Kadhafi's hometown Sirte bombed: Libya state media

TRIPOLI: Western forces carried out air and missile strikes on Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's hometown of Sirte on Saturday, the state-run news agency Jana said.

"Air bombardment and missile attacks have struck several civilian targets in Zuwarah, Tripoli, Sirte and Benghazi," in raids along the coast stretching from western to eastern Libya, an armed forces spokesman said, quoted by Jana.

Western powers on Saturday launched attacks from the air and sea against Kadhafi's forces under a UN Security Council resolution to impose a ceasefire in a month-long showdown between loyalists and rebels.

Kadhafi was reputedly born in a Bedouin tent in Sirte, a Mediterranean city 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of Tripoli. (AFP)