March 20, 2011
Libya
Libya
About 17,000 local soldiers, UN is aiding them with bombing.
an attack on American ships
The War at Libya
Reagan ordered the bombing of Tripoli after the CIA determined that Libyan secret forces bombed a night club in West Berlin. The bombing was the most direct action the U.S. had taken against Libya, but not the first. The U.S. Navy had been engaging Libyan planes and ships in the Mediterranean Sea since 1981 in waters that Libya claimed and the U.S. disputed as international waters. It is important to note that Gaddhafi, the leader of Libya, was viewed with deep suspicion much in the same way that Saddam Hussein and now Ahmadenajad. All made the same "death to America" saber-rattling speeches. It may be deduced, if it is not accurate, to say that the 1986 bombing of Tripoli lead to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 by Libya.
Libya
In the recent struggle to settle the political disagreement in Libya no British soldiers have died, there was only causalities.
Parts of Libya were 'colonies' of ancient empires including the Phoenicians, the Greeks, and the Romans. In recent times, Libya was a colony of Italy; this ended with the end of World War II.
Libya attacked a night club in 1986, so Ronald Regan was the President who attacked Libya because of a West Berlin bombing of the La Belle Disco that killed two US servicemen on 5 April 1986. An F111F and its USAF crew were lost in the attack and 45 Libyan soldiers and government employees were killed plus 15 Libyan civilians.
According to the Population Reference Bureau, in 2011 (the most recent figures), Libya's population density was 4 people per square kilometre.
Libya attacked our US Embassy which is US territory