On October 23, 1983, U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut were the subject of a terrorist attack consisting of two suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad with at least 9,500kgs of TNT.
220 (including 12 who later died from injuries) United States Marines from the 1st Battalion 8th Marines (Battalion Landing Team – BLT 1/8) of the 2nd Marine Division were killed. A…
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