Ali Aujali, who served as a Libyan diplomat both under Gaddafi and under the National Transitional Council, claims that Gaddafi ordered the flight to be shot down to demonstrate the negative effects of international sanctions imposed on Libya after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103 - a mid air collision on approach to Tripoli International Airport in 1992
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