Word: raids
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...press early Sunday, detailing likely targets, fleet movements, the probable planes to be used, as well as the goals and possible consequences. Then came the long, tension-filled wait. Contingency plans were made to update the story if the attack came later on Sunday. Duffy had judged that the raid would not come over the weekend but nonetheless stayed in touch with his contacts by phone...
...prime weapon of last week's raid was an advanced version of the F-111 fitted with a special electronics navigation and targeting pod known as Pave Tack. Developed by Ford Aerospace & Communications and first delivered to the Air Force less than six years ago, the pod fits in the weapons bay of the F- 111 and allows the pilot to find his target in total darkness while moving at very high speed...
...raid began around 7 p.m. Monday Washington time (2 a.m. Tuesday in Libya) and was over in time for a White House announcement to catch evening TV news shows. But no one ventured to label it an 11 1/2-min. war; neither the Reagan Administration nor anyone else harbored illusions that anything definitive had been settled during the few moments that the bombs were falling. Rather, there was a sense in Washington and around the world that the U.S. had crossed a fateful line in the intensifying battle between civilized society and terrorism, with consequences that no one could truly predict...
...launched its bombers out of a grim conviction that ruthless attacks on Americans and the citizens of many other countries will never let up until terrorists and the states that sponsor them are made to pay a price in kind. In his televised address following the raid, the President asserted that the air strike "will not only diminish Colonel Gaddafi's capacity to export terror, it will provide him with incentives and reasons to alter his criminal behavior." That argument won the support of only three U.S. allies: Britain, which gave permission for the F-111s to use English bases...
...response to questions, Whitehead also said FBI surveillance of Libyans in the United States was being stepped up after last week's raid on Libya. He said there was concern over the possibility some of the Libyans might carry out terrorist raids at the behest of Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy...