Libya: The US, Britain and France pounded Libya with Tomahawk missiles and air strikes into the early hours of Sunday, sparking fury from Moamer Kadhafi who declared the Mediterranean to be a “battlefield.”
In a dramatic show of force, US warships and a British submarine fired at least 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Libya Saturday against strongman Moamer Kadhafi’s anti-aircraft missiles and radar, the US military said.
Admiral William Gortney told reporters at the Pentagon that the cruise missiles “struck more than 20 integrated air defence systems and other air defence facilities ashore.”
An AFP correspondent said bombs were dropped early Sunday near Bab al-Aziziyah, the Tripoli headquarters of strongman Moamer Kadhafi, prompting barrages of anti-aircraft fire from Libyan forces. State television had earlier said hundreds of people had gathered to serve as human shields at Bab al-Aziziyah and at the capital’s international airport.
A Libyan official told AFP that at least 48 people had died in the assaults, which began with a strike at 1645 GMT Saturday by a French warplane on a vehicle the French military said belonged to pro-Kadhafi forces.Libyan state media said that Western warplanes bombed civilian targets in Tripoli, causing casualties while an army spokesman said strikes also hit fuel tanks feeding the rebel-held city of Misrata, east of Tripoli.
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