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Protest in Belgrade, Serbia on 26 March 2011 against military intervention in Libya Protest in Minneapolis, United States on 2 April 2011 against US military intervention in Libya. The military intervention was criticized, both at the time and subsequently, on a variety of grounds.
After years of occasional skirmishes with Libya over Libyan territorial claims to the Gulf of Sidra, the United States contemplated a military attack to strike targets within the Libyan mainland. In March 1986, the United States, asserting the 12-nautical-mile (22 km; 14 mi) limit to territorial waters according to international law, sent a ...
The United States Department of State designated Ansar al-Sharia as a terrorist organization in January 2014. [24] [25] [26] Khattala was captured in Libya by United States Army Special Operations Forces, who were acting in coordination with the FBI, in June 2014. [27] Another suspect, Mustafa al-Imam, was captured in October 2017. [28] [29]
President Barack Obama speaking on the military intervention in Libya at the National Defense University, 28 March 2011. The strategic command of Operation Odyssey Dawn was under the authority of General Carter Ham, the Combatant Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), a Unified Combatant Command of the Department of Defense.
Islamist militants gain ground and attack the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, killing the ambassador. 2013 - Growing divisions Armed groups are ever more powerful, besieging government buildings and ...
American involvement in the Libyan Civil War initially consisted of diplomatic initiatives and sanctions. This was followed by the implementation of the UN-mandated no-fly zone, the development of diplomatic relations with the rebels as well as humanitarian aid, bombing missions to destroy Gaddafi's military capabilities, and diplomatic assistance to the rebels.
On June 3, 2011, the United States House of Representatives passed H.Res. 292.The resolution stated the "President has failed to provide Congress with a compelling rationale" for the military campaign in Libya, and said the "President shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of units and members of the United States Armed Forces on the ground in Libya unless the purpose of the ...
A year later, on 10 August 2004, Libya concluded an agreement to pay a total of $35 million compensation to non-US citizens. [25] In October 2008, Libya paid $1.5 billion into a fund to compensate relatives of: Lockerbie bombing victims with the remaining 20% of the sum agreed in 2003; American victims of the West Berlin discotheque bombing;