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Date: 1986
President Ronald Reagan ordered an attack on Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya.
At least 36 Libyans died, including Qaddafi's adopted daughter.
A U.S. Air Force bomber and its crew of two were lost.
-- According to US State Department






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