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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 ...
A follow-up to 1991's Innocence Lost details the Little Rascals day care sexual abuse trial (at which owner Bob Kelly was convicted and sentenced to 12 consecutive life terms) and the lingering issues of dealing with child sexual abuse cases. Parts I & II use previously aired and unaired footage to track the earliest days of the case.
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 ...
On Oct. 23, 1983, a suicide bomber hit an American military barracks at Beirut International Airport, killing 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines – still the deadliest attack on ...
The United States accuses him of a role in the Beirut truck bombings at the American embassy in April 1983, which killed 63 people, and a U.S. Marine barracks six months later that killed 241 people.
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.
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 ...