{"id":412493,"date":"2011-05-01T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/01\/gaddafi-excapes-nato-bomb-attack%e2%80%a6as-strike-kills-son\/"},"modified":"2011-05-01T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T12:52:14","slug":"gaddafi-excapes-nato-bomb-attackas-strike-kills-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/01\/gaddafi-excapes-nato-bomb-attackas-strike-kills-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaddafi excapes NATO bomb attack\u2026as strike kills son"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"93\">\n<p>\u00a0TRIPOLI, Libya \u2013 Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said early Sunday. Hours later, Gadhafi\u2019s forces shelled a besieged rebel port in a sign that the airstrike had not forced a change in regime tactics.<\/p>\n<p>NATO\u2019s attack on a Gadhafi family compound in a residential area of Tripoli late Saturday signaled escalating pressure on the Libyan leader who has tried to crush an armed rebellion that erupted in mid-February.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance acknowledged that it had struck a \u201ccommand and control building,\u201d but insisted all its targets are military in nature and linked to Gadhafi\u2019s systematic attacks on the population.<\/p>\n<p>Libyan officials denounced the attack as a crime and violation of international law. However, British Prime Minister David Cameron, without confirming fatalities, told the British Broadcasting Corp. that the strike was in line with a U.N. mandate to prevent \u201ca loss of civilian life by targeting Gadhafi\u2019s war-making machine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152520\" title=\"Libyabomb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/01a5592dLibyabomb.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A missile in Saif Al-Arab Gaddafi&#8217;s house<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The attack struck the house of one of Gadhafi\u2019s younger sons, Seif al-Arab, when the Libyan leader and his wife were inside, said Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim. Seif al-Arab, 29, and three of Gadhafi\u2019s grandchildren, all younger than 12, were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists taken to the walled complex of one-story buildings saw heavy bomb damage. The blast had torn down the ceiling of one building. Dust and smoke rose from the rubble, which included household items such as smashed toilet bowls, bathroom sinks and furniture among the broken walls and demolished floors.<\/p>\n<p>When news of the deadly strike spread, rebels honked horns and chanted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d or \u201cGod is great\u201d while speeding through the western city of Misrata, which Gadhafi\u2019s forces have besieged and subjected to random shelling for two months, killing hundreds. Fireworks were set off in front of the central Hikma hospital, causing a brief panic that the light would draw fire from Gadhafi\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, Gadhafi\u2019s troops shelled Misrata\u2019s port as a Maltese aid ship, the Mae Yemanja, unloaded food and medical supplies, said Ahmed al-Misalati, a truck driver helping move the cargo.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Courtesy:\u00a0Associated Press.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/01a5592dLibyabomb.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/05\/gaddafi-excapes-nato-bomb-attack-as-strike-kills-son\/\" title=\"Gaddafi excapes NATO bomb attack\u2026as strike kills son\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaddafi excapes NATO bomb attack\u2026as strike kills son<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u00a0TRIPOLI, Libya \u2013 Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said early Sunday. Hours later, Gadhafi\u2019s forces shelled a besieged rebel port in a sign that the airstrike had not forced a change in regime tactics. NATO\u2019s attack on a Gadhafi family compound in a residential area of Tripoli late Saturday signaled escalating pressure on the Libyan leader who has tried to crush an armed rebellion that erupted in mid-February<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":412494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-412493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gaddafi excapes NATO bomb attack\u2026as strike kills son - 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\/05\/01\/gaddafi-excapes-nato-bomb-attackas-strike-kills-son\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gaddafi excapes NATO bomb attack\u2026as strike kills son - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0TRIPOLI, Libya \u2013 Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said early Sunday. 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