Thursday, July 27, 2006
This Week at War to Air Live From Middle East Crisis this Weekend
Source: CNN Press Release With a permanent bureau in Beirut, Lebanon, and more than 100 personnel in the Middle East to cover the crisis in Israel and Lebanon, CNN will leverage its deep resources in the region for extensive in-depth reporting this weekend. Senior national correspondent John Roberts will anchor This Week at War live from the Middle East at 7p.m. on both Saturday, July 29, and Sunday, July 30, on the escalation of the crisis in Lebanon and Israel.
Roberts will also anchor a special CNN Presents documentary on the lessons learned during the last major multinational engagement in Lebanon – the attack on peace-keeping forces during the Lebanese Civil War in October 1983. CNN Presents: Marine Barracks Bombing will premiere on Saturday and Sunday at 8p.m. and 11p.m. All times Eastern.
In the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 23, 1983, a Mercedes-Benz truck packed with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber, crashed through the guarded gates of the U.S. Marine Corps headquarters and detonated; 241 American service men and women were killed. Almost simultaneously, another truck bomb barreled into a French Parachute Infantry Regiment. The coordinated terrorist attacks ultimately led to the 1984 withdrawal of all American forces as well as the multinational peace-keeping forces in place there.
The Marine Corps barracks bombing was the deadliest attack on Marines since the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Featuring new analysis and eyewitness accounts of survivors and journalists who covered the bombing, the CNN Presents investigation describes events before, during and after the tragic explosions.
In addition to this weekend’s special programming, CNN’s in-depth coverage on the crisis continues across all CNN Worldwide platforms, including CNN Pipeline, Headline News, CNN International, CNN en Espanol and CNNRadio.
Roberts will also anchor a special CNN Presents documentary on the lessons learned during the last major multinational engagement in Lebanon – the attack on peace-keeping forces during the Lebanese Civil War in October 1983. CNN Presents: Marine Barracks Bombing will premiere on Saturday and Sunday at 8p.m. and 11p.m. All times Eastern.
In the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 23, 1983, a Mercedes-Benz truck packed with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber, crashed through the guarded gates of the U.S. Marine Corps headquarters and detonated; 241 American service men and women were killed. Almost simultaneously, another truck bomb barreled into a French Parachute Infantry Regiment. The coordinated terrorist attacks ultimately led to the 1984 withdrawal of all American forces as well as the multinational peace-keeping forces in place there.
The Marine Corps barracks bombing was the deadliest attack on Marines since the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Featuring new analysis and eyewitness accounts of survivors and journalists who covered the bombing, the CNN Presents investigation describes events before, during and after the tragic explosions.
In addition to this weekend’s special programming, CNN’s in-depth coverage on the crisis continues across all CNN Worldwide platforms, including CNN Pipeline, Headline News, CNN International, CNN en Espanol and CNNRadio.
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