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Today is the 43rd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on an American Embassy in history.
The Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terrorist group claimed responsibility for the 1983 attack on the US Embassy in Beirut.
And indeed, Jason Perry has the details.
On April 18th, 1983, a suicide bomber driving a truck filled with 2,000 lb of explosives detonated the bomb near the US Embassy in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
The blast caused part of the building to collapse, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans, and injuring over 100, becoming the deadliest attack on a US diplomatic post in history.
President Ronald Reagan and his wife were seen honoring the victims after the tragic incident.
Afterward, members of the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attack, and that group later became known as Hezbollah in Lebanon.
A retired diplomatic security service special agent who responded to the aftermath said the driver of the suicide vehicle entered the embassy compound by driving into an exit area, adding that there was no intelligence or information that the US Embassy was being targeted at the time.
He added that the largest contingent of Americans killed that day were in the CIA, and that the CIA was holding a conference at the time with their quote Middle Eastern people.
According to the US State Department, one of the reasons for the lapses in security was that no one had anticipated the quote radical aspect of the attack, and that the driver was willing to commit suicide in the process.
And just 6 months later, on October 23rd, 1983, another terrorist in Lebanon driving a truck filled with explosives crashed through the gates and exploded near the US Marine headquarters in Beirut, killing 241 US service members and 58 French paratroopers.
The Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, later known as Hezbollah in Lebanon, also claimed responsibility for that attack.
The terrorist group was trained and funded by Iran.
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