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The 1983 report of the U.S. Department of Defense Commission's on the attack recommended that the National Security Council investigate and consider alternative ways to reach "American objectives in Lebanon" because, "as progress to diplomatic solutions slows," the security of the USMNF base continues to "deteriorate." The commission also ...
The Inman Report, formally known as the Report of the Secretary of State's Advisory Panel on Overseas Security, was a report released in 1985 in response to the Marine barracks bombing and the April 1983 US Embassy bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. The report is usually known by the name of its chairman, Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, USN (Ret.) The report ...
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.
Between the banks of the Providence River and Dyer Street, a memorial honors the nine men who died on Oct. 23, 1983, when a Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed.. Dedicated in 2020, the ...
McFarlane was appointed by President Gerald Ford as his Special Assistant for National Security Affairs while a Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal in 1976. Upon leaving the White House, McFarlane was assigned to the National Defense University , where he co-authored a book on crisis management while ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Lebanese Civil War Part of the Cold War, Arab Cold War, Arab–Israeli conflict, Iran–Israel and Iran–Saudi proxy wars Left-to-right from top: Monument at Martyrs' Square in the city of Beirut ; the USS New Jersey firing a salvo off of the Lebanese coast; smoke seen rising from the ruins of the ...
The group took credit for the April 1983 bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, which killed 63 people, and the Marine Corps barracks in October of that year, which killed 241 Americans.
1983 United States Embassy bombing (April 18, 1983) – The American Embassy in Beirut was bombed. 63 people, including 17 Americans, lost their lives in the attack. 1983 Beirut barracks bombing (October 23, 1983) – The Beirut barracks bombing killed more than 200 American and French armed-forces personnel.