Libyan capital rocked by explosions
By Tony Birtley from Benghazi, Al Jazeera, May 12, 2011

Four apparent NATO air strikes have rocked Tripoli as jets flew overhead, soon after the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared on state television for the first time in almost two weeks.

The early morning strikes on Thursday, which Libyan government officials said targeted Gaddafi's compound in the Bab al-Aziziya area, shook the windows of a hotel where journalists are staying in the capital.

At the nearby Khadra Hospital, medics wheeled in two men they said were killed in the shelling.

Plumes of white smoke could be seen rising above the city following the blasts, as emergency vehicle sirens wailed and sporadic gunfire rang out.

The strikes came after Libyan state TV showed footage it said was of Gaddafi meeting with tribal leaders, the first video of him aired in nearly two weeks....

Rockets strike Gadhafi's compound
From Amir Ahmed, CNN, May 12, 2011 1:47 a.m. EDT

Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Four rockets struck the compound of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday, killing at least two people, a government spokesman told CNN.

After the blasts, which could be heard in the center of Tripoli, sirens blared and at least two emergency vehicles sped toward the Bab al-Aziziya compound.

The Libya government took journalists near the site of the blast and smoke could be seen still rising from the compound. At least two dead bodies were at a nearby hospital, both of them men....