In April 1986 she permitted US F-111s to use Royal Air Force bases for the bombing of Libya in retaliation for the alleged Libyan bombing of a Berlin discothèque , citing the right of self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter . Polls suggested that fewer than one in three British citizens approved of her decision
Libyan bombing of a Berlin discothèque
1986 West Berlin discotheque bombing
Margaret Thatcher