TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi (news - web sites) said Sunday he regretted that former U.S. President Ronald Reagan (news - web sites) had died without ever being tried for 1986 air strikes that killed dozens of people, including the Libyan leader's adopted daughter.
"I express my profound regrets over Reagan's death before he appeared before justice to be held to account for his ugly crime in 1986 against Libyan children," Gaddafi told the official JANA news agency.
Reagan ordered the April 15, 1986, air strikes in response to a disco bombing in West Berlin that killed three people, including two U.S. servicemen. Washington blamed Libya for the blast.
Libya said more than 40 people died in the strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi. The targets included Gaddafi's home, where his 15-month-old adopted daughter died.
Reporting Reagan's death, JANA simply referred to him as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's partner "in the unsuccessful American-Atlantic (NATO (news - web sites)) aggression" on Gaddafi's home.
Libya, which recently emerged from international isolation over its alleged support for "terrorism," has been promoting better ties with the United States since agreeing in December to dismantle its programs of weapons of mass destruction.
It was not immediately clear if Gaddafi's comments would affect the progress in relations between the two countries.
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Gaddafi is an idiot. When finally starting to be in better terms with the US you shouldn't go an insult any American leader.
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