David D Kirkpatrick Steven Erlanger Elisabeth Bumiller The New York Times

A day after American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, the Libyan leader delivered a fresh and defiant tirade on Sunday, pledging retaliation and saying his forces would fight a long war to victory.He was speaking in a telephone call to state television, which, apparently for se...

A day after American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, the Libyan leader delivered a fresh and defiant tirade on Sunday, pledging retaliation and saying his forces would fight a long war to victory.He was speaking in a telephone call to state television, which, apparently for se...