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15 February 1983 – The 32nd MAU, redesignated as the 22nd MAU, returns to Lebanon to relieve the 24th MAU. 18 April 1983 – The U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63, of whom 17 are Americans. 17 May 1983 – The May 17 Agreement is signed. 30 May 1983 – The 24th MAU relieves the 22nd MAU.
- October 23, 1983; 39 years ago, 06:22 am
The April 18, 1983, United States embassy bombing was a suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 32 Lebanese, 17 Americans, and 14 visitors and passers-by. The victims were mostly embassy and CIA staff members, but also included several US soldiers and one US Marine Security Guard. It was the deadliest attack on a US diplomatic mission ...
- United States Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon
- Suicide van bomb
- Van packed with ≈2,000 pounds (910 kg) of explosives
- April 18, 1983; 40 years ago, 1:03 pm (GMT+2)
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 February 1984.
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Apr 11, 2024 · 1983 United States embassy bombing, terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 18, 1983, that killed 63 people.The attack was carried out as a suicide car bombing, in which a Chevrolet pickup truck that had been packed with about 2,000 pounds of explosives sped through the gate of the U.S. embassy in West Beirut and struck the building.
That Fateful Day. At approximately 1pm local time on April 18, 1983, a suicide bomber crashed a truck into the front of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and detonated 2,000 pounds of explosives. The massive blast killed 63 people, including 17 Americans, eight of whom were CIA officers, and wounded more than 100 others.
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On April 18, 1983, a suicide bomber detonated a one-half-ton pickup truck laden with 2,000 pounds of TNT near the front of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans. It was the deadliest attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission to date, and changed the way the U.S. Department of State […]
Feb 9, 2010 · On April 18, 1983, a suicide bomber driving a van devastated the U.S. embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans. Then, on October 23, a Lebanese terrorist plowed his bomb-laden ...
