 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokunge US yapomera Libya mhosva yokuronga kuputika kwebhomba muBerlin discoteque muna 1986, umo masoja maviri eAmerica akafa, Reagan akasarudza kutsiva nemauto. CIA yakanga ichitsoropodza danho racho, ichitenda kuti Siria yakanga iri tyisidziro huru uye kuti kurwisa kwaizosimbisa mukurumbira waGaddafi; zvisinei Libya yakazivikanwa se chinangwa chakapfava. Reagan akatsigirwa neUK asi achipikiswa nedzimwe shamwari dzokuEurope, idzo dzakataura kuti zvaizopesana nomutemo wenyika dzakawanda. MuOperation El Dorado Canyon, yakarongwa musi waApril 15, 1986, ndege dzehondo dzeU.S. dzakatangisa nhevedzano yekurwiswa kwemhepo kuLibya, ichibhomba zvivakwa zvemauto munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzenyika, ichiuraya vanhu veLibya vanosvika zana, kusanganisira vagari vemo vakati wandei. Imwe yenharidzano yakanga iri musha waGaddafi. Iye pachake asina kukuvadzwa, vanakomana vaviri vaGaddafi vakakuvadzwa, uye akataura kuti mwanasikana wake wokurera aiva namakore mana okukura Hanna akaurawa, kunyange zvazvo kuvapo kwake kubvira ipapo kwakanga kwava mubvunzo. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Gaddafi akaenda kurenje kunofungisisa. Kwakanga kune kurwisana kwakasiyana-siyana pakati pevaGaddafi nevakuru vemauto vaida kupidigura hurumende. Kunyange zvazvo United States yakashorwa munyika yose, Reagan akawana kukurumbira kwakakura kumusha. Achishora pachena udyire hweAmerica, mukurumbira waGaddafi somunhu anorwisana noumambo wakasimbiswa mukati menyika uye munyika yose yeArabhu, uye, muna June 1986, akarayira kuti mazita emwedzi achinjwe muLibya. 