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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>  Sixty-three people, including the [[CIA]]'s Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured.
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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]].<ref>[http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/01-2224.pdf Anne Dammarell et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran]</ref>
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==References==
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[[category:Cold War]]
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