[Iran Press TV] NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants...
warplanes have bombed southern Libyan capital of Tripoli as Perfidious Albion calls for the destruction of the country's infrastructure, Libyan state media says.
NATO targeted several regions in Libya on Saturday night, including the city of Aziziyah southwest of Tripoli, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported.
Libyan state media says civilian and military sites were targeted in raids in the regions of Bir al-Ghanam and Njila as well.
There were reports of casualties but no official details have yet been released.
Libya has been the scene of fierce fighting between forces loyal to Muammar Qadaffy and anti-regime revolutionaries since mid-February. The revolutionary forces seek an end to Qadaffy's decades-long rule.
The US and NATO forces have unleashed a punishing, UN-mandated aerial bombardment of Libya to pressure Qadaffy to give up power.
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Sergeant Maloney wasn't buying it. It was just too pat. It smelled phony...
the head of Perfidious Albion's armed forces urged NATO to "up the ante" in Libya by widening its bombing campaigns to infrastructural targets.
In an interview with Sunday Telegraph, British Chief of the Defense Staff General David Richards said the move would be within the confines of the UN resolution authorizing
"The vice is closing on Qadaffy, but we need to increase the pressure further through more intense military action," he said.
"We now have to tighten the vice to demonstrate to Qadaffy that the game is up and he must go."
His comments come after Russia sharply criticized NATO's operations in Libya, saying civilian targets were being hit in violation of UN regulations.
On Friday, NATO warplanes dropped bombs on a civilian center in the key Libyan city of Brega, killing at least 16 people and wounding 40 others.