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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZMDeT_Sg-i\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Daizy Gedeon (@daizygedeon)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap is-cnvs-dropcap-bordered\">\u201c241 AMERICANS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the most devastating military disasters in American history just got a dark reality check. Archival footage from an explosive ABC News report by anchor Peter Jennings and correspondent John Martin has resurfaced, highlighting a massive betrayal of trust between allies. In the report, former Mossad case officer Victor Ostrovsky blew the whistle on his former agency, revealing that Israeli intelligence had specific, actionable warnings about the catastrophic 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, but chose to stay completely silent so American troops would take the heat.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ostrovsky, Mossad leadership intentionally decided not to give a detailed warning to the Americans. Instead, the attitude inside the agency was allegedly: \u201cWe are not here to protect the Americans. They wanted to stick their noses into this neighborhood, let them pay the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because the specific intelligence was withheld, the security at the U.S. Marine compound in Beirut remained completely unprepared. On October 23, 1983, the suicide truck breached the perimeter, killing 241 American servicemen, mostly Marines, in the deadliest single-day toll for the military since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Ostrovsky argued that the Mossad deliberately let the attack happen to ruin the U.S. relationship with Arab nations, forcing Washington to fully align with Tel Aviv\u2019s regional goals. The plan worked flawlessly: shortly after the bombing, U.S. forces completely pulled out of Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News highlighted the terrifying dynamic of intelligence agencies playing god with human lives. While Israel fiercely denied Ostrovsky\u2019s claims, his testimony stands as a haunting reminder of how foreign interests can conflict with the safety of American troops on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>They knew exactly what kind of truck it was, they knew where it was being loaded, and they knew what it was meant for. But they kept it to themselves. 241 American Marines went to sleep and never woke up because an ally decided their lives weren\u2019t worth a simple phone call.<\/p>\n<p>REMEMBER THE MARINES.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of @dan_brisbois <\/p>\n<p>#VictorOstrovsky #PeterJennings #ABCNews #BeirutBombing #1983beirut<\/p>\n<p>English Script:<br \/>\nNews Anchor: &#8230;security against any surprise attack agreed with an Israeli request to stop the distribution of a book that contains some pretty damning information about the Israeli secret service, the Mossad. If it is true, here&#8217;s ABC&#8217;s John Martin.<\/p>\n<p>John Martin: The most sensational claim in the book involves this bloody day, the Beirut Marine Barracks bombing. The book says Israeli agents kept vital information from US Marines that might have saved the lives of 241 Americans killed here. Israeli government sources deny this account, but according to the book, an Israeli informant saw a Mercedes truck being fitted with secret panels for explosives. Israeli troops were told to be on the lookout for the truck, but the book says the Israelis intentionally gave the Americans only a vague warning, not mentioning the kind or size of vehicle. The book says Israeli intelligence was willing to let the terrorists succeed to protect their sources and out of contempt for US intelligence. It says it withheld information on US hostages for similar reasons. In Toronto today, the author was under a court-ordered gag not to discuss the book or the case.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Ostrovski: You see, there&#8217;s two restrictions. There&#8217;s one restriction that I can&#8217;t talk about what I learned or have done in the Mossad. And the other restriction is I cannot talk about anything that&#8217;s in the book.<\/p>\n<p>John Martin: Israeli officials confirm that Victor Ostrovski worked for the Mossad in the 1980s. Alarmed by the contents of the book, they got it temporarily blocked in Canada and the United States. <\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Lerner: It&#8217;s the position of the Israeli government that the information contained in the book could very well lead to the identification of employees of the Mossad and could jeopardize their lives. <\/p>\n<p>John Martin: But the book&#8217;s introduction says it does not name active agents and gives only initials. It does say that more than two dozen senior Israeli agents routinely gather intelligence in the United States. Late today, the book was put out for sale in New York after the court lifted its restraining order. The publishers claimed victory, but the Israeli embassy said it will still pursue its action against the author. John Martin, ABC News, Washington. <\/p>\n<p>News Anchor: When we come back, South Africa and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daizy Gedeon (@daizygedeon) \u201c241 AMERICANS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED.\u201d One of the most devastating military disasters in American history just got&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,35,37,33,1],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-17406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-daizy-gedeon","category-israel-hamas-war","category-israel-hamas-war-live-updates","category-middle-east-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17407,"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17406\/revisions\/17407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17406"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=17406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}