Documents found in Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli compound appear to put the lie to the ousted Libyan dictator's claim that his infant daughter died in the 1986 U.S. bombing of the sprawling complex, The Irish Times reports.
A passport belonging to Hana Gadhafi was among documents The Irish Times found in a residential area of the family's Tripoli compound. Moammar Gadhafi had claimed his adopted daughter was killed in 1986 at age 15 months when U.S. warplanes attacked the compound in retaliation for the terrorist bombing of a Berlin dance club packed with U.S. servicemen.CAPTIONBy The Irish TimesHana Moammar Gadhafi apparently grew up to become a doctor in the capital and studied English, according to the papers The Irish Times found in a room she occupied in the residential section of the compound.
On April 15, 1986, U.S. warplanes attacked sites in Tripoli and Benghazi in retaliation for a terrorist bombing of a Berlin dance club packed with U.S. servicemen.
Libya said that at least 15 people were killed in the airstrikes, including the Libyan leader's 15-month-old adopted daughter. The Times says many Libyans never believed the claim.
