Gulf of Sidra
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Gulf of Sidra , Arab. Khalij Surt, arm of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between Misratah and Benghazi, Libya. Tuna fishing is an important economic activity.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
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Line of death. (Gulf of Sidra)
National Review; 4/25/1986; 496 words
; ... QADDAFI'S trumpeted line of death in the Gulf of Sidra proved to be such only for his own soldiers ... The latest U.S. naval operation in the Gulf of Sidra ought to have been as routine as the ... occasional, routine naval operations in the Gulf of Sidra. Even the Arab states and the ...
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`Well done' // 6th Fleet pulled away from the Gulf of Sidra
Chicago Sun-Times; 3/28/1986; 377 words
; ... States pulled its 6th Fleet away from the Gulf of Sidra yesterday and President Reagan sent a ... Libyan forces by crossing the mouth of the Gulf of Sidra, which he contends is Libyan territory ... S. naval operations and combat in the Gulf of Sidra "would encourage (Khadafy) to do ...
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Unscrambling Libya. (Gulf of Sidra incident) (column)
National Review; 5/9/1986; Buckley, William F., Jr.; 650 words
; ... T IT the case, the reporter asked, that our action in the Gulf of Sidra will have the effect of elevating Qaddafi in Arab eyes as ... local story. The reporter preservered on the matter of the Gulf of Sidra. Wasn't it, he asked, a matter of pretty suspicious coincidence ...
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Whose 'line of death'? (Libya's imaginary line across the Gulf of Sidra) (editorial)
U.S. News & World Report; 4/7/1986; Evans, Harold; 678 words
; ... most dramatic military action in the Gulf of Sidra. If the Soviets acquiesced in our 6-mile ... brilliance--is the trouble with the whole Gulf of Sidra operation. We are absolutely within our ... would have continued unpunished. The Gulf of Sidra ploy is flawed because it is too ...
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U.S. Delays Next Escort Of Tankers; Pentagon Wants To Strengthen Naval Forces in the Gulf
The Washington Post; 8/7/1987; Molly Moore; Edward Walsh; 787 words
; ... protective forces arrive in the Persian Gulf, Defense Department sources said yesterday ... military personnel in and around the gulf, the largest deployment since a naval ... challenged Libya's "line of death" in the Gulf of Sidra early last year. Meanwhile, more than ... that now fly the U.S. flag ... .
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