NATO Leaders Are Calling For The Killing Of Gaddafi

Senator John McCain, who visited Libya at the weekend, said that Gaddafi should be targeted but argued that it was more important to increase US firepower over Libya Photo: REUTERS

Libya: Western Leaders Call For Nato To Target Gaddafi -- The Telegraph

Senior western leaders called for Nato to adopt an assassination policy against Col Muammar Gaddafi to salvage the bombing campaign in Libya from a descent into stalemate.

The calls came as Col Gaddafi was reported to have strengthened his grip on power by repatriating billions of dollars in overseas assets that should have been frozen by UN sanctions.

On Sunday, there was growing pressure on Coalition forces to directly target Col Gaddafi with military strikes.

Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican member of the Senate Armed Services committee, said that the quickest way to end the emerging stalemate was to "cut the head of the snake off". He said: "The people around Gaddafi need to wake up every day wondering, 'Will this be my last?'

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My Comment: This reminds me of the arguments that were used in justifying the need to target Saddam Hussein .... in the end they finally got their wish by capturing him and executing him after a trial .... but unlike what was predicted, the war and sectarian strife in Iraq only intensified.