The explosion at the officers club occurred at 1:50 A.M. policy in Central America and independence for Puerto Rico. Their reasons for the bombing were opposition to U.S. Ī year later, on April 24, 1984, the a group calling itself the Guerilla Resistance Movement took responsibility for a bombing at the Officer's Club at the Washington Navy Yard. Jamie Walton of the Army remarked that it ''appeared to be 5 to 10 pounds of unknown explosives detonated by some sort of timing device.'' Colonel Walton also reported no injuries were incurred, although there was superficial damage to the outside of the building. Of the device causing the explosion, Col. Following the attack, it was immediately sealed off. imperialism." The National War College is where American military officials get high-level training. A call coming into UPI in advance of the attack mentioned "U.S. Įarlier in that year on April 25, 1983, a small bomb detonated at the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. The organization is also known as the Armed Resistance Unit, the Red Guerilla Resistance, and the Revolutionary Fighting Group. Most of the incidents involved bombings and sabotage, however several also included scare tactics such as threats and the utilization of fake weapons. Throughout the lifespan of the organization, twenty incidents of terror were committed including one fatality inflicted. This group existed from its first attack in 1976 until later attacks in 1985. The group Resistance Conspiracy was a United States-based branch of the wider communist organization known as the May 19th Communist Order. A conservator worked for months to restore the painting to a semblance of the original. Members of the Senate recovered fragments of the painting from debris-filled trash bins. The image of Webster's face was damaged, and canvas shards of it were strewn across the floor. Ī portrait of Daniel Webster which was located near the concealed bomb, received most of the force of the blast.
Officials calculated damages of $250,000 (equivalent to $680,000 in 2021). The force shattered mirrors, chandeliers, and furniture. The explosion caused no structural damage to the Capitol. Furthermore, the blast also punched a hole in a wall partition, sending a shower of pulverized brick, plaster, and glass into the Republican cloakroom. His recent actions may have drawn attention from the terrorist group, and led to his targeting. Senator Byrd was an active supporter of involvement in Grenada, and had recently made attempts to garner support for retaliating against recent attacks against U.S. The force of the device, hidden under a bench at the eastern end of the corridor outside the Chamber, blew off the door to the office of Democratic Leader Robert C. The "Armed Resistance Unit" also plotted to murder Henry Kissinger. military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon, in which the U.S. Minutes before the blast, a caller claiming to represent the "Armed Resistance Unit" warned the Capitol switchboard that a bomb had been placed near the Chamber in retaliation for recent U.S. At 10:58 p.m., an explosion tore through the second floor of the Capitol's north wing the adjacent halls were virtually deserted.
A crowded reception, held near the Senate Chamber, broke up two hours later. On November 7, 1983, the Senate adjourned at 7:02 p.m. The invasion, coupled with US participation in a peacekeeping force in Lebanon, prompted the left wing militant group Resistance Conspiracy to plan the Senate bombing as well as other similar attacks. The invasion began following the violent overthrow of the nation's first socialist leader, Maurice Bishop, due to a power struggle with his Deputy Prime Minister and subsequent mass demonstrations. In October 1983, the United States invaded the island nation of Grenada and replaced the ruling left-wing New Jewel Movement with the previous parliamentary government at the behest of Governor-General Paul Scoon.
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