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Credit: Reuters/Esam al-Fetori By Mussab Al-Khairalla TRIPOLI | Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:47am EDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the besieged rebel city of Misrata and battled their way into its center, and U.S., British and French leaders redefined the aim of their air war to regime change. President Barack Obama acknowledged the military situation on the ground in Libya had reached stalemate three weeks into the war, but said he still expects NATO allies to force Gaddafi from power eventually. Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy published a joint newspaper article on Friday vowing to continue their military campaign until Gaddafi leaves power. They acknowledged their new aim of regime change went beyond protecting civilians, as allowed by a U.N. Security Council resolution, but said Libyans would never be safe under Gaddafi. More than a hundred government rockets crashed into Misrata on Friday, a second day of heavy bombardment of the city, the lone major bastion of the rebels in the western part of Libya. Rebels said government forces had reached the city's center. Human Rights Watch said it had evidence that Gaddafi's forces were firing cluster munitions into residential areas of Misrata. It published photographs of what it said were Spanish-produced cluster bombs, which release grenades designed to explode into fragments and kill the maximum number of people. Mussa Ibrahim, a Libyan government spokesman, dismissed the allegations: "I challenge them to prove it." By pledging not to end the air war until Gaddafi leaves power, the U.S., French and British leaders have raised the stakes. They have ruled out sending ground troops, but it remains to be seen whether air power alone will be enough to dislodge a leader who has held power firmly for 41 years. "I didn't expect that in three weeks, suddenly as a consequence of an air campaign, that Gaddafi would necessarily be gone," Obama said in an interview with the Associated Press. "You now have a stalemate on the ground militarily, but Gaddafi is still getting squeezed in all kinds of other ways. He is running out of money, he is running out of supplies. The noose is tightening and he is becoming more and more isolated. "My expectation is that if we continue to apply that pressure and continue to protect civilians, which NATO is doing very capably, then I think over the long term Gaddafi will go and we will be successful." A rebel spokesman in Misrata said pro-Gaddafi forces had shelled both the center and the road leading to the port, a lifeline for trapped civilians and the main entry point for international aid agencies, killing eight people on Friday. "Today was very tough ... Gaddafi's forces entered Tripoli Street and Nakl al Theqeel road," he said by phone, referring to a main Misrata thoroughfare, scene of heavy clashes in recent weeks, and the road to the port. "Witnesses said they saw pro-Gaddafi soldiers on foot in the city center today. Except for snipers, they usually stay in their tanks and armored vehicles," the spokesman added. A government reconnaissance helicopter had flown over the city, he said, despite a no-fly zone mandated by the U.N. Security Council and enforced by NATO warplanes. 1 2 Next 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 (10) mcright wrote: “Human Rights Watch said it had evidence that Gaddafi’s forces were firing cluster munitions into residential areas of Misrata.” Hmmmm, so what if it’s true? I remember US’s military use even more powerful daisy cluster bomb in Iraq. Does it means, “Hey..only we can use it. Any other using it is violating human rights. Apr 15, 2011 8:36pm EDT -- Report as abuse Larry2012 wrote: He’s running out of money? Two days ago another source estimated he had stockpiles of gold in the billions of dollars. What can we expect from multiple sources who each have multiple ways of spelling the guy’s name? If we really wanted to stop the guy, we should tell the Spaniards and the rest of the international arms dealers (including the US) to STOP SELLING HIM WEAPONS AND AMMO. Of course that would mean prohibiting those carrion from making oodles of money and we wouldn’t want that, now would we? Apr 15, 2011 8:40pm EDT -- Report as abuse leggett wrote: Your article should read, Misrata under bombardment, West seeks Libyan Petroleum. 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