Editing Abu Nidal (section)

===United States bombing of Libya===
{{main|1986 United States bombing of Libya}}
[[File:USF-111 Libya1986.JPG|thumb|alt=photograph|48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft takes off from [[RAF Lakenheath]] in England to bomb Libya, 14 April 1986.]]
On 15 April 1986, the US launched bombing raids from British bases against [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] and [[Benghazi]], killing around 100, in retaliation for the bombing of a [[West Berlin discotheque bombing|Berlin nightclub]] frequented by US service personnel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_3975000/3975455.stm |title=US launches air strikes on Libya |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720121141/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_3975000/3975455.stm |archive-date=20 July 2011 |work=BBC News |date=15 April 1986 |url-status=live |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Malinarich, Natalie |date=13 November 2001 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1653848.stm |title=The Berlin Disco Bombing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831121716/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1653848.stm |archive-date=31 August 2017 |work=BBC News |url-status=live |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> The dead were reported to include Hanna Gaddafi, the adoptive daughter of Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]]; two of his other children were injured.<ref>{{harvnb|Melman|1987|p=162}}</ref> British journalist Alec Collett, who had been kidnapped in Beirut in March, was hanged after the airstrikes, reportedly by ANO operatives; his remains were found in the [[Beqaa Valley]] in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web |author=Pidd, Helen |date=23 November 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/nov/23/alec-collett-remains-found-lebanon |title=Remains of British journalist Alec Collett found in Lebanon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306031558/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/nov/23/alec-collett-remains-found-lebanon |archive-date=6 March 2016 |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref> The bodies of two British teachers, Leigh Douglas and Philip Padfield, and an American, Peter Kilburn, were found in a village near Beirut on 17 April 1986; the Arab Fedayeen Cells, a name linked to Abu Nidal, claimed responsibility.<ref>{{harvnb|Kushner|2002|p=204}}</ref> British journalist [[John McCarthy (journalist)|John McCarthy]] was kidnapped the same day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/17/newsid_4693000/4693188.stm |title=British journalist McCarthy kidnapped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418094520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/17/newsid_4693000/4693188.stm |archive-date=18 April 2011 |work=BBC |date=17 April 1986 |url-status=live |access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>