Gaddafi regrets Reagan didn't stand trial

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi expressed regret today that former US President Ronald Reagan died without ever standing trial for 1986 air strikes he ordered that killed the Libyan leader’s adopted daughter and 36 other people.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi expressed regret today that former US President Ronald Reagan died without ever standing trial for 1986 air strikes he ordered that killed the Libyan leader’s adopted daughter and 36 other people.

Reagan ordered the air raid on April 15, 1986, in response to a disco bombing in Berlin allegedly ordered by Gaddafi that killed two US soldiers and a Turkish woman and injured 229 people.

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