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US-Libya Confrontations

1981 CE – 1989 CE

A series of military clashes between the US and Gaddafi's Libya over the Gulf of Sidra and Libyan sponsorship of terrorism, culminating in the 1986 bombing of Tripoli.

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US-Libya Confrontations

1981 CE – 1989 CE

A series of military clashes between the US and Gaddafi's Libya over the Gulf of Sidra and Libyan sponsorship of terrorism, culminating in the 1986 bombing of Tripoli.

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