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Gaddafi's son killed in Nato air strike, say Libyan officials

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Muammar Gaddafi's villa in Tripoli is inspected by journalists after it was hit by a Nato air strike, according to Libyan officials. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images


A Nato air strike has killed Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son and three of his grandchildren, a Libyan official in Tripoli said, while accusing the alliance of trying to assassinate the Libyan leader. It was the first time someone from Gaddafi's inner circle has been killed in six weeks of Nato air strikes.


Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, 29, was "martyred" in the attack on his villa in Tripoli, where his father had been staying the night.


Saif al-Arab, described by Ibrahim as a student who had studied in Germany, is one of Gaddafi's less prominent sons. He is said to have had only a minor role in the country's power structure.


"[Muammar Gaddafi] is in good health. He wasn't harmed," Ibrahim told a news conference, shortly after foreign journalists were shown the site of the attack.


"His wife is also in good health." He added: "This was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country.
"What we have now is the law of the jungle. We think now it is clear to everyone that what is happening in Libya has nothing to do with the protection of civilians."


David Cameron told the BBC that Nato targeting policy in Libya was clear and "in line" with the UN resolution.
"It is about targeting command and control rather than particular individuals," he said.


"The targeting policy has been very closely followed, these things are very carefully put together.


"Let's remember, while Gaddafi said that he wanted a ceasefire he was mining the harbour in Misrata in order to blow up vessels that were bringing humanitarian aid to help the people that he is murdering and killing with his snipers and rockets and artillery. We have got to remember that."


Nato forces are permitted, under UN resolution 1973, passed in March, to use "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from pro-Gaddafi forces, but Nato leaders have repeatedly insisted that directly targeting Gaddafi is not a goal.


A Nato statement said: "Nato continued its precision strikes against regime military installations in Tripoli overnight, including striking a known command and control building in the Bab al-Azizia neighbourhood shortly after 6pm GMT Saturday evening."


Ibrahim said: "This is not permitted by international law. Nato does not care to test our promises, the west does not care to test our statements. Their only care is to rob us of our freedom."


Venezuela's Chavez condemns death of Gadhafi's son

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is condemning the killing of one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren in a NATO airstrike in Libya.


Chavez asked how some European leaders such as those of Spain, France and Italy can continue to support the airstrikes in Libya.


Chavez is an ally of Gadhafi, and along with other Latin American allies such as Cuba and Bolivia, has advocated negotiations to settle the conflict in Libya.


Chavez criticized the United States and NATO for the airstrikes, calling the military intervention "madness." He said in a televised speech Saturday night that he believes "the order they've given is to kill Gadhafi."


He said: "I don't know how Europe can support this."


Gaddafi family deaths reinforce doubts about Nato's UN mandate

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Regime claims attack that killed son and three grandchildren was aimed at Libya's leader, as allies accused of overstepping UN security council resolution



Nato is facing urgent questions about the legality of its air strike on a Gaddafi family compound at the weekend, which the Libyan government said had killed the leader's second youngest son, 29-year old Saif al-Arab, and three grandchildren under 12. The grandchildren were not named.


The Libyan government spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, said Muammar Gaddafi and his wife, Safiya, had been in the building at the time, but had escaped injury. He said the aim of the attack was clear: to assassinate the Libyan leader.


Nato swiftly scrambled to deny that it was targeting any individuals, insisting that it was only interested in attacking the military command structure.





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