State Archives: Bomb that killed Irish soldiers thought to be revenge attack

The claim emerged after the three men died in a roadside bomb blast in Lebanon in 1989.

State Archives: Bomb that killed Irish soldiers thought to be revenge attack

Three Irish soldiers killed in a roadside bomb blast were “deliberately targeted” in a revenge attack over the abduction of a Lebanese explosives expert, newly declassified state papers have revealed.

The claim emerged after the three men died in a roadside bomb blast in Lebanon in 1989.

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