1986 United States bombing of Libya

<p>The <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">United States Air Force</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">Navy</a>, and <a href="/facts/United_States_Marine_Corps/J8JDlJG2">Marine Corps</a> carried out air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against <a href="/facts/Socialist_People%2527s_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya/vKj7t2Rt">Libya</a> on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the <a href="/facts/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing/KsJwG1uf">West Berlin discotheque bombing</a> ten days earlier, which U.S. President <a href="/facts/Ronald_Reagan/z6AaKAad">Ronald Reagan</a> blamed on Libyan leader <a href="/facts/Muammar_Gaddafi/JFp2s57J">Muammar Gaddafi</a>. 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, <a href="/facts/Hana_Gaddafi/LJSGap90">Hana Gaddafi</a>. However, there are doubts both as to whether she was really killed, or even if she truly existed.
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1986 United States bombing of Libya