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Broummana bombing (April 1) – A bomb ripped through the Rizk plaza in the Broummana resort village, 20 km (12 mi) east of Beirut. 12 people were injured. [8] Jounieh bomb aftermath. Jounieh bombing (May 7) – A car bomb exploded between the Christian Sawt al Mahaba radio station and the Mar Yuhanna Church in Jounieh. The radio station 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. Kenneth Haas, Station Chief James Lewis, CIA officer Janet Lee Stevens, American journalist William R. McIntyre, deputy director of the United States Agency for International Development
1983 Beirut barracks bombing: October 23, 1983: Beirut: 307 Americans, French and Lebanese: Islamic Jihad Organization: Victims were mostly American Marines. 1984 Sohmor massacre: September 20, 1984: Sohmor: 13 Lebanese: Israel Defence Forces, and South Lebanon Army: War of the Camps: May 1985: West Beirut: 3,781 Palestinians: Shi'ite militias ...
Beirut, Lebanon Private citizens & property Bombing 2 16 ASALA claimed credit for the bombing of a movie theater in the Armenian section of Beirut which caused two deaths and more than 16 injuries. ASALA said the movie theater frequently featured films either made in Turkey or spoken in Turkish. 8 April 1982 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Diplomatic
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 film is a dramatization of the Beirut hostage crisis.After several real-life news clips highlight the situation in Beirut, including footage of bombings and attacks in the Lebanese capital along with the hijacking of TWA flight 847, the film opens with reporter John McCarthy finishing a story on Brian Keenan, an Irish lecturer who was kidnapped in Beirut days earlier.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Qana massacre UNIFIL peacekeepers remove the remains of artillery attack victims Location UNIFIL compound, Qana, Lebanon Date April 18, 1996 ; 28 years ago (1996-04-18) Attack type 155 mm gun shelling Deaths 106 Lebanese civilians Injured 116 Lebanese civilians and 4 Fijian UN peacekeepers ...
Two suicide bombings occurred in a commercial district of the Bourj el-Barajneh suburb of Southern Beirut, near the General Security Post in Hussaineya street, an apparent known stronghold of the Shia Hezbollah, according to al-Manar television, [7] The first bombing occurred outside a Shia mosque, while the second took place inside a nearby bakery before 18:00.