TRIPOLI - NATO has conducted its heaviest airstrikes against the capital of the Libya in more than two months of bombing, optimistic comments from the France and the Uhited States on the progress made towards ending rule Muammar Gaddafi.
Six loud explosions rocked Tripoli later Tuesday in 10 minutes, powerful following 24 hours earlier, including a compound of Kadhafi, that Libyan officials said killed 19 people and State television, blames on "crossed colonialists" frappes
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Tuesday that NATO attacks campaign progresses and is expected to reach its objectives in the following months. An official of the alliance said strike early Tuesday was "the most concentrated to date".
France, Great Britain, and the United States direct the air strikes, which began on March 19, after the United Nations Security Council authorized "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from the forces of Qaddafi as he sought to crush an uprising against his regime of 41 years.
The three countries have declared that they will be follow the campaign until Gaddafi leaves power. Juppe optimistic assessment came after the US said that departure of the Libyan leader was inevitable.
"There is more centres of resistance (to Qaddafi), particularly in the West," Juppe said at a session of questions and answers to the French Parliament. "The defections accelerate."
"I can assure you that our commitment is to ensure that the mission in Libya does not last more than a few months."
France said this week that it would deploy attack helicopters to ensure more accurate of the attacks against the forces of Gaddafi incorporated among the civilian population of the cities Libyan. Britain said on Tuesday that it planned to do the same.
Military analysts said these plans and the intensification of Tripoli bombing reflect Western culture of the concerns that the civil war of the Libya was indecisive dragging on. But they said that the new movements might not be enough to tip the balance quickly.
While critics argue that NATO has exceeded its mandate, the rebels are complained of Western forces are not enough to break the army of Gaddafi.
Kadhafi denies its civilian forces from the target, and said rebels, who control the East of the country, are criminals, oil-producing religious extremists and members of al-Qaeda.
The United States has reinforced the credentials of the base of Benghazi rebel National Council of transition as a potential Government pending Tuesday when a sent U.S. invited to put in place a representative office in Washington.
Unlike the France, the Italy and the Qatar, the United States has not established formal diplomatic ties with the rebels.
Jordan said on Tuesday, he recognized the rebel Council as a legitimate representative of the people of the Libya and planned to open an Office in Benghazi.
The Libyan news agency Jana said targets hit by NATO Tuesday included a mosque in Tripoli called Nuri Bani, although this could not be independently verified.
A French newspaper reported that Gaddafi was tired of fighting a civil war under the constant pressure of NATO bombs and that he should resign if allowed to remain in his country.
France evening, citing "reliable sources close to power Libyan", said people in the entourage of Gaddafi had been held secret meetings with the representatives of Western countries, including the France, for weeks.
He said Kadhafi, traumatized by the death of a son and three grandchildren in a raid by NATO, was tired of life as a man tracked and spent several hours a day watching Arab news channels and surf news on ArabicEnglish, French and Italian websites. In its public statements, Kadhafi has promised to fight until death.
(Reported by Joseph Logan in Tripoli, David Brunnstrom Brussels, Jan Harvey in Tunis, Hamid Ould Ahmed in Algiers, Suleiman al-Khalidi in Amman, Mohammed Abbas in Misrata, Sherine El coarse Benghazi, Nick Vinocur Paris; written by Peter Millership; editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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