1983 United States Senate bombing

1983 United States Senate bombing
Part of the New Communist movement and political violence in the United States during the Cold War
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′24″N 77°00′32″W / 38.89°N 77.009°W / 38.89; -77.009
DateNovember 7, 1983
10:58 pm (UTC-5)
TargetUnited States Senate
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths0
Injured0
PerpetratorsResistance Conspiracy of the May 19th Communist Organization
MotiveUnited States military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon

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.

  1. ^ "Terrorist Bomb Explosion Rocks Capitol". library.cqpress.com. Washington, D.C.: CQ Almanac 1983. 1983. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

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