Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna 1973, Libya yakataura kuti chikamu chikuru cheGulf of Sidra (kumaodzanyemba kwe31° 30′) ndiyo mvura yayo uye yakazozivisa "mutsetse werufu", uyo waizokumbira kupindurwa nemauto kana ukayambuka. United States haina kubvuma zvikumbiro zveLibya zvenharaunda uye yakaramba ichinetsa mutsetse, zvichitungamira kuhondo dzemauto muna Nyamavhuvhu 1981 naMarch 1986
. Kurwiswa kwamagandanga uko kwakauraya varwi vaviri vokuAmerica nomunhu mumwe wechiTurkey musi wa5 April 1986 kwaiva nechokuita neLibya uye kwakaita kuti United States itange kurwisa nendege mazuva gumi gare gare.