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on April 4, 1943, the Lady Be Good and 24 other airplanes took off from Soluch Airstrip in Libya to bomb the port at Naples, Italy

Hmm. Well history didn't just repeat itself, it reversed itself this year eh?

History does indeed repeat itself. Look up 1986's Operation El Dorado Canyon (US bombing of Libya as part of the Cold War).

That's partly why the rebels have been somewhat resistant to accepting US help...