Libya Immersed In Chaos; U.N. Security Council Calls Emergency Meeting -- L.A. Times
Moammar Kadafi will address the nation later today, according to Libyan state TV. Witnesses and diplomats say Kadafi's regime is using helicopter gunships, warplanes and mercenaries who shoot at any 'moving human being.'
Reporting from Cairo — The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting as Libya descended into further chaos Tuesday amid reports that Moammar Kadafi's regime used warplanes, helicopter gunships and foreign mercenaries against mounting anti-government protests, witnesses and diplomats said.
The Security Council was to meet in closed-door session in New York to discuss the crackdown against mostly unarmed opposition forces in and around Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
Libyan state TV said the mercurial strongman, who has ruled since 1969, would address his nation later Tuesday.
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