NATO Says Its Aircraft Hit Eight Pro-Qaddafi Libya Warships
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NATO aircraft hit eight of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s warships in the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte overnight as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said members of Qaddafi’s family fled the country.
“Given the escalating use of naval assets, NATO had no choice but to take decisive action to protect the civilian population of Libya and NATO forces at sea,” Rear-Admiral Russell Harding said in a statement released today in Naples. “All the vessels targeted last night were naval warships with no civilian utility.”