Politics
October 23, 1983: The Lesson in Sovereignty We Never Learned
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Nidaa Al Watan: At dawn on Sunday, October 23, 1983, a truck bomb struck the U.S. Marines’ headquarters near Beirut airport, killing 241 American military personnel. Minutes later, a second blast destroyed the “Drakkar” building in Jnah, killing 58 French paratroopers. The two forces were part of the multinational force that returned…
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