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A column of gray smoke could be seen rising from the area around Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound before dawn Tuesday. The explosion from the early morning strike could be felt at a hotel where journalists stay in the capital.
It was not clear what was targeted. Libyan officials didn't immediately comment on the strike.
NATO warplanes have repeatedly struck the compound, where pro-government supporters gather each night for rallies in support of the Libyan leader. The latest bombing comes hours after a number of foreign anti-war activists appeared onstage at the compound.
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AP's earlier story is below.
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MISRATA, Libya (AP) -- A Libyan rebel commander say Moammar Gadhafi's troops are bombarding opposition forces controlling a key border crossing with Tunisia.
Omar Hussein, a spokesman for rebels in the western Nafusa mountains, says government forces in the al-Ghazaya area on Tuesday were targeting rebels holding the road that leads toward the Dehiba border crossing.
Dehiba is a key supply point for the rebels who wrested control of a string of Nafusa mountain towns from Gadhafi's forces earlier this month.
Hussein says the rebels control the high ground, giving them a strategic edge over Gadhafi's forces in the battle for the Nafusa mountains.
He also says rebels and government troops engage in daily clashes in the mountain towns of Zintan and Reyanna.
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