Posted on 04/24/2011 8:34:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
TRIPOLI, Libya – NATO airstrikes targeted the center of Moammar Gadhafi's seat of power early Monday, destroying a multi-story library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.
Gadhafi's whereabouts at the time of the attack on his sprawling Bab al-Azizya compound were unclear. A security official at the scene said four people were lightly hurt.
Monday's strike came after Gadhafi's forces unleashed a barrage of shells and rockets at the besieged rebel city of Misrata, in an especially bloody weekend that left at least 32 dead and dozens wounded.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: PICTURE TAKEN ON GUIDED GOVERNMENT TOUR A Libyan soldier talks on a mobile phone at the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli April 25, 2011. NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early on Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
This is Hussein's war in Libya -- conducted for his own murky purposes.
You mean he’s not a ‘latter day Thomas Jefferson’ taking it to the Tripoli pirates? ;-]
Part of a damaged building in Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli is seen in this still image taken from video footage April 25, 2011. NATO forces flattened the building inside the compound early on Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life. The sign reads, "After strike on Bab al-Aziziya". REUTERS/Libya TV via Reuters TV
Air strike flattens building in Gaddafi compound
Reuters - Lin Noueihed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110425/wl_nm/us_libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziyah compound early Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi’s government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader’s life.
Firefighters were still working to extinguish flames in a part of the ruined building a few hours after the attack, when foreign journalists were brought to the scene in Tripoli.
The press official, who asked not to be identified, said 45 people were hurt in the strike, 15 of them seriously, and some were still missing. That could not be independently confirmed.
Gaddafi’s compound has been struck before, but NATO forces appear to be stepping up the pace of strikes in Tripoli in recent days. A target nearby, which the government called a car park but which appeared to cover a bunker, was hit two days ago.
The United States, Britain and France say they will not stop their air campaign over Libya until Gaddafi leaves power.
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's office in his immense Tripoli residence was destroyed in an air strike early Monday, said a Libyan official accompanying journalists at the scene. (AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)
They’re going to make a further mess of this whole Libya thing. This is Obamas war and we need to get out of there...yesturday.
They’re going to make a further mess of this whole Libya thing. This is Obamas war and we need to get out of there...yesturday.
That is one sickly looking cuss! What a putrid appearance.
He’s as fugly as they come.
“Illegal war and murder by the democrat party.”
The lack of coverage, and faked outrage after YEARS of open Bush hatred proves that NOTHING, not even war and Murder, is now illegal if Done-While-Democrat.
And you thought 1984 was just a book?
You can say that again!
...destroying a multi-story library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting dignitaries... strike came after Gadhafi's forces unleashed a barrage of shells and rockets at the besieged rebel city of Misrata, in an especially bloody weekend that left at least 32 dead and dozens wounded.During the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, did the partisan media shills continuously refer to "Iraqi government forces" and "Iraqi armed forces" and "Iraqi army", etc?
Do you think they gave Gaddafi a heads up and got him out of there beforehand? I do. Meaning did NATO or whoever called the bombing.
I never imagined that I would ever loathe someone like I do him. There are no words.
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