TRIPOLI- Jets screamed low over Tripoli early Tuesday, making a series of strikes in quick succession, after witnesses reported two near offices of State media a few hours before.
Jets carried out eight strikes in about three hours in an exceptionally large bombing of Tripoli, which is usually hit by strikes more than two or three at a time.
Four explosions rocked the capital Jamahiriya shortly after 2: 00 pm (0000 GMT) on Tuesday, shaking the Windows of a hotel of journalists. They were quickly followed by two more explosions.
Sirens and screams could be heard in the distance after the airstrikes, sporadic firing of assault rifles and heavy weapons sounds and jets continued to fly over the city.
Late Monday, witnesses reported two explosions in the capital as jets flew overhead, adding that smoke increased from a site near the offices of Libyan television news agency and State JANA.
At least a strike hit a building that already was bombed on 30 April, a minder on a trip sponsored by the Government for the site said, adding that the building housed various organizations of civil society.
The roof of the part of the building was blown along a wall, and the basement was visible through the destroyed floor. A guard on the site, said that the building was hit around 11: 00 pm (2100 GMT).
Soaring telecommunications tower is sitting in a parking lot near the building.
There is no case of losses in strikes on Monday.
The explosions came after NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said time is short for leader Libyan Moamer Kadhafi, who "should achieve, sooner than later, that there is no future for him or his regime.".
An international coalition began to operate against the pro-Gaddafi attacks, on 19 March, by resolution of the United Nations to protect civilians. NATO took command of operations on the Libya on March 31.
The Libyan regime, said on May 1 that Seif al-Arab al-Gaddafi, a son of Libyan leader, and three of his grandchildren were killed in an air attack on NATO on a compound in Tripoli.
The regime has called the strike a bid to assassinate Kadhafi.
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