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| Attempted assassination of Muammar Gaddafi | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tripoli |
| Date | April 15, 1986 |
| Target | Muammar Gaddafi |
Attack type | List of people who survived assassination attempts (Gaddafi), |
| Perpetrator | Ronald Reagan |
| Motive | Retaliation for West Berlin discotheque bombing |
The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps carried out air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against Libya on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing ten days earlier, which U.S. President Ronald Reagan blamed on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. There were 40 reported Libyan casualties; one U.S. plane was shot down. One of the claimed Libyan deaths was of a baby girl, reported to be Gaddafi's daughter, Hana Gaddafi.[1]
The US aimed at Gaddafi's residence which in a assassination attempt.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hilsum, Lindsey (2012). Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571288052.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20141028170556/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-06-20/news/8602060350_1_moammar-gadhafi-white-house-wife