History of the United States II / Unit 16 USH2 2276 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Beirut
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The idea
In nineteen eighty-three Reagan sent American troops to Lebanon with a multinational force, and on October twenty-third a barracks bombing in Beirut by Iranian-trained Hezbollah militants killed more than two hundred of them.
In practice
A multinational peacekeeping force caught in fighting after the Israeli invasion of the year before.
Where people slip
In February nineteen eighty-four Reagan announced the withdrawal of American forces, the anchor records.
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