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Gaddafi and his regime were known for funding groups abroad that alagined with his beliefs, like the [[file:Blacknat.png]] [[Black Nationalism|Black Panther Party]] in the U.S and the [[file:IrelandHarp.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism|IRA]] in Northern Ireland. These activities caused a growing disfavor of Gaddafi in the eyes of the [[file:Cball-US.png]] American government, and in 1986, carried out airstrikes on several sites in [[file:Gaddafi.png]] Libya, barley missing Gaddafi, but killing many members of his family in the process.<ref>Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (Invalid Date). Muammar al-Qaddafi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi</ref>

This relationship with [[file:Cball-US.png]] America and the [[file:Cball-UN.png]] international community only got worse after it was revealed that Gaddafi's regime had funded [[file:Terrorist.png]] terrorists who blew up a civilian plane over Lockerbie, [[file:Cball-Scotland.png]] Scotland in 1988, killing all onboard and some on the ground. As a result, the [[file:Cball-UN.png]] U.N and [[file:Cball-US.png]] America sanctioned [[file:Gaddafi.png]] Libya, but later, in the 90's, Gaddafi would hand over the alleged [[file:Terrorist.png]] terrorists and the [[file:Cball-UN.png]] U.N dropped the sanctions, but the [[file:Cball-US.png]] U.S would not do the same until 2003, when Gaddafi ended his weapons program.<ref>Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (Invalid Date). Muammar al-Qaddafi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi</ref>

Another one of the regime's foreign relations was in 2009, when Gaddafi was named the head of the [[file:Cball-AfricanUnion.png]] African Union. Almost immediately, Gaddafi's strong [[file:Pan-Africanism.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism#Pan-Africanism|pan-nationalism]] made some members of the union uneasy. He advocated for an extremely strong union of all the member states and the eventual formation of the "United States of Africa", which would function as any other sovereign government.<ref>(No Author). (2/Feb/2009). "African Union names Gaddafi as head". Al Jazeera. From: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/2/2/african-union-names-gaddafi-as-head</ref> In 2010, when Gaddafi tried to become the head again after his one year term ended, several African nations pushed back and he was denied.<ref>Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (Invalid Date). Muammar al-Qaddafi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi</ref>

Later in the same year as his promotion to head of the [[file:Cball-AfricanUnion.png]] AU, Gaddafi, giving a speech at a [[file:Cball-UN.png]] U.N General Assembly, famously tore a copy of the U.N charter, causing controversy in the international community.<ref>Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (Invalid Date). Muammar al-Qaddafi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi</ref>