1983 United States Senate bombing
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The 1983 U.S. Senate bombing was a bomb explosion at the United States Senate on November 7, 1983, as a protest against United States military involvement in Lebanon and Grenada.[1] The attack led to heightened security in the DC metropolitan area, and the inaccessibility of certain parts of the Senate Building. Six members of the radical far-left Armed Resistance Unit (also known as Resistance Conspiracy) were arrested in May 1988 and charged with the bombing, as well as related bombings of Fort McNair and the Washington Navy Yard which occurred on April 25, 1983, and April 20, 1984, respectively.
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Part of the New Communist movement and political violence in the United States during the Cold War | |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Coordinates | 38.89°N 77.009°W / 38.89; -77.009 |
Date | November 7, 1983 10:58 pm (UTC-5) |
Target | United States Senate |
Attack type | Bombing |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrators | Resistance Conspiracy of the May 19th Communist Organization |
Motive | United States military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon |
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