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| − | The '''1983 United States Embassy bombing''' (April 18, 1983) was a terrorist attack on a [[United States]] embassy compound in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. The attack was propagated by a truck bomb, carrying close to one ton of explosives.<ref>http://www.beirut-memorial.org/history/embassy.html</ref> 63 people, including the CIA's Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured. | + | The '''1983 United States Embassy bombing''' (April 18, 1983) was a terrorist attack on a [[United States]] embassy compound in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. The attack was propagated by a truck bomb, carrying close to one ton of explosives.<ref>http://www.beirut-memorial.org/history/embassy.html</ref> 63 people, including the [[CIA]]'s Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured. |
Revision as of 16:33, August 31, 2007
The 1983 United States Embassy bombing (April 18, 1983) was a terrorist attack on a United States embassy compound in Beirut, Lebanon. The attack was propagated by a truck bomb, carrying close to one ton of explosives.[1] 63 people, including the CIA's Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured.
The bombing was provoked by US intervention in the 1982 Lebanese Civil War. In 2003, a U.S. District court judge ruled that the attack was carried out by members of Hezbollah.[2]