Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed: Government

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO airstrike on a house in Tripoli that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren, a government spokesman said Sunday. Libyan officials took journalists
at home, which was hit by three missiles. The roof was completely caved in some areas, leaving the reinforcing steel rods hanging from the mangled pieces of broken concrete.


"What we have now is the law of the jungle," the government spokesman Ibrahim Moussa during a news conference. "We believe it is now clear to all that is happening in Libya has nothing to do with protecting civilians."

There was no immediate response from NATO, and no independent confirmation of the possible death.

The appearance of an assassination attempt against Gaddafi is likely to draw accusations of NATO beyond the mandate of the UN for the British and French air forces-led throwing strikes to protect civilians.

Gaddafi, who seized power in a coup in 1969, fighting against the uprising by rebels who seized much of eastern Libya. He described the insurgents as religious extremists and Western agents seeking to obtain control of oil from Libya.

The interior part of the villa hit Saturday night, a corner sofa beige was virtually intact, but remains sold to other bands upholstered chairs. The explosions were heard across the city Saturday night.