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| March 1985 Beirut car bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Lebanese Civil War | |
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| Location | Bir al-Abed, Beirut |
| Coordinates | 33°51′09″N 35°30′38″E / 33.8524°N 35.5105°E |
| Date | 8 March 1985 |
| Target | Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah |
Attack type | Car bombing, attempted assassination |
| Deaths | 80[1] |
| Injured | ~200 |
| Perpetrator | CIA linked Lebanese counter-terrorism unit[2] |
On 8 March 1985, a car bomb exploded between 9[3] and 45 metres[4] from the house of Shia cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in a failed assassination attempt by a Lebanese counter-terrorism unit linked to the Central Intelligence Agency.[2] The bombing killed 80 people and injured 200, almost all civilians.[1][3]
Beirut experienced three other deadly car bombs in following months on 22 May, 14 August and 18 August 1985.[5]
- ^ a b Babcock, Charles R.; Woodward, Bob (23 June 1985). "CIA Denies Part in Bombing". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ a b "C.I.A. Linked to Beirut Bomb". The New York Times. Associated Press. 12 May 1985. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ a b "60 Killed by Beirut Car Bomb". The Guardian. 9 March 1985. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ Davis, Mike (18 April 2006). "A History of the Car Bomb (Part 2): Car Bombs with Wings". Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on 19 April 2006.
- ^ "Car Bomb Kills 50 in Christian Area near East Beirut". The New York Times. Associated Press. 18 August 1985. Retrieved 9 July 2018.