NATO bombs Gadhafi's compound

TRIPOLI, Libya -- NATO airstrikes targeted the center of Moammar Gadhafi's seat of power early Monday, destroying a multistory library and office and badly damaging a reception hall for visiting dignitaries.

Gadhafi's whereabouts when his sprawling Bab al-Azizya compound was attacked were unclear. A security official said four people were lightly hurt.

The strike came after Gadhafi's forces unleashed a barrage of shells and rockets at the besieged rebel city of Misrata, in an especially bloody weekend that left at least 32 dead and dozens wounded.

The rebels said they had driven the last pro-government forces out of the center of Misrata, Libya's third-largest city with a population of 300,000. Morale among Gadhafi's troops in Misrata has collapsed, with some abandoning their posts, said a captured Libyan soldier.

The battle for Misrata, which has claimed hundreds of lives, has become the focal point of the rebellion as fighting elsewhere is deadlocked.

In Washington, three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said more should be done to drive Gadhafi out of power. Gadhafi "needs to wake up every day wondering, 'Will this be my last?' " Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told CNN's "State of the Union."

Wahid Bughaigis, who serves as oil minister for the rebels, said, meanwhile, that the rebels won't be able to produce more crude oil for at least another four weeks. Libya sits atop Africa's largest proven oil reserves, but its exports have largely disappeared since the uprising, helping to drive prices to a record in more than two years. -- AP