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+ | ====== Libya (Gorbachev MkII) ====== | ||
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+ | **1985** | ||
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+ | 31 August | ||
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+ | Responding to poor earnings due to falling oil prices, Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi expels all foreign workers from his country. | ||
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+ | **1986** | ||
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+ | 23 January | ||
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+ | Two Libyan MiG-25’s drive back a US Navy surveillance plane over the Gulf of Sidra, but flee before reinforcements can be brought in from the USS Coral Sea. US President Reagan states that the presence of Soviet aircraft and ships in the region is provocative and suggests that the Soviets have provided an additional $1 billion in debt relief to Libya. | ||
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+ | 28 January | ||
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+ | With a large Soviet naval contingent now in the Gulf of Sidra, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Schevardnadze visits Tripoli. | ||
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+ | The United States Navy orders two aircraft carriers, the USS Coral Sea and the USS Saratoga, into the Gulf of Sidra, along with twenty-three auxiliary vessels of the Sixth Fleet. | ||
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+ | 14 March | ||
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+ | The USS America aircraft carrier leaves Norfolk, Virginia, dispatched to the Mediterranean Sea. Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi states that he is unimpressed and tells American journalists that the $800,000 per day required to keep the aircraft carrier at sea is a “monumental waste of American money at a time they claim to be cutting spending”. | ||
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+ | 7 April | ||
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+ | Two US reconnaissance planes (EA-6B Prowlers) cross into the exclusion zone in the Gulf of Sidra after the Soviet representatives walk out of diplomatic talks aimed at preventing the situation from becoming critical. | ||
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+ | 8 April | ||
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+ | In limited conflict in the Gulf of Sidra, the United States Navy sinks two Libyan patrol boats, but loses an A-7 attack plane in an attempt to take out the radar transmitters for Libya’s S-10 anti-aircraft missiles. | ||
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+ | 9 April | ||
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+ | US Defence Secretary Weinberger announces the recovery of the body of Abu Nidal from a plane crash in the Mediterranean. | ||
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+ | Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, seeking to neutralise the use of British airbases for a potential strike against his country, announces that he will end financial and logistical support for the Provisional IRA. Gaddafi has previously denied any involvement with the Provisional IRA, despite evidence to the contrary. | ||
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+ | 15 April | ||
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+ | US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral William Crowe, admits that the US naval taskforce remains in the Gulf of Sidra, but refuses to comment on leaks that the US is intending to “send a clear message and punish Libya for its sponsorship of international terrorism”. | ||
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+ | 22 April | ||
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+ | The US Navy and Air Force conduct a joint operation over Libya, eliminating two barracks, two airfields, a “terrorist training camp” and the two new major air defence installations. | ||
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+ | 23 April | ||
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+ | There are wide criticisms of the United States for the attack upon Libya, including from the UN General Assembly, but at a meeting in Paris, both French Prime Minister Simone Veil and her British counterpart, | ||
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+ | 24 April | ||
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+ | Pope John Paul II is credited with the release of two American pilots “held hostage from Libya”, but Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi warns that the United States should expect retaliation from his intelligence services. | ||
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+ | 26 April | ||
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+ | In response to street riots following the Gulf of Sidra bombings, two hundred and fifty US embassy staff are evacuated from Khartoum, the capital of the Sudan. | ||
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+ | The two US Air Force pilots arrive back in the United States to overwhelming fervour and are greeted at the White House by US President Ronald Reagan, only hours before he leaves for an emergency trip to Saudi Arabia. | ||
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+ | 4 September | ||
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+ | US Ambassador to the United Nations Vernon Walters urges strong sanctions by West European allies against Libya. “Gaddafi has not forsaken his desire to develop capacity for terrorism on a global scale,” he suggests. | ||
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+ | 7 October | ||
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+ | After revelations by the Washington Post, US National Security Advisor Lt General Colin Powell denies that the Administration has orchestrated a deliberate campaign to mislead the American public regarding Libya. | ||
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+ | **1987** | ||
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+ | 11 March | ||
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+ | Egyptian officials claim that the Libyan air force has violated its air space five times in the last eight weeks, particularly around the Siwah Oasis, an area west of Qattara that is isolated from the rest of Egypt by the Western Desert. | ||
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+ | 1 April | ||
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+ | Following meetings with Janos Kadar, the Secretary General of Comecon, in Tripoli, Gaddafi announces that Comecon has agreed to extend a nil-interest loan to his government for the construction of an astronomical centre at Kufra. | ||
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+ | 18 August | ||
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+ | With little warning, Libyan Tupolev bombers cross the border with Chad, eliminating all but one road into Bardai, the capital of the Tibesti Subprefecture. | ||
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+ | **1989** | ||
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+ | 4 January | ||
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+ | The US Navy shoots downs two Libyan jets operating in the Gulf of Sidra. | ||
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+ | 14 January | ||
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+ | US President George Bush defends the Navy over the recent combat with Libyan jets in the Gulf of Sidra, despite accusations of state terrorism. | ||
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+ | 21 January | ||
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+ | Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi condemns the United States for its “persistent harassment” during a trip to Germany to discuss an agreement which will extend to the West Germans the same labour, investment and technology rights traditionally granted to their eastern brothers. | ||
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+ | 5 May | ||
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+ | President Goukouni Oueddei of Chad and Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi of Libya agree to refer their dispute over the Aouzou Strip to the International Court of Justice as part of the establishment of a formal alliance between the two countries. | ||
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+ | 8 May | ||
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+ | The United States and France move a joint resolution at the UN General Assembly, condemning the alliance between Libya and Chad, citing Libya’s ongoing claim to disputed international waters and Chad’s actions in Sudan as signs of a growing “Islamic socialist” threat in northern Africa. | ||
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+ | ==== See Also ==== | ||
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+ | **[[Gorbachev Mk2|Gorbachev MkII]]** | ||
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