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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (6) Slideshow Video Full Focus Photos of the week Our top photos from the past week. Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Man overpowered trying to hijack Alitalia flight 24 Apr 2011 Small plane full of cocaine crashes in New Mexico lake 24 Apr 2011 Air strike flattens building in Gaddafi compound | 2:21am EDT Five women brutally murdered in Mexico beach resort 23 Apr 2011 NATO jets strike inside Gaddafi compound 24 Apr 2011 Discussed 1 Spot silver jumps 5 pct to $49.25, just below all-time high 1 Future Ventures sets IPO price band at 10-11 rupees 1 France and Italy bid to defuse African migration row Watched Nissan checks cars for radiation Fri, Apr 22 2011 The journey from Misrata. Sun, Apr 24 2011 Gunfire and tanks in Syria Sun, Apr 24 2011 Air strike flattens building in Gaddafi compound Tweet Share this By Lin Noueihed TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life. Firefighters... Email Print Factbox Latest military activity in Libya Sun, Apr 24 2011 Related News Misrata under heavy bombardment: Libyan rebels Sun, Apr 24 2011 Libya foreign minister heads to Ethiopia to talk peace Sun, Apr 24 2011 Analysis & Opinion Behind volatile U.S.-Pakistan ties : the Afghan endgame ? As its power declines, the U.S. pays the price Related Topics World » Libya » Stocks Related Video NATO jets bomb Gaddafi compound 1:27am EDT The journey from Misrata. 1 / 12 A damaged car in Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli is seen in this still image taken from video footage April 25, 2011. The sign reads, ''After strike on Bab al-Aziziya''. Credit: Reuters/Libya TV via Reuters TV By Lin Noueihed TRIPOLI | Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:21am EDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life. Firefighters were still working to extinguish flames in a part of the ruined building a few hours after the attack, when foreign journalists were brought to the scene in Tripoli. The press official, who asked not to be identified, said 45 people were hurt in the strike, 15 of them seriously, and some were still missing. That could not be independently confirmed. Gaddafi's compound has been struck before, but NATO forces appear to be stepping up the pace of strikes in Tripoli in recent days. A target nearby, which the government called a car park but which appeared to cover a bunker, was hit two days ago. The United States, Britain and France say they will not stop their air campaign over Libya until Gaddafi leaves power. Washington has taken a backseat role in the air war since turning over command to NATO at the end of March but is under pressure to do more. This week it sent Predator drone air craft, which fired for the first time Saturday. Government troops bombarded the western rebel bastion of Misrata again Sunday, a day after announcing their withdrawal following a two month siege. A government spokesman said the army was still carrying out its plan to withdraw from the city, but had fired back when retreating troops were attacked. "As our army was withdrawing from Misrata it came under attack by the rebels. The army fought back but continued its withdrawal from the city," Mussa Ibrahim told reporters. The government says its army is withdrawing from the city and sending in armed tribesmen instead. Rebels say the announcement may be part of a ruse to mask troop movements or stir violence between rebels and locals in nearby towns. Rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil told a news conference in Kuwait that the Gulf state had agreed to contribute 50 million Kuwaiti dinars ($177 million) to his rebel council to help pay workers in the east of the country under its control. "This amount will help us a lot in paying the salaries of employees who did not receive their little salaries for two months," he said. "We are capable of only covering 40 percent of this amount. We are in need of urgent aid." The rebels have been seeking international recognition as well as material support from the west and the Arab world. They have been unable to advance from eastern Libya as they fight back and forth with Gaddafi's troops on the coastal road between the towns of Ajdabiyah and Brega, hampered by their lack of firepower, equipment and training. Abdel Jalil also said the rebels had received weapons from "friends and allies," but did not specify which countries or organizations had donated them. Restarting oil production in rebel-held areas would be a huge boost to the insurgents. A rebel oil official said companies could resume work as soon areas are secure. "For Sirte Oil and Zueitina, we have people ready to move in as soon as they are safe to move," Wahid Bugaighis, head of the National Oil Company, said in Benghazi. He said rebels had made about $129 million from their only shipment of crude oil so far -- exported this month with the help of Gulf Arab state Qatar -- but had had to pay $75 million for a single cargo of gasoline. MISRATA BOMBARDED In Misrata, a mood of victory was short-lived and the prospect of a turning point in the conflict dimmed Sunday. "The situation is very dangerous," rebel spokesman Abdelsalam said by telephone from the city. "Gaddafi's brigades started random bombardment in the early hours of this morning. The bombardment is still going on." Captured government troops said Saturday they had been ordered to retreat after a siege of nearly two months, but rebels now say they believe it was a government ruse. "I don't think this is a real withdrawal," rebel military spokesman Ahmed Bani told Reuters in Benghazi. He said government loyalists might be trying to stoke tensions between Misrata and neighboring towns, and that Gaddafi's troops might return to the city later under the guise of intervening to protect local tribes from the rebels. "What has been said by Gaddafi's regime about withdrawal or suspension of operations has no basis in truth," national council spokesman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga told reporters in Benghazi. "They've fallen back to the western area of Misrata," he said, referring to Gaddafi's troops. "They are also surrounding Misrata from its eastern entrance." At least three people were killed in the mountain town of Zintan, around 160 km (100 miles) southwest of Tripoli, by fire from Gaddafi's tanks and rockets, residents said. (Additional reporting by Guy Desmond and Maher Nazeh in Tripoli and Alexander Dziadosz in Benghazi; Writing by Peter Graff) World Libya Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (6) morristhewise wrote: You are as good as dead when three powerful senators such as Liebermen,McCain, and Graham say your lives will soon end. A death sentence was ordered for Gadhafi, his family,and close loyalists. With no place to hide they will resort to assisted suicide to make the final exit in peace. Apr 24, 2011 8:43pm EDT -- Report as abuse DDavid wrote: So Happy to hear Daffi’s office got hit and flattened. Now NATO should also hit Daffi home including all of his henchmen, so they can get a taste what the people of Misrata and other cities have experienced. And while at it, poison his water supply so he get a taste of what he has done to others. I just saw a picture of a husband, wife, and baby charred when Qaddafi shells fell on a residential neighborhood. The news won’t show such pictures because it’s just sickening. What you say ? Time to put that creep out of his misery. Apr 24, 2011 10:44pm EDT -- Report as abuse airtime5 wrote: so DDavid, could it be possible that ghadafis troops are firing on armed insurgents who take sanctuary ina city. wouldnt it be more logical to blame them for the killing. and i hope your illiterate call for revenge is not echoed by libyan citizens in tripoli whose loved one are being killed by NATO and US indescriminate bombings in what can only be seen as an illegal act of war. there is no alleged killing of civilians in tripoli where the people support ghadafi, so why are they being bombed ? 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