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RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING ATTACK ON US EMBASSY ANNEX IN BEIRUT

SECPr'r Approved for Release: 2019/09/23 C05466702 26 September 1984 (b)(3) Talking Points for the DCl/DDCI SUBJECT: Responsibility for Bombing Attack on US Embassy Annex in Beirut A variety of evidence indicates that members of the pro- Iranian Hizballah (The Party of God), a group of radical Lebanese Shias based in the Bekaa Valley and supported by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon, were responsible for the bombing. We believe Iranian officials in Lebanon were aware of the operation and...
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Created
Mar 8, 2023
Released
Sep 24, 2019
Publication
Sep 26, 1984
Case number
F-2019-00121

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Metadata

Document #

05466702

Case #

F-2019-00121

Document Type

FOIA

Collection

FOIA Collection

Release Decision

RIPPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

β€”

Pages

2 pages

File Size

34.9 KB