This terrorist action prompted the first use of the phrase "war on terrorism" in 1984.

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The Beirut barracks bombing, which happened in 1983, was a terrorist attack on a US Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 American servicemen. This event led to the first use of the phrase "war on terrorism" by then-US President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Neither the Iran-Contra Affair nor the Cuban Missile Crisis were directly related to the origins of the "war on terrorism" phrase.

This Terrorist Action Prompted the First Use of the Phrase