West Berlin discotheque bombing
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west-berlin-discotheque-bombing-204-9807317
title:
West Berlin discotheque bombing
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On 5 April 1986, three people were killed and 229 injured when La Belle discothèque was bombed in the Friedenau locality of West Berlin. The entertainment venue was commonly frequented by United States soldiers; two of the dead and 79 of the injured were Americans. Libya was accused by the US government of sponsoring the bombing, before US president Ronald Reagan ordered retaliatory strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya ten days later. The operation was widely seen as an attempt to kill colon
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1986 attack in West Germany
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing
date created:
2003-09-13T12:53:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T01:19:56Z
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