but considered international waters by the UnitedStates.[RL30172]1982 Sinai: OnMarch 19, 1982, President Reagan reported the deployment of military personneland equipment to participate in the Multinational Force and Observers in theSinai. Participation had been authorized by the Multinational Force andObservers Resolution, Public Law 97-132.[RL30172]1982 Lebanon:Multinational Force in Lebanon, on August 21, 1982, President Reagan reportedthe dispatch of 800 Marines to serve in the multinational force to assist inthe withdrawal of members of the Palestine Liberation force from Beirut. TheMarines left September 20, 1982.[RL30172]198283 Lebanon: OnSeptember 29, 1982, President Reagan reported the deployment of 1200 marines toserve in a temporary multinational force to facilitate the restoration of Lebanesegovernment sovereignty. On September 29, 1983, Congress passed theMultinational Force in Lebanon Resolution (P.L. 98-119) authorizing thecontinued participation for eighteen months.[RL30172]1983 Egypt: Aftera Libyan plane bombed a city in Sudan on March 18, 1983, and Sudan and Egyptappealed for assistance, the United States dispatched an AWACS electronicsurveillance plane to Egypt.[RL30172]1983 Grenada:Operation Urgent Fury, citing the increased threat of Soviet and Cubaninfluence and noting the development of an international airport following acoup d'etat and alignment with the Soviet Union and Cuba, the U.S. invades theisland nation of Grenada.[RL30172]198389 Honduras: InJuly 1983, the United States undertook a series of exercises in Honduras thatsome believed might lead to conflict with Nicaragua. On March 25, 1986, unarmedU.S. military helicopters and crewmen ferried Honduran troops to the Nicaraguanborder to repel Nicaraguan troops.[RL30172]1983 Chad: OnAugust 8, 1983, President Reagan reported the deployment of two AWACSelectronic surveillance planes and eight F-15 fighter planes and groundlogistical support forces to assist Chad against Libyan and rebelforces.[RL30172]1984 Persian Gulf:On June 5, 1984, Saudi Arabian jet fighter planes, aided by intelligence from aU.S. AWACS electronic surveillance aircraft and fueled by a U.S. KC-10 tanker,shot down two Iranian fighter planes over an area of the Persian Gulfproclaimed as a protected zone for shipping.[RL30172]1985 Italy: OnOctober 10, 1985, U.S. Navy pilots intercepted an Egyptian airliner and forcedit to land in Sicily. The airliner was carrying the hijackers of the Italiancruise ship Achille Lauro who had killed an American citizen during thehijacking.[RL30172]1986 Libya: Actionin the Gulf of Sidra (1986), on March 26, 1986, President Reagan reported onMarch 24 and 25, U.S. forces, while engaged in freedom of navigation exercisesaround the Gulf of Sidra, had been attacked by Libyan missiles and the UnitedStates had responded with missiles.[RL30172]1986 Libya:Operation El Dorado Canyon, on April 16, 1986, President Reagan reported that U.S.air and naval forces had conducted bombing strikes on terrorist facilities andmilitary installations in the Libyan capitol of Tripoli, claiming that Libyanleader Col. Muammar Gaddafi was responsible for a bomb attack at a German discothat killed two U.S. soldiers.[RL30172]1986 Bolivia: U.S.Army personnel and aircraft assisted Bolivia in anti-drug operations.[RL30172]1987 Persian Gulf:USS Stark was struck on May 17 by two Exocet antiship missiles fired from aDassault Mirage F1 of the Iraqi Air Force during the IranIraq War, killing 37U.S. Navy sailors.1987 Persian Gulf:Operation Nimble Archer. Attacks on two Iranian oil platforms in the PersianGulf by United States Navy forces on October 19. The attack was a response toIran's October 16, 1987 attack on the