We Would Kill Gaddafi

In a second night of bombing, a three-storey administration building in Gaddafi's residential compound was struck close to his iconic tent, according to reports. Around 300 of the dictator's supporters were in the area at the time although it was unclear if anyone was hurt.

U.S., British and French planes blasted a line of tanks that had been moving in on the rebel capital Benghazi, in the opposition-held eastern half of the country.

A Libyan army spokesman had declared a fresh ceasefire yesterday but the U.S. and Britain said they did not believe Gaddafi was honoring it and would continue to enforce the no-fly zone.

Three Cabinet ministers last night refused to rule out the eventual deployment of British ground troops, saying only that there are no plans to do so ‘at the moment’.

The clear warning to Gaddafi came during a dramatic 36 hours in which:

■ Missiles were launched from Tornado jets which flew a 3,000-mile round trip from RAF Marham in Norfolk – the longest-range bombing mission since the Falklands;

■ SAS troops were already in Libya, spotting and marking targets for RAF bombers;

■ Burned-out tanks and charred bodies of Gaddafi’s forces littered the road to rebel-held Benghazi;

■ The Arab League condemned the air strikes saying: ‘What we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians’;

■ Russia joined the criticism, saying the strikes hit non-military targets and called for a ‘halt in the indiscriminate use of force’;

■ Royal Navy warships HMS Westminster and HMS Cumberland prepared to join a blockade of Libyan ports;

■ MI6 spies phoned Gaddafi’s generals warning them that they will be targeted by missiles unless they defect;

■ Gaddafi’s forces claimed that 48 civilians were killed and 150 injured in the raids, but this was not confirmed.

Last night, as his beleaguered regime braced itself for a second wave of allied missile and bomb attacks on military targets, Gaddafi issued orders for another ‘immediate ceasefire’.

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