Reply #45: Qaddafi: NATO tried to assassinate me

[pinboy3niner]

April 24, 2011

A powerful air strike on Qaddafi's Tripoli compound leads Libyan government to accuse NATO of assassination attempt


(CBS/AP) TRIPOLI - NATO airstrikes targeted the center of Muammar Qaddafi's seat of power early Monday, destroying a multi-story library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting dignitaries, in what a press official from Qaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life.



Qaddafi'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.

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A multi-story building that guards said served as Qaddafi's library and office was turned into a pile of twisted metal and broken concrete slabs in Monday's attack. Dozens of Qaddafi supporters climbed atop the ruins, raising Libya's green flag and chanting in support of their leader.


A second building, where Qaddafi received visiting dignitaries, suffered blast damage. The main door was blown open, glass shards were scattered across the ground and picture frames were knocked down.


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/24/501364/main20056918.shtml