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6 June 1982 – Israel undertakes military action in Southern Lebanon: Operation "Peace for Galilee." 23 August 1982 – Bachir Gemayel is elected to be Lebanon's president. 25 August 1982 – A MNF of approximately 400 French, 800 Italian soldiers and 800 marines of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) are deployed in Beirut as part of a peacekeeping force to oversee the evacuation of ...
On Sunday morning at 06:22, October 23, 1983, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, the ground combat element of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit, was the main victim of what came to be known as the Beirut barracks bombing when a truck loaded with 12,000 pounds of explosives crashed through the gates of the BLT headquarters at the airport in Beirut ...
The April 18, 1983, United States Embassy bombing was a suicide bombing on the Embassy of the United States 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 U.S. Marine Security Guard .
This is the moment a Beirut building block collapsed after Israel dropped a suspected 2,000lb bomb. Eyewitness footage captured the building in the Ghobeiry area in southern Beirut collapsing ...
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air attacks battered Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply ...
In 2015, the U.S. placed a $7-million bounty on Akil’s head for his role in the twin bombings in 1983 on the U.S. embassy in Beirut and U.S. Marine barracks, which collectively killed 370 people.
ABC bombing (May 20) – Explosives placed near the ABC mall in Achrafieh killed 1 civilian and wounded 18 others. [21] Verdun bombing (May 21) – An explosion in the affluent Beirut district of Verdun injured 10 people including 2 children. [22] Aley bombing (May 23) – An explosion in the town of Aley wounded 5 people. [23]
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