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...Prejudiced and silly," said Libyan Foreign Minister Ibrahim Bishari of the report. Libya's motive supposedly was revenge for the U.S. air strike on Tripoli in 1986, itself in retaliation for a Libyan-inspired bombing in Germany, and for France's defeat of Libyan-supported guerrillas in Chad. U.S. officials long thought Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had got the message and had stopped his once loudly proclaimed support of terrorism -- but perhaps the message received was not the one intended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libya: A Dish Best Eaten Cold | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

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