Terrorism and Crime Studies

U.S. Embassy

On April 18, 1983, a van carrying explosives was driven through the front of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The explosion killed sixty-three men and women, including seventeen Americans.

Photo Courtesy of Claude Salhani, U.S. Marine in Lebanon 1982-1984,
History and Museums Division, Headquarters, USMC, Washington, D.C.