31 years ago today, April 18, 1983 - Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut A suicide bomber in a pickup truck loaded with explosives rammed into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Sixty-three people were killed, including 17 Americans, eight of whom were employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, including chief Middle East analyst Robert C. Ames and station chief Kenneth Haas. The terrorist attack was carried out in protest of the U.S. military presence in Lebanon. The attack is thought of as the beginning of anti-U.S. attacks from Islamist groups. Along with the Marine Corps barracks bombing that same year, the terrorist attack prompted a review of security measures at the Department of State and led to the creation of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) and the Diplomatic Security Service. Rest in peace to all those who died on this day.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:49:49 +0000
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