Libya's Kadhafi Rebels Say "Invalid Target" NATO

LONDON (Suara Indonesia News) - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi is "legitimate targets" for NATO forces, said the National Transitional Council chairman Abdul Jalil Mustafa, on Thursday, during a visit to London.

Libyan rebel leader also urged the international community to send weapons to help the group fight against Kadhafi troops, AFP reported.

"Kadhafi was the supreme commander of the armed forces, he was the only person that encourage every person to fight. So we think that it is justified to be legitimate targets," said Jalil told a news conference.

He made the remarks after talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street, where Cameron invited the Libyan rebels opened an office in London - their first office in a foreign country.

Jalil statement was delivered after a NATO air strike hit a building complex on Thursday Kadhafi in Tripoli, which killed three people, said the Libyan government.

NATO attack was carried out just hours after the Libyan state television showed Kadhafi, the first video footage from the 30 April attack that killed his son, Seif al-Arab, and three grandchildren.

Libyan government called the attack a "direct operation to kill the leaders of this country" - a hot issue since the U.S. troops kill Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the attacks in Pakistan last week.

In a statement at the Foreign Office, Jalil said the rebels needed more weapons, after London said it would send the equipment "does not turn off" for the council, including armored clothing for police.

NATO has repeatedly stressed that they are not directly trying to kill Kadhafi in the operation of air attacks against troops, but warned that their forces would attack the "control centers and command" Libya's Kadhafi although in it there.

Tuesday, when asked about whether Kadhafi is still alive, high-ranking NATO Italian Brigadier General Claudio Gabellini, said, "We do not have proof. We do not know what the Kadhafi at the moment."

"We're really not interested in what he was doing," he said. "Our mandate is to protect civilians from attack or threat of attack, and we did not pursue the individual."

Libya is now battered by international forces in accordance with the UN mandate which was passed on March 17.

UN Security Council passed Resolution 1973 when violence reportedly continues in Libya with reports of air strikes by troops Moamer Kadhafi, who angered the West.

For a while almost all parts of the north African country was out of control Kadhafi after a popular uprising erupted in the port city of Benghazi in mid-February. However, Kadhafi troops now said to have successfully mastered more of these areas.

Hundreds of people were killed in a brutal crackdown by government forces and thousands of foreigners hurried out of Libya in the first week of the rebellion.

Kadhafi (68) is a leader in the Arab world's longest and has been in power for four decades. Kadhafi insisted he will stay in power despite the opposition of many parties.

Pro-democracy activists in several Arab countries, including Libya, inspired by the uprising in Tunisia and Egypt who managed to overthrow the government which has ruled for decades.