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The Libyan flag at the city's main courthouse was pulled down and replaced with the flag of the monarchy that was ousted in the 1969 military coup that brought Gadhafi to power. Protesters celebrated in Benghazi, the country's second-largest city on Monday, claiming they had taken control of the streets.

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi said on state television that his father and security forces would fight "until the last bullet."Įgyptian state TV reported that 160 people died on Monday alone. Separately, the pro-government news website Qureyna reported that Libya's justice minister quit to protest the "excessive use of force against unarmed protesters." Libya's ambassador to the United States also said he could not support Gadhafi, and the Libyan ambassador to India resigned. In August 2003, Libya agreed to take responsibility for the actions of its agents in the Lockerbie bombing and paid $2.7 billion US to the families of the 270 victims.ĭabbashi called on the international community to impose a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent mercenaries, weapons and other supplies from reaching Gadhafi. Later investigations tied that bombing and the bombing of a French DC-10 over Niger that killed 170 to Libya. In 1988, a bomb blew up a Pan American 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. blamed Libya for a bombing in a Berlin disco that killed two American servicemen, President Ronald Reagan ordered airstrikes against Tripoli. In the 1980s, Gadhafi and Libya were responsible for a number of notorious incidents. Gadhafi abolished the 1951 constitution and ruled along with a 12-member Revolutionary Command Council. Moammar Gadhafi, then 27, led a successful coup against King Idris I. The pilots took off in a pair of single-seater jets but refused to bomb protesters, according to media reports. In another development, military officials in Malta have confirmed that two Libyan pilots, both colonels, have defected to the island nation. He said the attacks were on ammunition dumps in remote areas away from residential neighbourhoods. Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of the country's longtime leader, was quoted by state TV as denying that the airstrikes targeted Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi. Libyan state TV said Monday a large military operation was underway against "pockets of terror." ((Libyan State Television/Associate Press))Īrab television network Al-Jazeera English played an audio interview with a witness purportedly from the capital describing a heavy aerial bombardment and intense shelling all over the city. Gadhafi said he was in the capital Tripoli. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appears in a brief interview broadcast early Tuesday morning local time by state television.