Is Gaddafi Still Alive? Nato Admit They're Unsure If Tyrant Survived Heaviest Bombing Raid In Weeks... But Insist: 'We're Not Targeting Him' -- The Daily Mail
* Plumes of smoke seen rising from dictator's compound
* Rebels on verge of breakthrough after weeks of battlefield stalemate
* 600 Libyan refugees feared dead as rescue boat sinks in Mediterranean
Nato has been forced to deny that bombing raids on Libya last night were aimed at killing Colonel Gaddafi - but added that they did not know if the dictator was dead or alive.
The Libyan leader's compound in Tripoli was hit by eight missile strikes overnight during the heaviest bombing for several weeks.
But today, Brigadier General Claudio Gabellini insisted that the latest raids were aimed at command and control centres used by the regime to direct attacks against civilians.
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MIDDLE EAST
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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