Kuwait Bombings
Less than two months after the bombings in Beirut, Islamic Jihad struck again. In a coordinated attack against seven key locations in Kuwait on Dec. 12, 1983, it hit two embassies, a petro-chemical plant, and the airport. Despite the scale of the attacks, due to faulty engineering, the bombs caused far less devastation than intended, resulting in the deaths of only six people.
In the aftermath of the attacks, Mustafa Youssef Badreddin, Mughniyeh's brother-in-law, was imprisoned along with 16 others. The group became known as "the Kuwait 17," and Hezbollah would regularly demand their release in hostage negotiations in subsequent years.
Above: A Kuwaiti man picks up debris outside the U.S. embassy.
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