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...president was responding to reporters' shouted questions about whether the administration hoped to kill the Libyan leader. The Washington Post quoted unidentified sources yesterday as saying the raids were planned with that goal in mind...
Officials of Great Britain said they had "firm evidence" of Libyan involvement in the kidnapping of the other two victims whose bodies were discovered along with that of the American, identified as Peter Kilburn. Reagan administration officials said they wanted to examine that evidence before contemplating any further counterterrorist moves...
...London, Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe said without elaboration, "For some time, we have had firm evidence of direct Libyan involvement in the kidnapping of Mr. Douglas and Mr. Padfield, and we have good reason to believe they were in Libyan hands...
Pentagon sources said the U.S. 6th Fleet remained "at a high state of readiness," steaming in the central Mediterranean north of the Libyan coast. But the sources added that the fleet, led by two aircraft carriers, had not received any orders to prepare for combat...
...sources, speaking on condition they not beidentified, also disclosed that Air Force and Navybombers dropped 100 tons of high-explosive bombsin the raids on two Libyan cities...