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Oct 23, 2023 · In April 1983, a terrorist bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut killed 63 people, including one Marine security guard. Dallachie, who was a first lieutenant during the bombing and was badly...
Oct 24, 2023 · On Oct. 23, 1983, a suicide bomber hit an American military barracks at Beirut International Airport, killing 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines – still the deadliest attack on Marines since the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
Aug 6, 2020 · Lebanese hospitals have been overwhelmed after an explosion struck Beirut's port on Tuesday, killing at least 137 and wounding 5,000. Four hospitals were damaged in the blast. Lebanon recorded...
Sep 9, 2020 · In the six years since the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate had arrived in Beirut’s port and been offloaded into Hangar 12, repeated warnings had ricocheted throughout the Lebanese government,...
Aug 11, 2020 · BBC. The Lebanese government has resigned amid growing public anger following a devastating explosion in Beirut on 4 August that killed at least 200 people and injured around 5,000 others. Here...
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Oct 23, 2023 · October 23, 2023. On October 23, 1983, Hizballah killed 241 U.S. military personnel, including 220 Marines, 18 sailors, and three soldiers in a terrorist bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. Minutes later, a second suicide bomber killed 58 French paratroopers. Six innocent Lebanese civilians also lost their lives.
Aug 4, 2020 · BBC. Summary. A huge blast in Beirut has killed at least 70 people, Lebanon's health minister says. More than 3,000 others have been injured. The cause of the explosion in the city's port area is...
