Muammar Gaddafi has promised a "long war" against the international military force that struck forces with air strikes and dozens of cruise missiles that struck the Libyan capital on Sunday morning with the sound of explosions and anti-aircraft fire . In the eastern capital in rebel hands, arms of the Libyan leader seems to go silent.
State television said 48 people died in strikes U.S. and Europe, which marked the broader international military effort since the war in Iraq and saw that the rebels a month's worth of earnings by reversing the power Fire overwhelming Gaddafi.
The rebels said the international strike also hit a military complex outside air Misrata, the last town held by rebels in western Libya. Gaddafi forces bombed the city from the complex, which houses a base and a military academy.
In Benghazi, the rebel capital and first city to fall to the insurgency that began Feb. 15, people said the strikes just in time. Tanks and troops of the Libyan government had reached the edge of town on Saturday.
Mohammed Faraj, 44, a former soldier who joined the rebels held a grenade in each hand as he held a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city.
"Me and all Benghazi, before we die Gaddafi set foot here again," Faraj told The Associated Press. "Our spirits are very high."
Although the United States and the Europeans have focused their attention on the no-fly zone, the UN resolution authorizing the action demanded a ceasefire and authorizes all necessary means "to protect civilians.
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