The World - News from Aug. 31, 1988
An “anti-imperialist court” in Libya condemned President Reagan for ordering a 1986 air raid on that country and demanded that the United States pay reparations. After three days of hearings, the Anti-Imperialist Tribunal of Our America, which was founded in Nicaragua in 1981 by left-wing lawyers and activists from nine Latin American states and is now headquartered in Cuba, demanded that Washington “immediately halt acts of aggression and coercion” against Libya. Reagan said the raid, which killed 41 people, was in retaliation for Libyan terrorism abroad.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
