Reagan Bombs al-Gaddafi’s Military Compound Included His Residential Compound
A complete and authentic issue of The New York Times, April 15, 1986 with Stacked Headline, “U.S. JETS HIT ‘TERRORIST CENTER’S IN LIBYA; REAGAN WARNS OF NEW ATTACKS IF NEEDED; ONE PLANE MISSING IN RAIDS ON 5 TARGETS”. On April 14, 1986, President Ronald Reagan ordered Operation El Dorado Canyon, a 12-minute joint U.S. Air Force and Navy airstrike against military bases and terrorist facilities in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya. The strike targeted Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi’s compound in retaliation for a West Berlin nightclub bombing that killed two U.S. servicemen. Approximately 100 planes, some belonging to the U.S. Navy and some to the U.S. Air Force, took part in the air strikes. Libyan civilian casualties included Qaddafi’s infant daughter, though Qaddafi himself survived.
[ translate ]A complete and authentic issue of The New York Times, April 15, 1986 with Stacked Headline, “U.S. JETS HIT ‘TERRORIST CENTER’S IN LIBYA; REAGAN WARNS OF NEW ATTACKS IF NEEDED; ONE PLANE MISSING IN RAIDS ON 5 TARGETS”. On April 14, 1986, President Ronald Reagan ordered Operation El Dorado Canyon, a 12-minute joint U.S. Air Force and Navy airstrike against military bases and terrorist facilities in Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya. The strike targeted Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi’s compound in retaliation for a West Berlin nightclub bombing that killed two U.S. servicemen. Approximately 100 planes, some belonging to the U.S. Navy and some to the U.S. Air Force, took part in the air strikes. Libyan civilian casualties included Qaddafi’s infant daughter, though Qaddafi himself survived.
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