Admiral Says NATO Trying to Kill Qaddafi, Magazine Reports

U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel Locklear III told House Armed Services Committee member Mike Turner last month that NATO forces are trying to kill Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Foreign Policy magazine reported, citing Turner.

Locklear heads the Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, Italy. Turner, an Ohio Republican who voted yesterday against authorizing the Libyan operation, said the admiral also told him that ground troops may be needed in Libya after Qaddafi is ousted, the magazine reported.