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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 ...
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 ...
The April bombing was not the first suicide attack in the region. In December 1981 a suicide bomber attacked the Iraqi embassy in Beirut. Around 30 people were killed, among them the Iraqi ambassador to Lebanon. Another 95 people were injured. [10] In December, 1982, a suicide bomber blew up the Israeli army headquarters in Tyre. Around 75 ...
Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at ...
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.
Beirut attack may refer to: 1975–1976 Battle of the Hotels; 1978 Hundred Days' War; 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut; Bombing of Lebanon (July 1981), including Bombing of Beirut; 1982 Siege of Beirut; 1982 Beirut bombing; 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre; 1983 Beirut barracks bombings; 1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut
Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Detonated in a delivery van driven by a suicide bomber, carrying about 2000 pounds of explosives. The bomb killed 63 people, 17 of them Americans, including 9 CIA agents in Beirut for a meeting. [32] 23 October 1983. MNF barracks bombing in Beirut. Two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut housing U.S. and ...