Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin shekarun 1980s, Gaddafi, don dalilai masu adawa da Isra'ila da Amurka, ya zo don tallafawa kungiyoyin 'yan ta'adda kamar IRA na Irish da kuma Black Satumba na Palasdinawa
, kuma an kuma zarge shi da shirya hare-hare a Sicily, Scotland da Faransa. Bayan ya zama babban makiyin Amurka, NATO ta ci gaba da yin watsi da shi. Bugu da ƙari, a ranar 15 ga Afrilu 1986, an kai wa Gaddafi hari ta hanyar soji bisa umarnin Shugaban Amurka Ronald Reagan: harin bam din ya raunata 'yar da Gaddafi ta haifa, amma ya bar Kanar ba tare da lahani ba. Bettino Craxi, Firayim Minista a Italiya ya yi masa gargaɗi game da harin bam ɗin.