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Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis - December 1983 bomb attacks on U.S. and French embassies

Time: Monday Dec 12, 1983

Place: Kuwait City, Kuwait

Details: Hours after the December 1983 bomb attacks on U.S. and French embassies in Kuwait, he fled to Iran.

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