In Back to the Future, why would Doc Brown go to Libyans to get plutonium? Was Libya a terrorist haven back in 1985? Would they actually have access to nuclear materials?

by optiplex9000
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More can always be said, but check these old answers from /u/restricteddata, /u/The_Alaskan, and others:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/g3j8q8/in_the_1985_movie_back_to_the_future_one_of_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4omlge/the_libyans_what_was_going_on_in_1985_that_would/