Primarily as a result of the United States’ support of Israel, attacks on American targets, such as the Marine barracks in Lebanon, increased in the 1980s. Who was responsible for these attacks?

The attacks on U.S. targets in Lebanon during the 1980s, including the bombing of the Marine barracks in 1983, were carried out by militants motivated by Islamic fundamentalism. The correct choice is “Islamic fundamentalists.” The Soviet Union, Nicaragua’s Sandinistas, and the Contras were not responsible for these attacks.

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