Washington: A personal appeal from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to US President Barack Obama has been rebuffed. “Gaddafi knows what he must do,” US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, commenting on the three-page letter received by the president.
Colonel Gaddafi urged Obama in his letter to end an “unjust war”.
An unconfirmed report from Libya says a coalition air strike has damaged a disputed oil pipeline.
Khaled Kaim, a deputy foreign minister in Col Gaddafi’s government in Tripoli, told reporters that three guards had been killed and other staff injured during an air strike by British jets on the Sarir oilfield in the Sirte basin.
However, the oilfield has been under rebel control, and the rebels reported attacks this week by Libyan government forces in the area, which forced a halt to oil production.
There was no immediate official comment from the UK’s Ministry of Defence on the Libyan government report.
But on Wednesday afternoon, it reported that British jets had hit targets around Sirte and Misrata, attacking armoured fighting vehicles and tanks.
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