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On This Day September 20 1984 – Suicide Car Bomber Attacked the US Embassy in Beirut

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On This Day September 20 1984 – Suicide Car Bomber Attacked the US Embassy in Beirut.

On this day September 20 1984, a suicide car bomber attacked the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The devastating blast killed more than 20 people, including Americans and Lebanese citizens, and left dozens more injured.

The attack came during a period of escalating violence in Lebanon’s civil war, which repeatedly targeted Western interests and highlighted the region’s instability. It followed the 1983 bombings of the US Embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut, marking yet another...
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