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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Predicate Object
instanceOf attack on peacekeepers ⓘ
mass murder ⓘ
suicide bombing ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
truck bombing ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beirut Marine barracks bombing ⓘ
Beirut barracks bombing ⓘ
attackType coordinated suicide bombings ⓘ
conflict Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
date 23 October 1983 ⓘ
firstBombTarget 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 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 ⓘ
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 bombing ⓘ
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Multinational Force in Lebanon → notableEvent → 1983 Beirut barracks bombings ⓘ
1983 Beirut barracks bombings → alsoKnownAs → Beirut Marine barracks bombing ⓘ
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1983 Beirut barracks bombings → alsoKnownAs → Beirut barracks bombing ⓘ
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Imad Mughniyeh → allegedRoleIn → 1983 Beirut barracks bombings ⓘ
Lebanon–United States relations → USInvolvementEvent → 1983 Beirut barracks bombing ⓘ
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1st Battalion, 8th Marines → notableEvent → 1983 Beirut barracks bombing ⓘ
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1984 United States embassy annex bombing in Beirut → precededBy → 1983 Beirut barracks bombing ⓘ
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Islamic Jihad Organization → claimedResponsibilityFor → 1983 Beirut barracks bombings ⓘ
Multinational Force in Lebanon → notableEvent → 1983 Beirut barracks bombings ⓘ
subject linked to: MNF
United States Marine Corps barracks (Beirut) → notableEvent → 1983 Beirut barracks bombing ⓘ
linked to: 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
Beirut Memorial (Jacksonville, North Carolina) → commemorates → 1983 Beirut barracks bombings ⓘ
Imad Fayez Mughniyeh → allegedPerpetratorOf → 1983 Beirut barracks bombing ⓘ
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USS America (CV-66) → conflictParticipated → Lebanon crisis of 1983 ⓘ
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1/8 → notableEvent → 1983 Beirut barracks bombing ⓘ
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