Libyan air forces stroke out
Blasts and anti-aircraft fire rattled Tripoli Thursday as allied air raids against Muammar Gadhafi's forces entered a sixth day and a British officer said Libya's air force was mostly obliterated.
The anti-aircraft gunfire began at around 0430 GMT and there were ensuing explosions, an AFP reporter said.
As an armada of NATO warships patrolled Libya's coast to enforce an arms embargo against Gadhafi, fresh efforts to hand the alliance command of the military operations collapsed after days of sometimes acrimonious debate.
A NATO diplomat said the 28-nation alliance would try again on Thursday to reach a decision on whether NATO should take charge of the operation launched on Saturday by Britain, France and the United States.