1983 Beirut barracks bombings
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1983-beirut-barracks-bombings-204-3212073
title:
1983 Beirut barracks bombings
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On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, six civilians, and two attackers. Early that Sunday morning, the first suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb at the building serving as a barracks for the 1st Battalion 8th Marines of the
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1983 bombings in Beirut, Lebanon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings
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2004-01-03T15:27:38Z
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2024-09-09T21:14:16Z
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