1986 in March and April, the United States sent troops to attack Libya twice for three main reasons: First, the old accounts were not counted. 1969 after Gaddafi came to power, he recovered the American military base in Libya. 1972, Libya abolished the military economy signed by the former king and the United States? The relationship between the two countries will become more and more rigid in the future. 1979 when the Iranian hostage incident occurred, Libya burned down the American agency in Libya, which led to the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries. This account has never been settled, and the United States is still worried. The second is to make new enemies. The United States believes that Gaddafi's support for global terrorism directly threatens the interests of the United States. Especially 1985, there have been several terrorist activities against Americans. The United States thought it was related to Libya, so it decided to sanction Libya, but the economic sanctions were invalid, which eventually led to a military solution. The third is to kill the chicken for the monkey. For a long time, Libya has a close relationship with the former Soviet Union and is the third world country that buys the most military equipment from the former Soviet Union. It is called "Soviet weapons warehouse in the Mediterranean". The missile bases in Libya are all controlled by the former Soviet Union. The United States has always regarded this as a serious threat to the Sixth Fleet. The purpose of the United States to provoke the conflict is also to take this opportunity to destroy Libya's air defense missile base and give the former Soviet Union some color to see.
1988 65438+February 2 1 day, a Pan Am airliner exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, England, killing 270 people. After Libya announced responsibility for the Lockerbie air crash in 2003, compensated the families of the victims and abandoned the weapons of mass destruction program, the US government announced the normalization of relations with Libya in June 2004. In May 2006, the two countries announced the full restoration of diplomatic relations and the establishment of embassies. However, due to differences on some issues, the two countries have not exchanged ambassadors so far.