NATO denies targeting Gaddafi

NATO on Tuesday launched a series of missile strikes, bombarding the Libyan capital, Tripoli, but denied that it targeted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Gaddafi. Deutsche Welle reports that the precise targets of the strike were unknown, but witnesses suggested that missiles were aimed at Gaddafi's compound. NATO denies targeting Gaddafi "The direction of at least one blast suggests Gaddafi's compound has been targeted," one witness told Reuters. NATO, however, has denied that the raids were aimed at killing Gaddafi, who has not appeared in public since April 30. NATO Brigadier General Claudio Gabellini said Tuesday all targets were military targets. "NATO is not targeting individuals," Gabellini told reporters via videoconference from the operation's headquarters in Naples, Italy. Foreign journalists were shown a Tripoli hospital where windows had been shattered on Tuesday morning. They were also shown the remains of a government building, formerly the home of the Libyan High Commission for Children, which officials said was destroyed in a previous NATO airstrike on April 30. NATO has been carrying out airstrikes in Libya since March. The operation is meant to enforce a UN mandate to protect Libyan civilians from Gaddafi's forces. The ruins of an official building in Tripoli (Beta/AP)

NATO denies targeting Gaddafi

"The direction of at least one blast suggests Gaddafi's compound has been targeted," one witness told Reuters.

NATO, however, has denied that the raids were aimed at killing Gaddafi, who has not appeared in public since April 30. NATO Brigadier General Claudio Gabellini said Tuesday all targets were military targets.

"NATO is not targeting individuals," Gabellini told reporters via videoconference from the operation's headquarters in Naples, Italy.

Foreign journalists were shown a Tripoli hospital where windows had been shattered on Tuesday morning. They were also shown the remains of a government building, formerly the home of the Libyan High Commission for Children, which officials said was destroyed in a previous NATO airstrike on April 30.

NATO has been carrying out airstrikes in Libya since March. The operation is meant to enforce a UN mandate to protect Libyan civilians from Gaddafi's forces.