This country's economy tanked following the 1966 collapse of its Intra Bank.
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]  