NATO hits Gadhafi compound, diplomacy heats up

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBYA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-06-16-12-18-40

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Hours after NATO airstrikes pounded the area near Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's compound again before dawn Thursday, Russia's envoy to Libya turned up at a bombing site while on a visit to Tripoli for talks on ending the civil war.

Italy's foreign minister, meanwhile, said his government was calling together tribal leaders from all parts of Libya for a meeting to promote reconciliation.

Franco Frattini said Thursday up to 300 people representing all of Libya's regions will attend the meeting. He did not give a date. The ANSA news agency said the meeting might take place next week.

And one of Gadhafi's sons told an Italian newspaper that his father would not seek exile outside Libya but that elections under International supervision could offer a way out. A vote could be organized within 3 months, he said.

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1. We are going to replace you with a puppet.

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2. i thought we were broke?

those bombs are expensive.
and the price of gas & jet fuel? -- i bet that ain't cheap.

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3. Saif's offer of elections was later "corrected" by Gaddafi's PM:

Asked about a statement by Saif al-Islam to an Italian newspaper that his father Muammar Gaddafi would step down if he lost an election, Mahmoudi told a news conference: "I would like to correct (that) and say that the leader of the revolution is not concerned by any referendum."

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-jun-16-2011-1933

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4. +1