Us Embassy Bombings And The American Response PDF Download

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: 1964 United States Embassy in Libreville bombings, 1979 U.S. embassy burning in Islamabad, 1979 U.S. embassy burning in Libya, 1983 Kuwait bombings, 1983 United States embassy bombing, 1998 United States embassy bombings, 2008 attack on the American Embassy in Yemen, 2008 United States consulate in Istanbul attack, 2012 diplomatic missions attacks, 2012 Sydney anti-Islam film protests, Damascus bombings and other attacks, Embassy of the United States, Athens, Iran hostage crisis, Japanese Red Army, Karachi consulate attacks, Revolutionary Struggle, Terrorism in Saudi Arabia, Terrorism in Uzbekistan, United States Embassy, Saigon. Excerpt: The Iran hostage crisis, referred to in Persian as (literally "Conquest of the American Spy Den," but usually translated as "Occupation of the American Embassy"), was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981), after a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran. President Carter called the hostages "victims of terrorism and anarchy," adding that "the United States will not yield to blackmail." The crisis has been described as an entanglement of "vengeance and mutual incomprehension." In Iran, the hostage taking was widely seen as a blow against the United States and its influence in Iran, its perceived attempts to undermine the Iranian Revolution, and its longstanding support of the recently overthrown Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. Following his overthrow, the Shah was allowed into the US for medical treatment. In the United States, the hostage-taking was seen as an outrage violating a centuries-old principle of international law granting diplomats immunity...