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U.S. embassy bombing, Beirut  

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  • The April 18, 1983, suicide bombing attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 63 people in a blast so powerful it shook the U.S.S. Guadalcanal, anchored five miles away. The attack was followed by the bombing of U.S. Marine and French barracks in October of that year. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; U.S. Embassy Bombing, Beirut]

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