1983 Beirut barracks bombings

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The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were twin suicide truck attacks that devastated U.S. and French military barracks in Beirut, killing hundreds of peacekeeping troops and dramatically reshaping international involvement in the Lebanese Civil War.

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instanceOf attack on peacekeepers
mass murder
suicide bombing
terrorist attack
truck bombing
alsoKnownAs 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
surface form: Beirut Marine barracks bombing

1983 Beirut barracks bombings
surface form: Beirut barracks bombing
attackType coordinated suicide bombings
conflict Lebanese Civil War
country Lebanon
date 23 October 1983
firstBombTarget United States Marine Corps barracks
surface form: U.S. Marine barracks
injured over 100 people
killed 18 U.S. Navy sailors
220 U.S. Marines
241 U.S. service members
3 U.S. Army soldiers
58 French paratroopers
6 civilians
legalAftermath U.S. court rulings holding Iran liable
location Beirut
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
surface form: Beirut International Airport
memorial Beirut Memorial in Jacksonville, North Carolina
annual remembrance ceremonies on 23 October
method suicide truck bombing
numberOfAttacks 2
organizerAlleged Imad Mughniyeh
partOf Lebanese Civil War
history of Hezbollah–United States relations
perpetratorClaimedBy Islamic Jihad Organization
result heightened U.S.-Iran tensions
increased U.S. security measures for overseas bases
weakening of Multinational Force in Lebanon
withdrawal of French forces from Lebanon
withdrawal of U.S. forces from Lebanon
secondBombTarget French paratrooper barracks
significance deadliest single-day death toll for U.S. Marines since Iwo Jima
major turning point in Lebanese Civil War international involvement
one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. forces overseas
suspectedBacker Hezbollah
Iran
target French paratrooper barracks
Multinational Force in Lebanon
United States Marine Corps barracks
timeOfFirstExplosion 06:22 local time
victimCountry France
United States of America
surface form: United States
year 1983

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Lebanese Civil War notableAttack 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
1983 United States Embassy bombing in Beirut relatedEvent 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
this entity surface form: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
Multinational Force in Lebanon notableEvent 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
1983 Beirut barracks bombings alsoKnownAs 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
this entity surface form: Beirut Marine barracks bombing
1983 Beirut barracks bombings alsoKnownAs 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
this entity surface form: Beirut barracks bombing
Imad Mughniyeh allegedRoleIn 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
Lebanon–United States relations USInvolvementEvent 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
this entity surface form: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
1st Battalion, 8th Marines notableEvent 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
this entity surface form: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing