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Old 12-18-2006, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cat's meow View Post
George, Libya is awful close. By all means with this train of thought Libya should have been invaded after the Pan Am Flight 103/Locherbie plane went down on December 21, 1988.

Until the September 11, 2001 attacks, the bombing of Flight 103 was the worst act of terrorism against civilian citizens of the United States. The 270 victims (259 on the plane, 11 on the ground) were citizens of 21 nations. Of them, 189 were Americans.

Didn't this constitute an invasion?
As I recall, we bombed Libya pretty good. Killed Khadaffi's daughter. He's been a fine citizen ever since.
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