Marine Barracks Beruit Bombing-Fusion Center

The principal role of the fusion center is to analyze terrorist information to support efforts identify and prevent terrorist activity Our work aims to research background and aftermath of the Beirut bombing of Marines Barracks that occurred on October 23 , 1983 . We are going to answer whom this bombing was organised by and give fusion center a piece of useful information how to protect against similar acts of terror Our marines were in Beirut as part of the U .S . government 's foreign policy of trying to maintain peace in Lebanon between the

various warring factions of the natives plus the Syrian and Israeli armies While our marines were in Beirut , we sacrificed some 264 American lives for our current foreign policy . Also we are going to study impact of the bombing on foreign policy of the United States in the Middle East and give recommendations for unit commanders to prevent such events in future . Since the advent of the Iranian revolution , there has been an extraordinary new challenge to U .S . foreign policy : terrorist attacks against military installations and even attempts to blow up Congress and the Washington Monument . Attacks against U .S . embassies in Pakistan Libya , Kuwait , and Lebanon have also occurred . We must keep in mind that terrorist aggressors , whether militants , or just a group unhappy economically , will select their victims as a symbol of the nation or type of government that they hope to overthrow or embarrass . The of Beirut bombing of Marines barracks is of significant importance today because after the 11th of September USA are at war with international terrorism and we should know about terrorist ' methods and how hit them back . Besides this in the will be researched particular qualities of intervention during low-intensity conflict . The information given in our work is going to be both strategic and tactical . It has tactical importance for a fusion center as it 's focused on a terrorist event - bombing of marine barracks in Beirut . Also it has strategic meaning as it provides general guidance of patterns and trends of Middle East terrorist organisations . The purpose of this report is to describe the recommendation how to protect military facilities in hostile environment using case study of Beirut bombing

At first the historical background of the event and definitions of terms will be given . Our working definition is that low-intensity conflict is almost any military action that is just short of war . It should not surprise us that American armed forces sometimes intervene in the internal affairs of foreign countries . For example , we have often sent troops to rescue Americans held as hostages . Another type of military intervention is harder for us to understand . This occurs when our government sends troops into a hostile national environment as part of a peacekeeping operation sponsored by the United Nations . This type of operation places them in harm 's way , and these troops suffer many casualties as the result of brutal acts of terrorism . Often , we do not notice...