Search results
On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, six civilians, and two attackers.
Oct 23, 2018 · A then little-known Iranian-backed group calling itself Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing as it did for the deadly truck bomb attack on the French military barracks of the MNF...
On April 18, 1983, the illusion of calm was broken when a car bomb destroyed the U.S. embassy in West Beirut, killing dozens of American foreign service workers and Lebanese civilians.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Browse 123 1983 BEIRUT BARRACKS BOMBING photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. American Marines search for survivors and bodies in the rubble, all that was left of their barracks head quarters in Beirut, after a terrorist...
Feb 9, 2010 · A suicide bomber drives a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. military personnel.
Browse 319 beirut bombing 1983 photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. American Marines search for survivors and bodies in the rubble, all that was left of their barracks head quarters in Beirut, after a terrorist...
People also ask
How many people were killed in the 1983 Beirut bombing?
Did the US retaliate against the Beirut Marine barracks bombing?
How many soldiers were killed in Beirut?
What happened after the Beirut bombing?
Oct 23, 2017 · U.S. forces withdrew from Lebanon in Feb. 1984. The Hezbollah is believed to be responsible for the attack, with the support of the Iranian government. The 1983 bombing that killed more than 200 U.S. Marines in Beirut.
