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1983 Beirut barracks bombing
The
Beirut Barracks Bombings
(October 23, 1983, in
Beirut
,
Lebanon
) occurred during the
Lebanese Civil War
when two
truck bombs
struck separate buildings housing
United States
and
French
military forces—members of the
Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon
—killing 299 American and French servicemen. An obscure group calling itself '
Islamic Jihad
' claimed responsibility for the bombings.
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