8 Gaddafi ships sink in NATO attack on Libyan ports

8 Gaddafi ships sink in NATO attack on Libyan ports
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Summary Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's wife and daughter also fled to Tunisia.

A statement issued from Brussels said that eight Libyan warships sank in the NATO attacks in the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Surt.On the other hand, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a statement to an American TV channel, said that wife and daughter of the Libyan leader have fled to Tunisia. But the Tunisia government did not confirm the statement. The Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim had denied the statement of the US secretary of state.Two days ago Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem also defected to Tunisia but the government sources said that the oil minister was on an official tour.