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Preferred term
U.S. embassy bombing, Beirut
Definition
- The April 18, 1983, suicide bombing attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 63 people in a blast so powerful it shook the U.S.S. Guadalcanal, anchored five miles away. The attack was followed by the bombing of U.S. Marine and French barracks in October of that year. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; U.S. Embassy Bombing, Beirut]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KZM7L87R-P
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