Word: terrorist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tripoli and the coastal city of Benghazi. Going to the source of Libyan fanaticism, four F-111s aimed 16 bombs, each weighing 2,000 lbs., at the Bab al Azizia barracks: the living quarters and command and communications center from which Colonel Muammar Gaddafi had incited, planned or supported terrorist murders throughout the world...
...some said that the attack would only increase terrorist attacks against...
...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...
...Matthew Scocozza, assistant secretary of Transportation for international affairs, said the United States has a list of 17 foreign airports that are considered "high risk" for terrorist incidents. The list is classified, he said, but Scocozza also said there is no reason yet to warn Americans not to travel through those airports...
...Khadafy problem and misses the point. The point is disproportion: what Khadafy's bombthrowers did is minor, should be treated as minor, and probably would be treated as minor if it were not for a media fixated on terrorism. Twenty or 30 Americans are killed in five or six terrorist incidents, and the press brings the emotions of the American people to a boil. But in world politics and in the lives of Americans, Khadafy's bombers have changed little but airline and hotel reservations. To put Khadafy's murders in perspective: more than 1000 Americans are murdered...