Sixty-three people, including the CIA's Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in beirut, lebanon. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.




Overview of embassy bombing
* Carried out by a terrorist driving a van, reportedly stolen from the Embassy in June 1982.

* The van carried a 2,000-pound load of explosives, tearing through the front portion of the seven (7) story building.

* Most of the victims were at lunch and were killed by the collapsing building.

* Killed 63 occupants of the building, 17 of whom were Americans.

* One Marine was killed - Corporal Robert V. McMaugh, an embassy guard.

* One journalist was killed - Janet Lee Stevens.

* Several State Department officials were killed, including three USAID employees.

* The entire U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Middle East contingent were killed.

* Several Army trainers were killed.

Taken from Terrorism Victims

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