Libyan ruler defiant as airstrikes by coalition forces enter 2nd day
Fighter jets zoomed across eastern Libya on Sunday as an international military coalition hammered air defense positions near the capital for a second day.
Some Libyans welcomed the American, French and British military forces carrying out air and missile attacks in the first phase of an operation to enforce a no-fly zone.
Others remained fearful of ruler Moammar Gadhafi, who remained defiant despite the attacks after he reneged on a pledge to stop violence toward civilians demanding his ouster.
Libyans are “afraid to come out because when they do, he attacked them very, very severely,” a woman in Tripoli said Sunday. “This is putting terror in all neighborhoods.”