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Middle East bombings


International, Military Event    (1980 to present)
• Bombings of military, government, and civilian targets related to ongoing Middle-East conflict.
• 1983-04-18 : U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon attacked and heavily damaged by a suicide truck bomber. -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1983-10-23 : U.S. Marine barracks and HQ building at Beirut Airport were destroyed by a truck bomber. Over 240 servicemen were killed. (See: DoD report) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1988-12-21 : Pan Am flight 103 destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. 270 people killed. Libyan agents blamed for the attack. -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1996-06-25 : U.S. military barracks Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia damaged by a truck bomb. -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1998-08-07 : U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya damaged by truck bombs. -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 2000-10-12 : U.S. Navy ship "U.S.S. Cole" at port in Aden, Yemen damaged by a small watercraft bomb. -- Duck | Google | Bing
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bin Laden, Osama   (Player of, 1998 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1998 : Involved with bombings of U.S. Embassies
• 2000 : Involved with attack on U.S.S. Cole in Yemen
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• Madrid attack initially blamed on Basque separatists, but quickly shifted to Islamic terrorists (See: CS Monitor article)
Middle East Conflict   (Episode of, 1980 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing