Editing 1980s (section)

===Terrorist attacks===
{{Main|List of terrorist incidents#1970–present}}
[[File:Beirutbarr.jpg|thumb|right|[[1983 Beirut barracks bombing]]]]

The most notable terrorist attacks of the decade include:
* [[Bologna massacre]] in Italy on 2 August 1980, three members of the [[neo-fascist]] group [[Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari]] detonate a time bomb at [[Bologna Central Station]], killing 85 people.
* [[El Mozote massacre]] in [[El Salvador]] on 11 December 1981, against civilians, committed by government forces supported by the United States during their anti-guerrilla campaign against Marxist–Leninist rebels.
* The [[1983 Beirut barracks bombing]] – during the [[Lebanese Civil War]] two [[truck bomb]]s struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization [[Islamic Jihad Organization|Islamic Jihad]] claimed responsibility for the bombing.
* The [[Rome and Vienna airport attacks]] took place on 27 December 1985, against the Israeli [[El Al]] airline. The attack was done by militants loyal to [[Abu Nidal]], backed by the government of [[Libya]].
* [[Air India Flight 182]] was destroyed on 23 June 1985, by Sikh-Canadian militants. It was the biggest mass murder involving Canadians in Canada's history.
* On 21 December 1988, [[Pan Am Flight 103]] was blown up over the village of Lockerbie, Scotland, while en route from London's Heathrow Airport to New York's JFK. The bombing killed all 259 people on board, plus 11 people on the ground. The bombing was and remains the worst terrorist attack on UK soil.