Saturday, April 30, 2011

NATO attacks Libyan government complex

The NATO bombings were hit by the Libyan government compound before dawn Saturday and damaged two buildings just as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called for a ceasefire and the start of negotiations with allied forces during a live speech through state television. The complex attack is the building of state television, and a Libyan government official said the bombings were intended to kill Gaddafi.

"We believe the target (of attacks) was the leader," said The Libyan government spokesman, Ibrahim Moussa. However, the station building was not damaged, and Gaddafi spoke from an undisclosed location. Reporters who visited the scene of the attack said that the affected buildings house a commission for women and children and staff offices of the Libyan Parliament.

One of at least three missiles demolished part of a two-story Italian-style architecture. In another, the doors were smashed, the false ceiling panels fell. A policeman said at least three people were injured, one of them seriously. Meanwhile, Gaddafi called for a ceasefire during a speech in which he was sometimes beaten and other challenging and lasted over an hour.

"The door to peace open," said the president sitting behind a desk repeatedly shaking her handwritten documents. "You are the aggressors.'ll Negotiate with you. Come, France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, come, we will negotiate with you. Why attack us?"

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