#Libya #NATO take out 3 satellite dishes from #Gaddafi state TV, though locals say "still on air".http://tinyurl.com/PCOLibya
NATO HQ said in a statement that it’s strike had the “intent of degrading Gaddafi’s use of satellite television as a means to intimidate the Libyan people and incite acts of violence”.
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TV still on air despite NATO bombing... http://bit.ly/okeQaz
(Reuters) - NATO said on Saturday it had bombed three satellite dishes in Tripoli to stop "terror broadcasts" by Muammar Gaddafi, but Libyan state TV remained on air and condemned what it said was the targeting of journalists.
NATO has been bombing Libyan targets since March, when it intervened under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians from Gaddafi's forces as he fights an uprising against his 41-year rule. In a video statement titled "NATO silences Gaddafi's terror broadcasts," NATO spokesman Colonel Roland Lavoie said NATO had disabled the ground-based satellites in a precision airstrike. Libyan state television continued to broadcast, however, and early on Saturday was showing a repeat of a political talk show from the previous evening. The Libyan Broadcasting Corporation issued a statement saying three employees were killed and 15 wounded in the strike.
