Excerpts from CNN Reports
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Even as Gadhafi sought to project confidence Monday, reports came in that a military jet bombed a military base in an area controlled by protesters….The base is near Ajdabiya, 90 miles south of Benghazi, a stronghold of government opponents...
CNN saw the military jet fly above and heard the sounds of explosions. Witnesses reported a bombing at the base. …But Libyan state television later denied any such bombing.
Pro-Gadhafi forces have tried to attack a radio station in Misrata, a city controlled by protesters, a witness said. A military chopper has tried to land a couple of times in the past three days with soldiers on board, but the opposition fired at the soldiers and kept them away, the witness said.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday …the U.S. government is considering the possibility of imposing a no-fly zone over Libya. Pentagon spokesman ….said the United States is "repositioning" naval and air forces in the region to be prepared for any option that it may need to exercise.