Two suicide bombers detonated each of the truck bombs. An obscure group calling itself 'Islamic Jihad' claimed responsibility for the bombings and that the bombings were aimed to get the MNF out of Lebanon. and 58 French servicemen, six civilians, and the two suicide bombers. The 1983 Beirut barracks bombings were terrorist attacks that occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces-members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF)-killing 241 U.S.
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