Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gemayel was working on more immediate problems when disaster struck. He had gone to his party headquarters on Tuesday to discuss plans for the Christian militias in East Beirut to hand over their weapons to the Lebanese army. The meeting had barely begun when the huge bomb on the third floor was detonated...
...Suleiman Franjieh had a score to settle with the Gemayels. In 1978, Franjieh's eldest son Tony was killed by men believed to be Phalangists, and the old man swore vengeance. The Lebanese leftists and the Palestinians may have hated Gemayel, but could they have managed to plant a bomb inside the Phalange headquarters? Presumably it would have been easier for one of the Christian factions, which might have had friends inside the Phalange who were ready to enter into a conspiracy...
...Italy if, as expected, he is extradited. They will probably include political and military espionage, illegal possession of state secrets and fraud. Magistrates investigating yet another incident that rocked Italy have reason to suspect that Gelli played a behind-the-scenes role in the explosion of a terrorist bomb in the Bologna railroad station on Aug. 2, 1980. The bomb killed 85 people and injured another...
DIED. Bashir Gemayel, 34, President-elect of Lebanon; of injuries sustained in a bomb blast; in East Beirut (see WORLD...
...others, leading the Crimson to a convincing 31-14 upset of the Minutemen before 12,500 at the Stadium. Included in the Allard arsenal were two long gainers in the second quarter--a 62-yard strike to flanker Jim Garvey, and a 71-yard bomb to tight end Peter Quartararo that moved the ball all the way down to the Massachusetts one-yard line...