Saif al-Arab Gadhafi

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NATO Defends Airstrike
That Killed Gadhafi's Son

May 2, 2011 6:26 AM CDT

NATO Defends Airstrike That Killed Gadhafi's Son

Attack causes mobs to ransack British, Italian embassies in Tripoli

(Newser) - The controversial airstrikes in Libya that killed one of Gadhafi's sons and three grandchildren Saturday fall within the UN mandate to protect civilian life, said NATO officials and other Western leaders yesterday. The compound housed an operations bunker underneath, said NATO officials, making it a military target, reports the...

NATO Missile Kills Moammar Gadhafi's Youngest Son, Three Grandchildren

Libya: NATO Strike Kills
Gadhafi's Youngest Son

Apr 30, 2011 6:34 PM CDT

Libya: NATO Strike Kills Gadhafi's Youngest Son

Government says Saif al-Arab Gadhafi was killed when missile hit Tripoli home

(Newser) - A NATO airstrike in Tripoli killed Moammar Gadhafi's youngest son today, the Libyan government says. (NATO has yet to confirm.) Three of Gadhafi's grandchildren also were killed in the strike, though Gadhafi himself survived, reports the BBC . The son killed was 29-year-old Saif al-Arab Gadhafi—not to...

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