Tuesday, May 10, 2011

NATO air strikes 'target Gaddafi compound'

Witnesses say NATO pounded Libyan leader's residence and state television offices in capital, Tripoli.

NATO launched missile strikes overnight against targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, with blasts heard near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound, according to witnesses.

They said jets carried out eight strikes in roughly three hours in an unusually heavy bombardment of Tripoli, with four explosions rocking the Libyan capital shortly after 2am [0000 GMT] on Tuesday.

They were quickly followed by two more blasts.

A resident told Al Jazeera that an intelligence agency was also targeted by the strikes.

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