Word: moammar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While most of the participants said the U.S. strike was necessary in order to show America's determination to combat terrorism, some said the attack would only unify Arab nations and goad Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy into future terrorism against U.S. citizens...
WASHINGTON--President Reagan denied yesterday the United States had tried to kill Moammar Khadafy during the bombing of Libya, but a new wave of terrorism linked to the attack claimed an American life...
...across the Capital, Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. echoed the rhetoric. We must teach Moammar Khadafy a lesson. Fight fire with brimstone...
...lesson" is said to guide U.S. policy in a different time and place, against a different form of aggression. In the war against terrorism, faith in deterrence is delusion. Judging from his history, Moammar Khadafy will not be intimidated. The greater likelihood is that waving the mailed Western fist over Libya will inflame anti-American passions and inspire an escalation of Arab terrorism. Where the populace perceives America as the evil aggressor, civilian casualties and piles of rubble only confirm the hostility...
WASHINGTON--The Reagan Administration--asserting "we're not trying to assassinate" Moammar Khadafy--said yesterday that the American raid on Libya could have been avoided if the Soviet Union had heeded requests to "restrain the Libyans" from anti-American terrorism...