1982 French embassy bombing in Beirut

French embassy bombing in Beirut

Location| Embassy of France, Beirut, Lebanon
Date| 24 May 1982
8:10 a.m.

Attack type

| Car bomb
Deaths| 11
Injured| 27

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Lebanese Civil War

First phase: 1975–1977

* Bus massacre
* Black Thursday
* Battle of the Hotels
* ASALA insurgency
* Black Saturday
* Karantina massacre
* Damour massacre
* 1976 Syrian intervention
* Siege of Tel al-Zaatar
* Chekka massacre
* Aishiyeh massacre

Second phase: 1977–1982

* Chouf massacres
* St George's Church attack
* Hundred Days' War
* 1978 South Lebanon conflict
* Battle of Kaukaba
* Ehden massacre
* Qaa massacre
* Battle of Qnat
* At Tiri incident
* Safra massacre
* Battle of Zahleh
* 1981 Israeli bombing
* Iraqi Embassy bombing

Third phase: 1982–1984

* 1982 Beirut bombing
* 1982 Lebanon War
* 1982 kidnapping of Iranian diplomats
* Multinational Force in Lebanon
* Assassination of Bachir Gemayel
* Sabra and Shatila massacre
* U.S. embassy bombing
* Barracks bombings
* Mountain War
* Battle of Tripoli
* February 6 Intifada
* 1984 Sohmor massacre

Fourth phase: 1984–1990

* U.S. embassy annex bombing
* War of the Camps
* 1985 Beirut car bombings
* January 1986 Lebanese Forces coup
* Assassination of Rashid Karami
* War of Brothers
* War of Liberation
* Dahr al-Wahsh massacre
* War of Elimination
* Assassination of René Moawad
* Battle of Sidon

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Cantons and puppet states

* East Beirut canton
* People's Republic of Tyre
* Fatahland
* Civil Administration of the Mountain
* State of Free Lebanon
* South Lebanon security belt
* Administration

A car bomb exploded inside the French embassy compound in Beirut on the morning of 24 May 1982. It killed ten Lebanese people and two French people; it wounded 27 other people.[1][2]

## Background

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A series of attacks affected French interests in Lebanon during the civil war. On September 4, 1981, French Ambassador Louis Delamare was assassinated. On April 15, 1982, Guy Cavallo, encryptor at the embassy was also killed. On April 22, the attack on Rue Marbeuf in Paris took place targeting a Lebanese journalist. Two days later a rocket attack targeted AFP premises in Beirut.[3]

## Attack

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The Renault 12 of Anna Cosmidis, secretary of the embassy's economic service, exploded when the secretary entered the embassy gate on Monday, 24 May at 8:10 a.m. The bomb killed Anna Cosmidis and four other staff members, a paratrooper as well as a plumber and two ushers. The other victims were people queuing in front of the diplomatic representation. In total, the casualties were 11 dead and 27 injured.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "BEIRUT BOMB KILLS 12 AT FRENCH EMBASSY (Published 1982)". The New York Times. 25 May 1982. Archived from the original on 2022-10-22.
2. ^ Lucien George (1982-05-25), "L'attentat a fait onze morts", Le Monde
3. ^ Sitbon, Guy (29 May 1982). "Beyrouth : l'ennemi sans visage". Archived from the original on 29 May 1982.
4. ^ George, Lucien (25 May 1982). "L'attentat a fait onze morts". Le Monde.

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