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The Multinational Force in Beirut, 1982-1984 by Anthony McDermott
ISBN: 9780813010519
Publication Date: 1991-04-20
The multinational peacekeeping operations in Beirut from the summer of 1982 to early 1984 were daring attempts by a small group of Western powers to exert, on their terms, a positive influence on the situation in the Lebanese capital and its immediate environs. In June 1982, Israel attacked the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Lebanon. Israeli forces soon reached Beirut and threatened to destroy the PLO headquarters there. Military contingents from the United States, France, and Italy, constituting Multinational Force I (MNF I), were dispatched to the area to prevent further bloodshed and to help organize an orderly departure of the Palestinian (and some Syrian) fighters from West Beirut. Having successfully accomplished its task, the First Multinational Force was dissolved in August.

From Beirut to Khobar Towers
John J. Ziegler III, Air Command and Staff College, April 1998.
The Lessons of Beirut: Testimony Before the Long Commission
Brian Michael Jenkins, February 1984.
Terrorists and Suicide Attacks
Audrey Kurth Cronin, Congressional Research Service, August 28, 2003.

Witness: Beirut Barracks Bombing
On 23 Oct 1983, hundreds died in suicide attacks on US and French troops stationed in Beirut. From the BBC. Duration 9 min.

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