The IEEPA sanctions were imposed in 1986 after Libya was blamed for the bombing of a Berlin disco that killed two U.S. servicemen and a Turkish woman, and wounded 229, including 79 Americans.

CNN: U.S. to lift final sanctions against Libya

The Libyans had been accused of the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque in which two American GIs were killed.

BBC: Muammar Gaddafi's presidential bolt-hole

The United States imposed travel and other restrictions on Libya in the early 1980s and added broad sanctions in 1986 after Libya was blamed for the bombing of a disco in Berlin, Germany, that killed two U.S. servicemen and a Turkish woman, and wounded 229, including 79 Americans.

CNN: U.S. renews diplomatic ties with Libya

For almost 50 years--from the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, until the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989--the U.S. was beset by mortal enemies.

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