NATO strikes 1 of Gadhafi's homes in Tripoli

[May 28, 2011]  BRUSSELS (AP) -- NATO says it has struck a command and control center where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi sometimes lives but he was not a target and there is no way to know if he was there.

An alliance spokesman said the Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli was hit in the early hours of Saturday. That same compound was badly damaged by U.S. warplanes 25 years ago in response to a bombing that had killed two U.S. servicemen at a German disco.

Saturday's strike came after leaders at a summit of G8 world powers reiterated that Gadhafi had to leave power.

The spokesman said that around 1000GMT (6 a.m. EDT) a vehicle storage area in the same area was hit.

[Associated Press]

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