NATO told to increase Libya bomb targets

NATO must broaden its range of bombing targets in Libya or run the risk of stalemate and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi clinging on to power, Britain’s chief of defence staff said.

General David Richards suggested NATO should be able to attack Libya’s infrastructure, without giving further details. NATO is bombing Libya under a UN mandate to protect civilians and is restricted to targets such as tanks and artillery.

Richards said the military campaign to date had been a “significant success” for NATO, but it needed to do more.