1983 Beirut barracks bombings

The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were a double terrorist attack that happened on 23 October 1983 during the Lebanese Civil War. Two suicide truck bombs hit buildings housing French and American troops. In total, 299 people were killed. A group called Islamic Jihad Organization claimed responsibility for the attacks.

1983 Beirut Barracks Bombings Media

• USMC Barracks Lebanon 1983 Photo.jpg

  The USMC barracks in Beirut

• Marine Barracks, Beirut 1982.jpg

  This is the building that was destroyed in October 1983 by a suicide truck bomber. That happened about a year after this photograph was made.

• USMC Barracks Lebanon 1983 Map.jpg

  A map of the route taken by the suicide bomber on the morning of October 23, 1983. [From the Long Commission Report].

• 1983 Beirut barracks bombings.tiff

  Diagram showing Hezbollah SVBIED terror attack on USMC barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

• Vice President George H.W. Bush Visiting the Site of the Beirut Barracks Bombing.jpg

  Marine Gen. P.X. Kelley (left) and Col. Tim Geraghty (right) take Vice President George H. W. Bush on a tour of the Beirut barracks bombing, two days after the explosion.

• MarineBarracksBeirut 23October1983.jpg

  The Marine Barracks in Beirut after the bombing, October 23, 1983

• Reagan Speech Beirut Bombing.ogv

  President Ronald Reagan's keynote speech to the Rev. Jerry Falwell's "Baptist Fundamentalism '84" convention: the marines and their chaplains at the scene of the bombing

• Chaplains, U.S. Marines and family members observe a moment of silence at memorial services for the 241 Marines killed during the terrorist bombing of the barracks at Beirut International Airport DM-SC-87-12363.jpg

  Chaplains, U.S. Marines, and family members observe a moment of silence during a memorial service

• USS New Jersey firing in Beirut, 1984.jpg

  USS New Jersey fires a salvo against anti-government forces in the Shouf, January 9, 1984