United States Bombing of Libya (1986)

On April 15, 1986 a bombing raid on Libya was followed through by the Untied States in response to then recent terrorist attacks. There have been a lot of theories and point of views on why and how this event took place. Two interesting perceptions on this subject were expressed by the New York Times and a book about American imperialism called Rouge State by William Blum. These two descriptions on this incident differ from each other in many ways.
Under the code name Operation El Dorado Canyon, the Regan administration ordered a number an American aircrafts to drop bombs on specific targets in Libya intended to weaken their ability to support terrorist groups even without significant evidence that they were. This was the United States answer to a number of well documented terrorist attacks in Europe that the Regan administration claimed was encouraged by Libyan leadership. These bombing raids resulted in a lot casualties and extreme damage of property on the intended targets.
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