Libya Bombings

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  Libya's Parliament Halts Session After Violent Protests Outside

  Libya's elected parliament halted a session attended by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni on Tuesday after protesters set fire to a car outside its base in the eastern city of Tobruk, lawmakers said.

• Bomb damages Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi

  A car bomb damaged a Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the attack on the US consulate in the country's second largest city.

• NATO racing to wrap up Libya campaign

  With NATO's bombing of Libya now in its sixth month, a new sense of urgency is gripping the alliance before two critical deadlines next month.After months of combat stalemate, the insurgents have made dramatic gains in recent weeks. An offensive from their beleaguered enclave in the Nafuz Mountains resulted in the capture of the strategic Mediterra...

• Gaddafi son, reported killed, appears on TV

  Libyan state television today broadcast images of a man it said was Moammar Gaddafi's youngest son, footage that looks to undercut rebel claims of his death at a time when the opposition is showing signs of strain and disarray six months into its battle with the Libyan leader.The images of Khamis Gaddafi, who commands one of the best trained and eq...

• Tripoli bombed, Gaddafi lashes 'colonial plot'

  NATO warplanes blitzed a string of military targets in Tripoli today, an official said, as embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi blamed a "colonial plot" for the conflict engulfing his country."In Tripoli there were two command and control nodes, two surface-to-air missile launchers and one anti-aircraft gun (hit)," a NATO official said from the ...

• US formally recognises Libya rebels

  The United States and other nations on Friday formally recognised Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government until a new interim authority is formed.The decision, which declared Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's regime no longer legitimate, will potentially free up cash that the rebels fighting Libyan forces urgently need.Th...

• NATO may continue Libya bombing during Ramadan

  NATO says its warplanes may continue bombing Libya during Ramadan if Moammar Gaddafi's forces attack rebel-held areas during the holy month.NATO spokesman Wing Commander Mike Bracken said on Tuesday the alliance would wait and see whether pro-Gaddafi units cease their operations during Ramadan, which starts around August 1. If they don't "then I th...

• Tripoli hit by NATO airstrikes in heaviest bombing yet

  NATO warplanes bombarded targets in Tripoli with more than 20 airstrikes early Tuesday, striking around Moammar Gaddafi's residential compound in what appeared to be the heaviest night of bombing of the Libyan capital since the Western alliance launched its air campaign against his forces.The rapid string of strikes, all within less than half an ho...

• Libya government: Over 100 civilians killed in coalition fire

  In Tripoli later on Friday, a Health Ministry official Khaled Omar said a "total of 114 Libyans" have died and 445 were injured in the international airstrikes, but he did not provide a breakdown of how many were soldiers or civilians. US and British officials insisted civilians have been spared and retort that the Libyan leader has engineered...

• Libya: US under fire for botched rescue effort

  An American pilot and a weapons officer were safely rescued in Libya on Tuesday after their warplane crashed near Benghazi, but the United States Marine Corps dropped two 500-pound bombs during the recovery and faced questions about whether Marines had fired on villagers. In an episode that reflected the unpredictability of an air campaign designed...