{"id":416687,"date":"2011-05-03T21:58:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T21:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/"},"modified":"2011-05-03T21:58:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T21:58:36","slug":"explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"82.5\">\n<div readability=\"60\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An explosion rocks Benghazi&#8217;s main square on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li>Witnesses say it was the work of Moammar Gadhafi&#8217;s forces<\/li>\n<li>Two cars are damaged in the square, but there are no reports of casualties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Benghazi, Libya (CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; An explosion rocked Benghazi&#8217;s main square on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to say it was the work of the country&#8217;s longtime strongman, Moammar Gadhafi.<\/p>\n<p>A rebel spokesman used a speakerphone to address a crowd that gathered after the incident, calling the explosion a terrorist act by Gaddafi fighters who allegedly infiltrated Libya&#8217;s rebel-held eastern city.<\/p>\n<p>CNN could not independently confirm that statement.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said two cars were damaged in the square, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Small arms fire could be heard immediately after the explosion, but that quickly subsided.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred two days after government forces pounded rebel-held areas in Tripoli, in the wake of Libyan authorities reporting that a NATO air-strike killed one of Gadhafi&#8217;s sons and three of his grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Also Tuesday, a crowd described by one U.S. official as an &#8220;organized mob&#8221; marched on the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, and crowds also gathered outside the British, French, Italian and Qatari embassies, officials told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, pro-Gadhafi forces stepped up their shelling of rebel positions in Misrata after Libya&#8217;s government reported the deaths in Gadhafi&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s incidents came as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Gadhafi to step down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A new period (has) started in the history of Libya,&#8221; Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this point what needs to be done is for Moammar Gadhafi, who is holding the government in Tripoli in Libya, to leave power immediately and to fulfill his historical and humanitarian responsibility,&#8221; Erdogan said.<\/p>\n<p>Libya has been embroiled in war between pro-Gadhafi and opposition forces, with NATO using air power to enforce a U.N. Security Council resolution to protect civilians threatened by Gadhafi troops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/8on_0FZgTYQ\/index.html\" title=\"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS An explosion rocks Benghazi&#8217;s main square on Tuesday Witnesses say it was the work of Moammar Gadhafi&#8217;s forces Two cars are damaged in the square, but there are no reports of casualties Benghazi, Libya (CNN) &#8212; An explosion rocked Benghazi&#8217;s main square on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to say it was the work of the country&#8217;s longtime strongman, Moammar Gadhafi. A rebel spokesman used a speakerphone to address a crowd that gathered after the incident, calling the explosion a terrorist act by Gaddafi fighters who allegedly infiltrated Libya&#8217;s rebel-held eastern city. CNN could not independently confirm that statement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-416687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya - 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\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"STORY HIGHLIGHTS An explosion rocks Benghazi&#039;s main square on Tuesday Witnesses say it was the work of Moammar Gadhafi&#039;s forces Two cars are damaged in the square, but there are no reports of casualties Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- An explosion rocked Benghazi&#039;s main square on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to say it was the work of the country&#039;s longtime strongman, Moammar Gadhafi. A rebel spokesman used a speakerphone to address a crowd that gathered after the incident, calling the explosion a terrorist act by Gaddafi fighters who allegedly infiltrated Libya&#039;s rebel-held eastern city. CNN could not independently confirm that statement\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-03T21:58:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/\"},\"wordCount\":342,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/\",\"name\":\"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-03T21:58:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"STORY HIGHLIGHTS An explosion rocks Benghazi's main square on Tuesday Witnesses say it was the work of Moammar Gadhafi's forces Two cars are damaged in the square, but there are no reports of casualties Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- An explosion rocked Benghazi's main square on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to say it was the work of the country's longtime strongman, Moammar Gadhafi. A rebel spokesman used a speakerphone to address a crowd that gathered after the incident, calling the explosion a terrorist act by Gaddafi fighters who allegedly infiltrated Libya's rebel-held eastern city. CNN could not independently confirm that statement","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya","datePublished":"2011-05-03T21:58:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/"},"wordCount":342,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/","name":"Explosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-05-03T21:58:36+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/explosion-rocks-rebel-stronghold-in-libya\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}