This country's economy tanked following the 1966 collapse of its Intra Bank. After independence, this country was still dominated by a feudal elite ca
This country's economy tanked following the 1966 collapse of its Intra Bank. After independence, this country was still dominated by a feudal elite called the zu'ama. The generically named "Islamic Jihad Organization" set off a truck bomb killing a number of French paratroopers in this country. In this country, Elie Hobeika authorized a Kataeb Party militia to massacre hundreds. In Operation Blue Bat, the United States intervened in this country, in the first application of the (*) Eisenhower Doctrine, to assist Camille Chamoun. Habib Shartouni assassinated this country's president-elect in 1982, leading Phalangist forces to carry out the Sabra and Shatila massacres following an invasion by Israel. For 10 points, name this country embroiled in a 1980s civil war during which a barracks housing American servicemen was bombed in the capital, Beirut.
This country's economy tanked following the 1966 collapse of its Intra Bank.
Republic of Lebanon [or the Lebanese Republic; or al-Jumhuriyah al-Loubnaniyah]  