Qaddafi Diplomacy Rebuffed as Europeans Back Rebel Demands
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Muammar Qaddafi’s diplomatic outreach failed to win backing from European leaders, as Italy rejected a reported cease-fire proposal and recognized the rebels’ interim council as the nation’s legitimate government.
In Libya, rebels pushed back regime loyalists to gain control of most of the oil port at Brega, according to al-Jazeera television. U.S. and NATO warplanes continued to destroy regime targets, such as military vehicles near Brega hit by a U.S. ground-attack jet, according to a Pentagon statement.