HONORABLE MENTION - Washington Post Travel Photo Contest - August 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/090813/GAL-09Aug13-2460/index.html Two of my latest submissions accepted by the Washington Post: Jan 2009: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012301980.html April 2008: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/04/04/ST2008040402226.html
Description The 1986 United States bombing of Libya, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, comprised air strikes by the United States against Libya on Tuesday, 15 April 1986. The attack was carried out by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps via air strikes, in retaliation for the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. There were 40 reported Libyan casualties, and one U.S. plane was shot down. One of the Libyan dead was a baby girl, who was reported to be Gaddafi's daughter, Hanna Gaddafi. However, there were doubts as to whether she was really killed, or whether she really even existed.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Watching the video of a Maverick missile smacking into a Libyan gunboat - over and over.
