Middle East 497
Coding changes: Start Date changed from August 13, 1979. End Date changed from
August 13, 1979.
MID#3099
Dispute Number: 3099
Date(s): August 13, 1981 to August 21, 1981
Participants: 2 United States of America, 620 Libya
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: The US navy held a military exercise in the Gulf of Sidra in August 1981.
Libya included the Gulf of Sidra in its territorial waters, while the United States recog-
nized the areas as international waters. At the end of the exercises, an American plane
fired on two Soviet-built Libyan fighter planes, as more Libyan forces pursued. The
clash lasted only one minute. The United States protested to Libya after the incident,
and Libya denounced the United States on the same day. Egypt held military exercises
on land the following day.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from August 18, 1981. Fatalities changed from
None. Dropped from dispute: 651 Egypt.
MID#3088
Dispute Number: 3088
Date(s): March 4, 1982
Participants: 620 Libya/2 United States of America
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qaddafi issued a threat that if American
planes entered the Gulf of Sidra again, then Libya would declare war.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from March 3, 1982. End Date changed from
March 3, 1982.
MID#3634
Started in February 1983. See the narrative in the 483 Chad/620 Libya dyad dispute
list.
MID#3072
Started in February 1983. See the narrative in the 620 Libya/625 Sudan dyad dispute list.
MID#3065
Dispute Number: 3065
Date(s): August 1, 1983 to August 10, 1983
Participants: 2 United States of America, 625 Sudan/620 Libya
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)