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  2. Multinational Force in Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    The United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, 1982 The United States had previously been involved in Lebanon during the 1958 crisis . In the aftermath of the Suez Crisis , Lebanese President Camille Chamoun faced an ordeal in 1956 when Muslim leaders demanded that he break relations with Britain and France , which had just attacked Egypt ...

  3. CIA activities in Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    The 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut killed several 8 CIA agents and in 2023 the CIA called it the "deadliest day in CIA history". [5] The role of the CIA in the 1985 Beirut car bombings has been debated, with Bob Woodward claiming the attack was funded by the CIA and Saudi Arabia. [6]

  4. 1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. 40 years after bombing that killed Americans in Beirut, US ...

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    Forty years after one of the deadliest attacks against U.S. troops in the Middle East, some warn that Washington could be sliding toward a new conflict in the region. On Oct. 23, 1983, a suicide ...

  6. Exclusive-Don't bomb Beirut: U.S. leads push to rein in ... - AOL

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    (Reuters) -The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon's capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan ...

  7. 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. US organized a flight out of Beirut as Americans seek to ...

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    The United States organized a flight from Beirut to Istanbul on Wednesday to allow Americans to leave Lebanon amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, State Department ...

  9. 1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut - Wikipedia

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    In July 1984, the United States had relocated its embassy operations from West Beirut to the relative security of Aukar, a Christian suburb of East Beirut. [1] When on September 20, 1984, the attacker sped his van laden with 3,000 pounds (1360 kg) of explosives toward the six-story embassy, crucial security measures had not yet been completed at the complex, including a massive steel gate.