Editing Abu Nidal (section)

=== United States bombing of Libya ===
Main article: 1986 United States bombing of Libya

48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft takes off from RAF Lakenheathin England to bomb Libya, 14 April 1986.

On 15 April 1986, the US launched bombing raids from British bases against Tripoli and Benghazi, killing around 100, in retaliation for the bombing of a Berlin nightclub used by US service personnel.<sup>[71][72]</sup> The dead were reported to include Hanna Gaddafi, the adoptive daughter of Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]]; two of his other children were injured.<sup>[73]</sup> 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.<sup>[74]</sup> 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.<sup>[75]</sup>British journalist John McCarthy was kidnapped the same day.<sup>[76]</sup>