:54] Evening News. Dan Rather reporting.

[0:56] Picture the scene. It was just before

[0:58] dawn at Marine Headquarters Beirut, a

[1:00] four-story building at the airport.

[1:02] Cooks were getting up to make breakfast.

[1:03] The others were sleeping late. Suddenly,

[1:06] a pickup truck loaded with explosives

[1:08] approached through an airport parking

[1:09] lot, accelerated past a century, crashed

[1:12] through barriers and sandbags, and then

[1:14] went directly into the building's lobby.

[1:17] There, it blew up. Within seconds, the

[1:19] building was rubble. Within seconds,

[1:22] more than 100 Marines and sailors were

[1:23] dead or dying. the heaviest US

[1:25] casualties since Vietnam. One survivor's

[1:28] reaction, I cried, I cursed. Larry

[1:31] Pintac is in Beirut.

[1:34] >> They are beyond anger, beyond outrage.

[1:37] The Marines in Beirut tonight are numb.

[1:40] They've long known they're a target for

[1:42] anti-government militias, but they were

[1:44] not prepared for this.

[1:53] Men who were sent to keep the peace in a

[1:55] country they didn't understand were

[1:56] murdered in their beds. Between 250 and

[2:00] 300 Americans were in the building when

[2:02] the suicide bomber struck. As snipers

[2:05] distracted the guards, a man in a truck

[2:07] laden with 2,000 lb of explosives raced

[2:10] toward his target. It went through two

[2:13] barricades around another and uh ended

[2:16] up in the the lobby of the main complex

[2:19] that houses the headquarters of the

[2:21] battalion landing team.

[2:26] >> To the Marines at the airport today, the

[2:27] questions of who and why were for the

[2:30] moment put aside. They were confused,

[2:33] edgy, but the only important thing was

[2:35] saving those who might still be alive

[2:37] beneath the rubble. Bit by bit, the

[2:40] broken concrete was removed by hand. The

[2:43] danger of further collapses too great to

[2:45] allow the heavy equipment to do much

[2:47] beyond removing the largest pieces. As

[2:50] they tunnneled into the ruins, the

[2:51] rescuers lives too were in danger. But

[2:54] these were their friends they were

[2:55] trying to save, men they die for.

[3:00] Now and then, but not often enough, a

[3:03] battered but breathing survivor would

[3:05] emerge,

[3:07] staring uncomprehending.

[3:10] But for each Marine who was found alive,

[3:12] there was another who had not survived.

[3:14] Many of the dead will not be identified

[3:16] for some time. Dental charts were

[3:18] destroyed along with everything else.

[3:21] Helicopters beat a much used path to the

[3:23] fleet offshore, fing the wounded to the

[3:25] doctors aboard. Planes too were loaded

[3:28] for flights to European capitals. The

[3:31] lucky ones could make it to the choppers

[3:32] on their own, but most were dependent on

[3:35] their bodies. Men who themselves

[3:38] suddenly felt helpless. Even those who

[3:40] were dug out were still not safe.

[3:43] >> As the day progressed and the casualty

[3:45] figures mounted, the number of wounded

[3:47] started to drop and the total of dead

[3:50] rose even higher. For many of those

[3:52] rushed to the doctors died when they

[3:54] arrived.

[3:56] As the Marines struggled to save their

[3:57] own, the French were doing the same.

[4:00] Within minutes of the blast at the

[4:01] Marine headquarters, a similar car bomb

[4:03] tore through a French army barracks.

[4:06] Some 100 Frenchmen were inside. The

[4:08] message was clear. It's not just the US

[4:11] that the bombers are trying to drive

[4:12] out. American officials here insist the

[4:15] Marines will not leave. The new US

[4:17] ambassador who arrived yesterday toured

[4:19] the scene to emphasize that. But it was

[4:22] clear today the Marines problems are not

[4:24] over. They will not be left alone in

[4:26] their misery. Snipers made that clear

[4:28] throughout the afternoon, harassing the

[4:30] Marines even as they prepared to send

[4:32] home the bodies of the men and boys who

[4:35] died trying to keep peace in a country

[4:37] where it's so rarely seen. Larry Pinsac,

[4:40] CBS News, Beirut.

[4:43] A Navy hospital plane brought some of

[4:45] the wounded to an American military

[4:46] hospital in Naples, Italy. They had

[4:49] received first and second flight to Ry

[4:51] Mine Air Base in West Germany. A total

[4:53] of 24 casualties arrived here. One died

[4:56] on route from the Middle East. They had

[4:58] been in the air for over 4 and 1/2

[5:00] hours. Air Force helicopter crews wasted

[5:02] little time in fing the wounded to one

[5:05] of three military hospitals in the

[5:06] Frankfurt area.

[5:08] Some of the casualties were brought here

[5:10] to the US Air Force hospital in Vispen,

[5:13] West Germany. It is the same place that

[5:15] became a temporary home for the hostages

[5:17] after they left Thran.

[5:20] But this was anything but a joyous

[5:22] homecoming. There were no yellow ribbons

[5:24] this time. Of the 13 injured Americans

[5:26] in Vbaden tonight, 11 arrived in need of

[5:29] emergency surgery. Doug Tanell, CBS

[5:32] News, Visboten, West Germany. France's

[5:35] foreign minister called the bombing

[5:37] attacks madness, insanity, and he asked

[5:39] if France's peacekeeping role in Lebanon

[5:41] is necessary. But Prime Minister Morra

[5:44] said that while the attack on France's

[5:46] men was, and I quote, a blow both

[5:48] against France and against peace, he

[5:50] said the 2,000 French soldiers would not

[5:53] be pulled out. I'll have reaction from

[5:55] our US capital in a minute.

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[7:08] President Reagan's day began as a day of

[7:10] vacation that was shattered by a

[7:12] sleeping telephone call telling him what

[7:14] had just happened in Beirut. White House

[7:16] correspondent Bill Plant takes the story

[7:17] from there. President Reagan took off at

[7:20] dawn from Augusta, Georgia, where he and

[7:21] Secretary of State George Schultz had

[7:23] been on a less than tranquil golf

[7:25] weekend. Accompanied by National

[7:27] Security Adviser Robert McFarland and

[7:29] Mrs. Reagan, they returned early to the

[7:31] White House. Mr. Reagan, after

[7:33] expressing his sorrow, quickly

[7:35] reaffirmed his intention to keep the

[7:37] Marines in Beirut. I but I think we

[7:39] should all recognize

[7:41] that these deeds

[7:44] make so evident the beastial nature of

[7:47] those who would assume power if they

[7:50] could have their way and drive us out of

[7:53] that area. that we must be more

[7:56] determined than ever that they cannot

[7:59] take over that vital and strategic area

[8:03] of the earth or for that matter any

[8:06] other part of the earth.

[8:10] The president then went into the first

[8:11] of two meetings of his national security

[8:14] council to review intelligence reports

[8:15] of the attack. Smaller groups met

[8:18] throughout the day keeping track of the

[8:19] situation.

[8:21] The second of those National Security

[8:23] Council meetings is still going on now

[8:25] after two hours. Reporters in the White

[8:27] House press room are waiting some word.

[8:30] Dan,

[8:31] >> Bill, what do you expect the next move

[8:33] to be by the president, have you heard

[8:34] any talk of a short list of options?

[8:36] Dan, since the administration has

[8:39] absolutely ruled out any change in the

[8:41] mission of the US forces over there and

[8:44] they've also ruled out an increase, the

[8:46] main option right now seems to be how to

[8:48] find a way to secure the position of the

[8:50] Marines. It's been suggested that they

[8:51] could be possibly moved, their position

[8:53] made somehow better, more secure, but

[8:56] we're waiting to find out.

[8:58] >> Bill, uh, have there been any

[9:00] congressional leaders at the White House

[9:01] this afternoon to confer with the

[9:02] president or be briefed? The White House

[9:04] has been in touch with congressional

[9:05] leaders by telephone, Dan, and they say

[9:07] that they've continued that process

[9:09] through the day, keeping them ab breast.

[9:11] >> Our White House correspondent, Bill

[9:12] Plant. Bob Schiffer is standing by

[9:14] tonight at the State Department where

[9:16] lights will be burning late over this

[9:17] calamitous turn of events. Bob, any read

[9:20] at the State Department on who's

[9:21] responsible for this?

[9:23] >> Dan, the report received here was that

[9:26] it was the work of a group called the

[9:28] Islamic Revolutionary Movement. Now that

[9:31] uh a representative or a person

[9:33] identifying himself as a member of that

[9:35] group called the French press agency

[9:37] office in Beirut a little earlier today

[9:40] told people there that his group was

[9:42] responsible and said that two of the

[9:44] fighters who called themselves members

[9:46] of that group aged 24 and 26 died in the

[9:49] attack. This is one of those uh fanatic

[9:52] Muslim revolutionary groups that uh in

[9:54] the past the kind of group that has been

[9:56] identified as having ties with the

[9:58] revolutionary regime in Iran. However,

[10:00] in this particular case, Dan, no one has

[10:03] heard of a group calling itself by this

[10:05] name. So, this is a new name, but this

[10:07] fits the pattern of the kinds of

[10:09] revolutionary groups that have been

[10:10] identified in the past as probably being

[10:13] responsible for the bombing of the

[10:14] embassy in Beirut.

[10:15] >> Thank you, Bob. Our Pentagon

[10:17] correspondent, David Martin, is covering

[10:18] developments at the Defense Department,

[10:20] and we'll have his report in a moment.

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[12:08] At the Pentagon, our military leaders

[12:10] tonight are asking cold, hard questions.

[12:12] Could should this murderous attack have

[12:15] been prevented? And how can Marines

[12:17] guard against such attacks in the

[12:18] future? The answers are not easy to find

[12:21] as we hear from David Martin.

[12:24] The count kept going up until it was

[12:25] clear fully 10% of the Marine force in

[12:28] Lebanon had been killed or wounded.

[12:30] Next, of kin had to be notified and

[12:32] replacements ordered in. Defense

[12:34] Secretary Weinberger seemed to rule out

[12:35] the idea of increasing the Marine force

[12:38] and instead focused on how to better

[12:39] defend the Marines already there.

[12:41] >> I don't think that adding to them uh

[12:44] adding to their numbers uh will help

[12:45] them perform that mission. There's just

[12:47] talk of trying to get some kind of

[12:49] better position for them. Pentagon aid

[12:52] said that would include building better

[12:53] fortifications for the Marines at the

[12:55] airport, constructing bunkers instead of

[12:57] using buildings, spreading out instead

[12:59] of congregating in a few places, and

[13:01] moving some of the Marines to ships

[13:03] offshore where they can eat and sleep in

[13:05] relative safety and be helicoptered back

[13:07] to their positions on land. Almost

[13:10] certainly, there would be a buildup of

[13:11] American forces offshore where the

[13:13] battleship New Jersey is on station with

[13:15] eight other ships. A major unanswered

[13:17] question, who is responsible for the

[13:19] bombing? Secretary Weinberger, who is

[13:21] seriously considering traveling to

[13:23] Beirut himself, voiced the suspicions of

[13:25] most US officials.

[13:26] >> There are there is a lot of

[13:27] circumstantial evidence, and a certain

[13:29] amount of it points toward Iran.

[13:31] >> Today's bombing was remarkably similar

[13:33] to last April's suicide attack on the

[13:35] American embassy in Beirut, which US

[13:37] intelligence believes was carried out by

[13:38] Iranians with Syrian help. A few weeks

[13:41] later, US intelligence picked up

[13:42] warnings that the Iranians would try

[13:44] again to inflict massive casualties on

[13:46] Americans, but the warnings did not say

[13:48] what form the attack would take. Another

[13:50] reason for suspecting Iran is today's

[13:52] near simultaneous attack against French

[13:54] forces. Iran has a particular bone to

[13:57] pick with France since the French are

[13:59] supplying superandar jets to Iraq for

[14:01] use in its war with Iran. US officials

[14:04] insist today's bombing has not changed

[14:06] the original Marine mission of policing

[14:08] the withdrawal of foreign forces from

[14:10] Lebanon. But for the moment at least,

[14:12] the mission of the Marines has become

[14:14] one of self-defense and survival. David

[14:17] Martin, CBS News, the Pentagon.

[14:19] >> News of the terrorist bomb hit Capitol

[14:21] Hill like a bomb itself. Earlier this

[14:23] month, under pressure from President

[14:25] Reagan in the White House, Congress

[14:26] approved a compromise to the War Powers

[14:28] Act to authorize Marines to remain in

[14:30] Beirut. Phil Jones reports on the

[14:32] reaction tonight

[14:34] >> on this.

[14:34] >> It took the political clout of the

[14:36] Democratic speaker for the president to

[14:38] get the 18-month extension through the

[14:40] House last month. And in the Republican

[14:42] controlled Senate, the president just

[14:44] barely got the extension with several

[14:46] Republicans finally placing party

[14:48] loyalty over their misgivings about

[14:50] leaving the Marines in Lebanon. And the

[14:52] only way the extension was granted was

[14:54] that the size of the force remain at

[14:56] about 1,200, that the mission remain

[14:59] peacekeeping, and that Congress could at

[15:01] any time by joint resolution direct

[15:03] withdrawal. Today, withdrawal was

[15:06] exactly what two Republicans who had

[15:08] voted for the 18-month extension were

[15:10] requesting.

[15:11] >> I I just hope and pray that we can get

[15:14] out of that situation as quickly as

[15:16] possible. We should get our boys out.

[15:18] The Marines and the multinational force

[15:21] are really a target. They are a source

[15:23] of instability and therefore how do we

[15:26] create that stability is to have them

[15:28] eventually removed.

[15:30] >> Republican Matias was more frustrated.

[15:32] On one hand, he suggested the

[15:33] administration had no M East policy that

[15:36] is worth the sacrifice. But on the other

[15:38] hand, he counseledled against

[15:39] withdrawal.

[15:40] >> To pull out, for example, would simply

[15:42] be to reward the murders. It would

[15:44] simply be to to grant victory to the

[15:47] terrorists. And I don't think that's

[15:48] what we want to do.

[15:49] >> And Democrats were saying no more blank

[15:52] checks for the president.

[15:53] >> To continue an open-ended commitment in

[15:55] Lebanon is mission impossible and we

[15:58] should not jeopardize our national

[16:00] security in that respect.

[16:02] >> To hear several of the Democratic

[16:03] presidential candidates today, it was

[16:05] obvious that this foreign policy crisis

[16:07] is headed into campaign 84. It's

[16:10] incumbent on the president now to

[16:12] clearly definitively spell out what our

[16:14] objectives are in Lebanon. And as Ty,

[16:16] that should have been done a long time

[16:18] ago.

[16:19] >> You not keeping peace. You're having

[16:21] your man killed for no reason

[16:24] whatsoever.

[16:25] >> But the front runner withheld his

[16:27] criticism.

[16:28] >> Today ought to be a day of mourning for

[16:31] our nation.

[16:32] >> Tomorrow, the Senate Foreign Relations

[16:33] Committee will meet on this crisis and

[16:35] House Democratic leaders are also

[16:36] expected to meet to discuss their

[16:38] strategy. But long before Congress acts,

[16:40] the president will have to move. And any

[16:42] move that does not expedite American

[16:44] forces from Lebanon will run into

[16:46] immediate political trouble here in

[16:48] Congress. Phil Jones, CBS News, Capitol

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[16:53] wounded US Marines and sailors are

[16:55] already on their way to Beirut. That

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[18:10] >> Last week, a Marine amphibious unit

[18:12] sailed from North Carolina to replace

[18:14] the Marine unit in Beirut. But their

[18:16] task force was diverted to Grenada to

[18:18] guarantee the safety of Americans on

[18:20] that island, an island torn by a coup.

[18:22] Tonight, 200 other Marines are flying

[18:24] from Camp Llejun to Lebanon to replace

[18:27] the victims of today's bombing. The Camp

[18:29] Lleune commander said the minute his

[18:30] base were stunned by today's deaths, but

[18:32] he added morale remained high and the

[18:34] Marines were ready to go. Families of

[18:36] Marines in Lebanon anxiously awaited

[18:38] news of their sons and husbands. Liz

[18:40] Trota talked with one such family in

[18:42] Queens, New York.

[18:45] >> Like so many other parents across the

[18:47] country, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Rosenberg

[18:49] were awaiting word of their son,

[18:51] Corporal Philip Simpson, stationed in

[18:53] Beirut since May.

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[18:59] >> Yes,

[19:00] >> he did.

[19:01] >> Yes, he was very proud. He said to me,

[19:04] "Mother, I'm going up over there

[19:07] and I guarantee to you if anything

[19:09] happened to me, I want you to be proud

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[19:14] When did he say that to you? In the

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[19:19] >> Liz Toronto, CBS News, New York. So the

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[21:57] of sight, a champagne cork is popped and

[21:59] the glasses are raised in a toast. An

[22:02] agent speaks first, then Delore.

[22:11] Thank you.

[22:12] >> The celebration is interrupted by a wrap

[22:14] on the door. Two FBI agents walk in.

[22:18] John,

[22:20] great question for the FBI.

[22:23] You're under arrest violation.

[22:26] >> Delorean's defense.

[22:27] >> Before we ask you any questions, you

[22:28] must understand your rights. You have

[22:30] the right to remain silent.

[22:31] >> The CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes

[22:33] obtained the tapes from the publisher of

[22:35] Hustler magazine. He said he bought them

[22:37] from a man he believed worked for the US

[22:39] government.

[22:40] >> Well, the source I got them uh from was

[22:42] the government. Actually, you know,

[22:44] everybody's got their price. Delorean's

[22:47] lawyers went to court to try to block

[22:48] CBS from broadcasting the tapes,

[22:51] claiming it would prejudice potential

[22:53] jurors. It

[22:53] >> is the tapes are going to be broadcast

[22:56] to the public um totally out of context.

[22:59] It's going to be the government side of

[23:00] the case only and they've indicated that

[23:02] the tapes are 90 plus% of their case and

[23:06] Mr. Delorean is going to be tried and

[23:07] perhaps, God forbid, even convicted

[23:10] through the media before he ever gets to

[23:11] trial. The case went today before three

[23:14] judges of the US Court of Appeals in Los

[23:16] Angeles. CBS argued that the First

[23:18] Amendment gave it the right to broadcast

[23:20] tapes legally obtained and the court

[23:23] agreed. Delorean's attorneys telephoned

[23:25] an appeal to Washington where late

[23:27] today, US Supreme Court Justice William

[23:29] Rinquist refused to block CBS from

[23:32] broadcasting the Delorean tapes. Fred

[23:34] Graham, CBS News, Los Angeles. Former

[23:37] Florida Governor Ruben ASCU won an

[23:39] expected victory in a non-binding

[23:41] presidential straw poll at the Florida

[23:43] Democratic convention today. Ascu got

[23:45] almost 46% of the vote to a somewhat

[23:48] surprisingly strong 35% for former Vice

[23:51] President Walter Montdale. Senator John

[23:53] Glenn was third with 17%.

[23:56] Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards

[23:58] has overwhelmingly won an unprecedented

[24:00] third term as governor. returns from

[24:02] yesterday's nine candidate open primary

[24:05] gave Democrat Edwards more than 62% of

[24:07] the vote to oust incumbent Republican

[24:10] Dave Trin who got more than 36%. The

[24:13] other seven candidates shared less than

[24:15] 2%. Some 17,000 runners set out this

[24:18] morning for the 14th annual New York

[24:20] City Marathon. The 26-mile 385 yard

[24:23] course bound over rainy streets of all

[24:25] five New York burrows to end in Central

[24:27] Park. there. Rod Dixon of New Zealand

[24:30] overtook the leader in the final yards

[24:32] to become the first foreign male runner

[24:34] to win the marathon. Dixon's time, 2

[24:36] hours 8 minutes 59 seconds. Jeff Smith

[24:39] of Britain, who had been the leader

[24:40] until almost the very last, was second.

[24:42] He collapsed after he crossed the finish

[24:44] line. In the women's division, it was a

[24:46] familiar story. Greta Bates of Norway

[24:48] won for the fifth time in the last 6

[24:50] years. Her time 2 hours 27 minutes. To

[24:54] summarize now, late tales of today's

[24:56] buddy terrorist attack on US Marines and

[24:58] sailors in Beirut. At least 146,

[25:00] repeating, 146 US servicemen of the

[25:04] peacekeeping force, now confirmed as

[25:06] having been killed and scores of others

[25:08] were wounded when a truck packed with

[25:09] explosives blew up in their airport

[25:11] headquarters. In another similar attack

[25:13] nearby, at least 25 French soldiers

[25:15] died. President Reagan expressed his

[25:17] grief and sorrow, but said this

[25:19] morning's attack would not change the

[25:20] mission of the peacekeepers. This has

[25:23] been a special edition of the CBS

[25:24] Evening News. We'll have more on the

[25:26] killing in Beirut later tonight in a

[25:28] special expanded edition of the CBS Late

[25:30] Sunday night news at 11:00 10 Central

[25:33] time. This is Dan Rather, CBS News, New

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