The head of Britain8217;s armed forces urged NATO to 8220;up the ante8221; in Libya by widening its bombing campaign to include infrastructure targets,in an interview with a newspaper.
General David Richards,chief of the defence staff,added that if Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in a strike on a command and control centre,that would be 8220;within the rules8221; set out by the UN Security Council.
8220;The vice is closing on Gaddafi,but we need to increase the pressure further through more intense military action,8221; he told the Sunday Telegraph.
8220;We now have to tighten the vice to demonstrate to Gaddafi that the game is up and he must go.8221;
The general said he wanted NATO member states to support the targeting of Gaddafi8217;s regime,not just targets which pose an immediate threat to civilians,such as tanks and artillery.