Colonel Kadhafi regretted Reagan died before he could be prosecuted for crimes committed "against the children of Libya" during US air strikes against Benghazi and Tripoli on the night of April 14, 1986.

Kadhafi's adopted daughter Haifa was killed when his residence was hit in the attack.

In reporting his death, JANA described Reagan as the "accomplice of (then British prime minister Margaret) Thatcher in the US attack on Kadhafi's residence and on the two cities of Benghazi and Tripoli in 1986."

In contrast, most world leaders past and present paid tribute to Reagan, remembering the former US president who died Saturday as a hero and visionary statesman as well as a friend.

Perhaps the warmest words came from Thatcher, Reagan's closest ally and ideological soulmate throughout the 1980s.

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