A cruise missile has destroyed a building in Muammar Gaddafi’s compound as Libya was rocked by a second night of allied airstrikes. Half of the administration building at the site in Tripoli was destroyed, although US authorities insisted Gaddafi was not a target. The strike came as a Royal Navy submarine joined US forces in targeting the dictator’s air defences, but a mission involving RAF Tornado jets had to be aborted to avoid civilian casualties. Earlier, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed a British Trafalgar-class sub stationed in the Mediterranean fired Tomahawk missiles at air defence targets in Libya as part of a co-ordinated action for the second night in succession. Spokesman…
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