Beirut, Lebanon on April 18, 1983, killed 60 people, embassy staff members and United States Marines

President Ronald Reagan on April 18 denounced the vicious terrorist bombing as a cowardly act, saying, This criminal act on a diplomatic establishment will not deter us from our goals of peace in the The 1983 U. S. embassy bombing was a suicide bombing against the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon on April 18, 1983 that killed over 60 people, mostly embassy staff members and United States Marines and sailors. It was the de