{"id":326614,"date":"2011-03-21T11:18:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T11:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/21\/libya-missile-strikes-gaddafi-compound\/"},"modified":"2011-03-21T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T11:18:52","slug":"libya-missile-strikes-gaddafi-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/libya-missile-strikes-gaddafi-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya: Missile Strikes Gaddafi Compound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55.4896020539\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>21 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>A missile strike on Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi\u2019s compound in Tripoli Sunday night has destroyed what Western officials called a military command and control centre.<\/p>\n<p>Kadhafi\u2019s regime invited journalists to visit the site of the attack on the Bab al-Aziziya compound early Monday morning but it was not clear if there where any casualties.<\/p>\n<p>US officials have denied that Kadhafi is himself a target of the airstrikes, saying that they are aimed at his armed forces and defence systems.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Coalition forces from France, the United States and the United Kingdom began striking the regime\u2019s military assets on Saturday as part of a UN-mandated effort to protect Libyan civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Kadhafi\u2019s regime had declared a ceasefire on Friday after UN Security Council resolution 1973 authorised any necessary measures, including a no-fly zone, to stop his forces harming civilians in the fight against anti-government forces.<\/p>\n<p>But his troops continued attacking the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.<\/p>\n<p>Kadhafi\u2019s army announced a new ceasefire Sunday, saying it was heeding an African Union call for an immediate end to hostilities, but the US accused Tripoli of lying, or breaching the ceasefire immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes on Libya have drawn criticism from the head of the Arab League, who had supported the idea of a no-fly zone but questioned the need for heavy bombardment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians,\u201d Secretary General Amr Moussa said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the coalition forces working to enforce the no-fly zone are increasing.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar is to send four planes to join the alliance. The move will make Qatar the first Arab country to play an active part in the campaign against Kadhafi, who has been battling a month-long revolt.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rest is here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103210671.html\" title=\"Libya: Missile Strikes Gaddafi Compound\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libya: Missile Strikes Gaddafi Compound<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 March 2011 A missile strike on Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi\u2019s compound in Tripoli Sunday night has destroyed what Western officials called a military command and control centre. Kadhafi\u2019s regime invited journalists to visit the site of the attack on the Bab al-Aziziya compound early Monday morning but it was not clear if there where any casualties. US officials have denied that Kadhafi is himself a target of the airstrikes, saying that they are aimed at his armed forces and defence systems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libya: Missile Strikes Gaddafi Compound - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/libya-missile-strikes-gaddafi-compound\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Libya: Missile Strikes Gaddafi Compound - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"21 March 2011 A missile strike on Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi\u2019s compound in Tripoli Sunday night has destroyed what Western officials called a military command and control centre. 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