Monday, April 21, 1986
Raid on Libya
University Daily Kansan
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Officials call bombing effective
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Key administration officials said they thought last week's bombing raid on Moammar Khadafy's headquarters frightened the Libyan leader, emboldened his enemies in Libya and put renewed pressure on the United States 'European allies to combat
However, the same officials said they expected the United States might well be prompted to strike again.
"We're not looking for a pretext to hit him again," one source said, "but I think we just know the problem isn't over, it may be that we need to talk with them and that's all the more reason to keep after him."
The officials, who were involved in administration policy making in the weeks leading up to President Reagan's decision to launch the raid, agreed to discuss their views of its effects only if they were not identified.
Khadiyah's exit from public view immediately after the attack and subsequent appearances only on television rather than in the streets of Tripoli, suggest he is very scared, one official
"He's worried about assassination attempts, let alone us knowing where he might be," the official said. "He obviously feels that we're going after him."
after the war, a source with access to U.S. intelligence reports said Khadiya knew that if he ordered another terrorist attack, the United States would strike Libya again.
"If he happens to be sitting in the command post at the time and place that we decide to hit, then he'll pay the ultimate price," the official said, suggesting the United States would be delighted if Khadafy were killed in an air raid, while unstusing he was not a specific target.
when messages about Libyan reports that Khadafy's adopted daughter was killed in the bombing and two sons were seriously wounded, one administration
analyst said, "He had his family at the headquarters. It was a risk that he ran that he obviously felt wasn't a risk."
The officials said the raid was carefully aimed at Khadiya's revolutionary guard and his political base of support, rather than the regular military. It has been said that Khadiya distracts the military by growing more more dependent on the special guard and the militia to keep him in power.
"There was a clique around that every time you did something, all it did was strengthen him," one official said. "It was always clear to us that was not necessarily true and an equally good case could be made for the opposite, that you could reinforce in the minds of the Libyans that the whole country was paying a price for this guy's policies."
There were reports of rebellion in the army and unrest in the countryside but those appeared to dissipate with Khadafy's appearance on state-run television.
A Kansas City, Kan., man lost a wallet containing $8,000 at about 8 p.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of West Sixth Street, police said. It is not known why the man was carrying so much cash.
On the Record
A 1986 Pontiac Trans Am. valued at $15,711, was stolen Friday or Saturday from a dealership in the 2000 block of Iowa Street, police said.
A gold necklace and gold bracelet, valued together at $1,000, were stolen between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Friday from a residence in the 1200 block of Lawrence Avenue, police said.
A Honda moped, valued at $600,
was stolen between 3 and 9 p.m.
Friday from the yard of a residence in
400 block of Maine Street, police said.
The pump and motor of a solar
heating system, valued together at $250, were stolen between midnight and 10 a.m. Saturday from the back of the building in a block of Alvamar Drive, police said.
A radar detector, valued at $275,
was stolen between midnight and
8 a.m. Wednesday from a car in the
1900 block of Stewart Avenue, police said. Thieves broke out a window to enter the car.
A wristwatch, a pair of boots and a gold neck chain, valued together at $1,410, were stolen between midnight and 9 a.m. Friday from a car in the 500 block of Frontier Road, police said.
A briefcase, compact disc player, 20 compact discs, calculator and a King James Bible, valued together $1,465, were stolen Friday from a car in the 700 block of Iowa Street, police said.
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