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1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut...
1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut...
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September 20, 1984
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 20, 1984
* Embassy of the United States, Beirut, Lebanon
* Hezbollah - Islamic Republic of Iran car bombing
* Lebanese Civil War
The top of the front page has a banner headline: "Beirut Embassy Attack Kills 10" with subhead. (see images) This a early, same report as the number of dead would ultimately be 24.
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background: The 1984 bombing of the Embassy of the United States in Beirut, Lebanon, occurred on September 20, 1984, when a suicide bomber detonated a van packed with explosives at the embassy annex in East Beirut, which the U.S. had occupied after its original embassy was destroyed in a far deadlier attack the previous year. The explosion killed 24 people, including two U.S. military personnel, two embassy staff members, and several Lebanese employees and civilians, and injured dozens more. The attack was carried out by Islamic Jihad, a shadowy militant organization widely believed to be an early alias for Hezbollah, with backing from Iran. This bombing followed the catastrophic April 18, 1983, U.S. Embassy bombing and came amid Lebanon’s ongoing civil war and heightened hostility toward Western and U.S. presence after American involvement in the region. The 1984 attack reinforced U.S. concerns over the vulnerability of diplomatic missions in conflict zones and contributed to the eventual withdrawal of most U.S. personnel from Lebanon, marking another pivotal moment in the rise of large-scale suicide terrorism against U.S. targets in the Middle East.
Category: The 20th Century
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