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Beirut Embassy Bombing - April 18, 1983

Sixty-three people, including the CIA's Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured in a suicide truck-bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

Facts:
* Occurred at about 1300 (1:00 pm Lebanon Time) on April 18th, 1983
* Carried out by a terrorist driving a van, reportedly stolen from the Embassy in June 1982.
* The van carried a 2,000-pound load of explosives, tearing through the front portion of the seven (7) story building.
* Most of the victims were at lunch and were killed by the collapsing building.
* Killed 63 occupants of the building, 17 of whom were Americans.
* One Marine was killed - Corporal Robert V. McMaugh, an embassy guard.
* One journalist was killed - Janet Lee Stevens.
* Several State Department officials were killed, including three USAID employees.
* The entire U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Middle East contingent were killed
* Several Army trainers were killed.

(from "The Beirut Memorial - Online" website: www.beirut-memorial.org)

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