A wave of blasts rocked Tripoli early Saturday, including the area housing Moammar Gadhafi’s complex, as his regime denied rebels attacked Libya’s capital and wounded a top security official.At least seven powerful explosions were heard around 2:20 a.m. (0020 GMT), an Agence France-Presse journalist reported, as state television quoted a military official as saying NATO warplanes “are currently bombing civilian sites in the capital Tripoli.”
The raid is yet to be confirmed by NATO-led forces which have been carrying out air strikes against Kadhafi’s war machine since late March in a bid to halt a crackdown on civilians.
It came after rebel forces said they lost 16 fighters east of Tripoli on Friday but that they infiltrated the capital and attacked a regime command post where a son of the strongman was among officials targetted.
