Among the fatalities of the April 15 retaliatory attack by the U.S. was Gaddafi’s adopted daughter. In late 1987, a merchant vessel, the MV Eksund, was intercepted. Destined for the IRA, a large consignment of arms and explosives supplied by Libya was recovered from the Eksund. British intelligence believed this was not the first and that Libyan arms shipments had previously reached the IRA.
