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Libya responded with aggressive counter-maneuvers on 24 March that led to a naval engagement in the Gulf of Sidra. On 5 April 1986, alleged Libyan agents bombed "La Belle" nightclub in West Berlin, killing three people, including two U.S. servicemen and a Turkish woman, [12] [13] and injuring 229 people, including 79 Americans. [14]
Tensions between the United States and Libya heightened after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 on 14 June 1985, and the Rome and Vienna airport attacks on 27 December that same year. The United States claimed that the Libyan leader was involved in these actions through his support of the alleged perpetrator, Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal.
When Libyan complicity was reported in the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing, which killed two American servicemen, the United States responded by launching an aerial bombing attack against targets near Tripoli and Benghazi in April 1986 (see Operation El Dorado Canyon). At least 15 people died in the U.S. air strikes on Libya – including ...
Libyan expulsion from Chad did not end the Chadian–Libyan conflict: the dispute over who was the rightful possessor of the Aouzou strip remained open, and when Habré occupied Aouzou on 8 August, the French contingent was once again involved. On 25 August Gaddafi's forces bombed Faya-Largeau, where a French parachute regiment was stationed ...
Chadian–Libyan conflict (1978–1987) Libya. FROLINAT GUNT; FAT. FAN; FANT France Zaire; Defeat. Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad; Chad gained control of the Aouzou Strip; United States bombing of Libya (1986) Libya United States: Both sides claimed victory [5] Ground targets destroyed; Failed Libyan Scud missile response; Survival of the ...
In response to the discotheque bombing, joint US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air-strikes took place against Libya on 15 April 1986 and code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon and known as the 1986 bombing of Libya. Air defenses, three army bases, and two airfields in Tripoli and Benghazi were bombed. The surgical strikes failed to kill ...
The Ouadi Doum airstrike was carried out by French aircraft on 16 February 1986, against the Libyan airbase of Ouadi Doum in northern Chad, during the Chadian–Libyan conflict. The raid was significant in that it demonstrated French resolve to counter Gaddafi's expansionary aims and indicated France's commitment to its former colonies.
1942–43: Egypt–Libya Campaign, a World War II campaign; 1986: Ouadi Doum air raid, a French campaign during the Chadian–Libyan conflict; 1986 United States bombing of Libya, a U.S. air raid following the Berlin disco bombing; 2011 military intervention in Libya, a multi-state campaign to depose the Gaddafi government