On 23 October, 241 U.S. Marines and sailors were killed in
Lebanon when a TNT-laden suicide bomb exploded at the Marine
barracks at Beirut International Airport. This event precipitated a
U.S. withdrawal from Lebanon.
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Richert, Lucas Paul. "U.S. military attacked in Beirut". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5720, accessed 26 November 2024.]
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