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1983 Beirut barracks bombings, terrorist bombing attacks against U.S. and French armed forces in Beirut on October 23, 1983 that claimed 299 lives. The attacks, which took place amid the sectarian conflict of the extremely damaging Lebanese civil war (1975–90), hastened the removal of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon in ...
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After some years of investigation, the U.S. government now believes that elements of what would eventually become Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, were responsible for these bombings as well as the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut earlier in April.
Sep 1, 2009 · On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA.
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Oct 21, 2023 · A group called Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the 1983 Beirut bombings, stating that its aim was to force the withdrawal of the MNF from Lebanon.
The group Islamic Jihad, affiliated with Hezbollah and ultimately Iran, claimed responsibility for both attacks. The April attack, along with the simultaneous assaults on U.S. and French barracks in October, were all suicide bombings using vehicles laden with explosives.
Oct 24, 2009 · The two attacks on the U.S. Marine barracks and the French military followed the April 8, 1983, attack on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, which murdered 63 people, which included 32 Lebanese...
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Oct 24, 2008 · Imad Mughniyah, who was posthumously identified as Hezbollah's top military commander following his assassination in Damascus, Syria, in February, often is linked to the attack on the marines....
