Word: beirut
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...embassy annex in East Beirut is severely damaged by a car bomb; two Americans are killed...
...Marine is killed defusing a bomb near Beirut airport. He was part of the multinational force newly arrived in Lebanon...
...embassy in Beirut is devastated when a flatbed truck loaded with 2,000 lbs. of explosives blows up, killing 17 Americans...
...Navy attack planes are shot down over Lebanon. One pilot is killed; Lieut. Robert Goodman is captured by Syrian forces (a month later, he is released). Later that day, nine Marines are fatally wounded during a heavy-artillery attack on their observation post near Beirut airport...
Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University of Beirut, is assassinated as he steps off the elevator near his office in the university administration building. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility...