Question

In response to a terrorist attack in west Germany in 1986, the United States bombed targets in which country?

Answer 1

Libya is the correct answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. Libya

Explanation:

As a response to the bombing of a Disco in West Berlin, US raids attacked Lybia in a operation called El Dorado Canyon.

The air strikes against Lybia was ordered by Ronald Reagan as a measure to counter terrorist in a time were increasing Anti Americanism and Anti British movements were increasing in popularity among radicals.

The air strikes on Tripoli are believed to have been a measure following the official US stance on terrorism that emerged some years before.

The evidence of the Lybian involvement came as US intelligence intercepted a radio message sent from Lybia to diplomats in East Berlin.

The last decades of the last century specially were prone to terrorist and attacks from radicals that emerged as a bipolar world no longer existed and left America vulnerable to groups seeking to reivindicate geopolitics in the Middle East and worldwide.