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A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.
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1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut
Shia Islamist terror attack in Lebanon
On December 15, 1981, the Iraqi Shi'a Islamist group al-Dawa carried out a suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The explosion leveled the embassy and killed 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon, and injured at least 100 others.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Beirut
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Violent tactic resulting in the attacker's intentional death
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