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  2. 1986 United States bombing of Libya - Wikipedia

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    After years of occasional skirmishes with Libya over Libyan territorial claims to the Gulf of Sidra, the United States contemplated a military attack to strike targets within the Libyan mainland. In March 1986, the United States, asserting the 12-nautical-mile (22 km; 14 mi) limit to territorial waters according to international law, sent a ...

  3. Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of wars involving Libya - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) - Wikipedia

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    In the first Gulf of Sidra incident, 19 August 1981, two Libyan Su-22 Fitters fired upon two U.S. F-14 Tomcats and were subsequently shot down off the Libyan coast. Libya had claimed that the entire Gulf was their territory, at 32° 30′ N, with an exclusive 62-nautical-mile (115 km; 71 mi) fishing zone, which Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi asserted as "The Line of Death" in 1973. [1]

  6. Ouadi Doum airstrike - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Lion of the Desert - Wikipedia

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    Lion of the Desert (alternative titles: Omar Mukhtar and Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert) is a 1981 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the Regio Esercito (Royal Italian Army), and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani, who defeated Mukhtar.

  8. 1986 in Libya - Wikipedia

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    15 April - U.S. aircraft bombs airfields and barracks within Libya. [1] After the bombing the country was renamed Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Gaddafi announces plans for a unified African gold dinar currency, to challenge the dominance of the US Dollar and Euro currencies. The African dinar would have been measured directly ...

  9. Dream West - Wikipedia

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    Part 1 aired on Sunday, April 13, 1986. [2] It was the 16th most-watched show of that week. [3] Part 2 had been intended to follow the next day, but was postponed a day until April 15 due to a press conference by President Ronald Reagan about Libya (see 1986 United States bombing of Libya). Part 3 was moved to Sunday, April 20.

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