NATO strikes hit Gaddafi's compound, leaves 6 dead

The pre-dawn strikes in the capital Tripoli came just hours after Libyan state television showed what it said was footage of Gaddafi meeting tribal leaders, the first new video of him aired since an April 30 air strike that his government termed an attempt on his life.The Libyan government visited foreign media the sites of five cruise missile strikes on Muammar Gaddafis Bab al-Aziziyah compound, caused at least six fatalities. Two of the strikes appeared to have hit a road within the barricaded Tripoli compound. Another of the missiles appeared to have hit a building within the sprawling compound, a building the government says is used for administration. The fourth crater shown to the media was filled with water, in an area next to what the government said was a childrens playground.The overnight strikes came shortly after Libyan Television aired pictures of Muammar Gaddafi meeting officials in a Tripoli hotel. It was the first video of Gaddafi since April 30th when a NATO air strike on his Tripoli compound killed his youngest son and three of his grandchildren.