The Beirut car bombing of March 8, 1985, killed 85 people and wounded more than 200 in Beirut, Lebanon. The car bomb was an attempt to kill the Hezbollah's spiritual leader, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, who was not killed in the attack. It was believed, by a number of political activists, that the CIA asked Elie Hobeika, head of the Lebanese Forces at the time, to Orchestrate the attack. March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... There is also a drinking game alternately refered to as Beirut or Beer Pong. ... A car bomb is a bomb that is placed in a car or truck and is intended to be exploded while there. ... The Hezbollah flag Hezbollah (Arabic ‮Øزب الله‬, meaning Party of God, for other designations or alternative spellings, see name part of this article) is a political and military party in Lebanon founded in 1982 to fight Israel in southern Lebanon. ... Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935 - present) is a leading Lebanese Shiite Muslim scholar, and is often called the spiritual leader of Hezbollah. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Elie Hobeika before his death Elie Hobeika (1956–2002) was a Phalangist and Lebanese Forces militia commander during the Lebanese Civil War. ... The cross and symbol of the Lebanese Forces. ...
The bomb went off outside a block of flats and close to a mosque as worshippers were gathering for Friday night prayers in a densely populated Shia Muslim suburb.
The bomb blew a huge crater in the street and destroyed two seven-storey blocks of flats, a mosque, and a cinema.
The bomb went off near the home of a leading fundamentalist Shi'a Muslim cleric, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah and it is thought he may have been the target - although he was not hurt in the attack.
Carbomb in Beirut, Lebanon, kills eighty and wounds more than two hundred civilians, in what is believed to have been a American CIA backed attempt to kill the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist group.
A carbomb in Algiers kills 45 and wounds 60, hours after another 36 people were killed by Algerian rebels south of the capital.
A carbomb explodes outside the central Jerusalem police station in an area packed with bars and restaurants, although no-one is injured.
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