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April 25, 2011

NATO Bombs Gaddafi Compound Injuring Dozens, U.S. Senators Call for Escalation of Mission 
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NATO forces bombed an office inside Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi's
compound early this morning in what Libyan officials described as an
assassination attempt. Forty-five people were reportedly hurt in the
strike, including 15 of them seriously. The attack came as two prominent
Republican senators, Lindsey Graham and John Mc Cain, called on the
Obama administration to ramp up operations in Libya. Mc Cain spoke on
Sunday after returning from Libya.

U.S. Senator John Mc Cain: "This is a pretty bloody situation, and it
has the earmarks of being a stalemate. Now, we hope that Gaddafi will
crumble from within, but hope is not a strategy. And it's pretty obvious
to me that we need—even though I was glad to see the Predator now
in the fight, it's pretty obvious to me that the United States has got
to play a greater role in the air power side."



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