The bombings in Kuwait is a terrorist attack in Kuwait on December 12, 1983. Terrorists attacked six foreign and Kuwaiti sites, including two embassies, the country's main airport and a petrochemical plant. The attack lasted 90 minutes. Much less damage was done than anticipated. 6 people died, 86 were injured.
| Bombings in Kuwait | |
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| Place of attack |  Kuwait |
| Attack target | Weakening Kuwait , revenge of the USA , France and Kuwait for helping Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war |
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| Attack method | Bomb blasts |
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| Organizers | Unknown Communion of Hezbollah and Iranian special agents possible |
The organizers are unknown to this day. Government agents from Iran are suspected who could “take revenge” on Kuwait for helping Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war.
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Event
On December 12, 1983, a truck fully loaded with 45 large gas cylinders that were connected to plastic explosives broke through the gates of the US embassy in Kuwait, crashing into a building, causing it to collapse. The resulting explosion knocked out windows not only in the embassy, but also in other houses and shops.
Only 5 people were killed (two Palestinians, two Kuwaiti citizens and one Syrian), as the truck crashed into a part of the building where there were few people, and only a quarter of the cylinders exploded.
Five more explosions occurred within an hour. An hour later, a car parked near the French embassy exploded, leaving a funnel 9 meters deep in the embassy's defensive wall. No one died, 5 people were injured.
The goal at which the biggest explosion was to happen was Kuwait's main petrochemical plant, also containing a desalination station - the Shuayba petrochemical plant. A truck drove into the plant, which was loaded with 200 gas cylinders. 150 of them exploded. The truck exploded 150 meters from the second refinery, and just a few meters from a flammable pile of sulfur-based chemicals. If the explosive power were greater, the attack would greatly damage the country's oil industry, as well as make it turn off the water in almost all cities.
Other explosions occurred at Kuwait International Airport, at the Electricity Control Center, and in the residential quarter of American workers from Raytheon, which installed rocket launchers in Kuwait. Two bombs exploded this quarter, the first was intended to take people out of buildings, and the second to kill. However, Raytheon employees did not react, so they survived. The explosion at the Electricity Control Center killed an Egyptian electrician.
Responsibility
At first, detectives blamed the Islamic Jihad and the Iraqi party Dava. After the bombings, Islamic Jihad members called on the Kuwaiti government to confess and take responsibility.