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...Libya's designs on a neighbor provoke a firm U.S. response
...underscore its concern, the U.S. also sent the aircraft carrier Eisenhower to within 150 miles of Libya's shores. Another carrier, the Coral Sea, was ordered to delay its scheduled departure for the coast of Central America. On Saturday the U.S. dispatched two AWACS planes and a number of support aircraft to monitor aerial activity in the desert conflict...
With characteristic bluster, Gaddafi vowed that his air force would "destroy" the Eisenhower if it entered the Gulf of Sidra, which Libya claims. Although the U.S. and most other nations-including the Soviet Union-do not honor any Libyan claim beyond the usual twelve-mile limit, the Eisenhower remained just outside the Gulf of Sidra. Nonetheless, two F-14 jets from the carrier drove off a pair of Libyan MiG-23 jets that they encountered on patrol. Neither side opened fire. In a similar incident two years ago, a pair of U.S. F-14s shot down two Libyan...
...President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo in nearby Upper Volta. Street fighting in the capital city of Ouagadougou left five dead and 15 wounded. Ouédraogo was replaced by a "National Council of Revolution" headed by Thomas Sankara, 35, a brash, charismatic army captain. In the past, Libya has also made trouble by attempting to undermine pro-Western governments in Niger, Senegal and Tunisia...
...deplorable. But let us not forget the inflexibility shown by the P.L.O. leaders, especially Yasser Arafat. They have refused any kind of compromise and have been the rudest of guests whenever an Arab country has extended hospitality to them. They have also allied themselves with villains like Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini. Arafat is getting what he deserves...