U.S. WARNS OF NEW BOMBING IF LIBYA RESUMES TERRORISM WASHINGTON POST- 26 AUGUST 1986

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2012
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• Publication Date: August 26, 1986
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T.S. Warns of New Bombing
If Libya Resumes Terrorism
By Lou Cannon
Washington Past Staff Writer
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug.
25-The Reagan administration
has warned Libya that it is prepared
to take direct military action, in-
cluding bombing raids, if Libyan
leader Moammar Gadhafi resumes
his terrorist campaign, administra-
tion officials said today.
"We are prepared to strike di-
rectly against Libya, if necessary," a
senior official said. The official also
confirmed essentiahdetails of a Wall
Street Journal report today that
described U.S. military planning
and covert action against Libya.
An official in Washington said,
however, that the main purpose of
U.S. activities is "to warn elements
of the Libyan leadership that their
country will pay a price if Gadhafi
engages in new episodes of adven-
turism."
The administration has also de-
cided to dispatch U.N. Ambassador
Vernon Walters on a tour of West-
ern European capitals next week in
an effort to increase economic and
political pressures on Libya, accord-
ing to State Department officials.
Previous discussions of measures to
be taken against Gadhafi were held
at the Tokyo economic summit and
in trips to European capitals by
Deputy Secretary of State John C.
Whitehead and other officials.
Some administration officials said
it has been explicit U.S. policy since
the U.S. bombing raid against Libya
April 15 that further terrorist acts
by Gadhafi will bring a U.S. re-
sponse. In this sense, the new warn-
ing to Gadhafi reiterates an old pol-
icy rather than stating a new one.
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