1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut
1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The April 18, 1983, United States embassy bombing 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, but also included several US soldiers and one US Marine Security Guard. It was the deadliest attack on a US diplomatic mission up to that time, and was considered the beginning of Islamist attacks on US targets.
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Part of the Lebanese Civil War | |
Location | United States Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon |
Coordinates | 33°54′5″N 35°29′6″E |
Date | April 18, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-04-18) 1:03 pm (GMT+2) |
Attack type | Suicide van bomb |
Weapon | Van packed with ≈2,000 pounds (910 kg) of explosives |
Deaths | 63 (+1 suicide bomber) |
Injured | 120 |
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The attack came in the wake of an intervention in the Lebanese Civil War by the United States and other Western countries.