With his latest statement coming out stating he will fight to the death, has it become time to really zero in on him and take him out? I am not talking a mission such as the one that took out Bin Laden, but we all know the U.S. and I am pretty sure NATO have what's called bunker bombs. These are bombs that penetrate deep into a solid structure before exploding. Should this be the new course of action? I feel that this should be looked at because it is looking more and more likely that he will not be brought to justice while living. By dropping a few bunker busting bombs the Libyan opposition could finally take power and bring in democracy. You see once you knock a leader like this out, the whole support team around him will most likely crumble, even his sons. The will to win a war like this will evaporate in an instant and we will have had a hand in bringing democracy to the people who have long suffered under this brutal regime.
Gaddafi vows 'we will not surrender' as Nato bombs his compound
Col Gaddafi gave a prompt and dramatic response to the heaviest raids on his capital yet, a clear attempt by Nato to bomb him out of power.
"We are stronger than your weapons, than your planes. The voices of the Libyan people are stronger than the sounds of explosions."
Jets could be overheard overhead as he spoke.
Nato attacks on Monday and Tuesday, unusually taking place in daylight hours, were the first on the city centre for two weeks and a sign that commanders are keen to prevent a stalemate forming.
William Hague, the foreign secretary, admitted at the weekend that the campaign could last beyond Christmas, but at the same time ministers acknowledge that the situation is unpredictable.
They have also ordered officials to speed up preparations for a post-Gaddafi transition so that they are ready in two weeks.
Whether the raids will succeed in scaring Col Gaddafi out of hiding, or even killing him, is another matter. A senior Libyan official told The Daily Telegraph that the bunker built by the "Brother Leader" under Tripoli as a last redoubt was reinforced to withstand a nuclear attack.
"Do you think he will not be keeping safe?" the official said. "His bunker is reinforced against nuclear attack. Nato air strikes cannot damage it."
The attacks may be aimed at encouraging more defections. Five generals and the oil minister, Shukri Ghanem, fled Libya last week alone, to be joined today by the labour minister, Al-Amin Manfur.
British ministers believe the end of the conflict will come when his inner circle turns against him. Mr Hague told the House of Commons today that the regime was "isolated and on the defensive".
The other hope is that the rebel army, currently fighting Gaddafi forces on three fronts, may be able to stage a breakthrough.
They have been unable to move beyond the oil town of Brega in the east for several weeks, but have expanded their zone of control around the central town of Misurata and last week relieved a loyalist siege of the town of Yafran, 85 miles to the south-west of Tripoli.
Rebels in Misurata told The Daily Telegraph that they had smuggled up to 200 men out of the next town on their "war path" to the capital, Zlitan, along back roads through the desert to a training camp from where they will spearhead an attack in the coming days.
They said that the town was full of Gaddafi troops, including members of the ultra-loyal brigade led by Col Gaddafi's son Khamis, but that even their commitment to the fighting was unsure.
"There are many soldiers in the Gaddafi army, the Khamis Brigade, that have told us they will change sides when we arrive," one of the newly arrived volunteers, Salem, said.
* Lawyers for Col Gaddafi's daughter have filed lawsuits in Paris and Brussels over the alleged assassination in late April of four of the Libyan leader's relatives in Nato bombing raids over Tripoli.
Attorneys for Aisha al-Gaddafi say the complaints do not name a specific defendant, though an official at the state prosecutor's office in Brussels said that the text targets the Atlantic military alliance, which is based in the Belgian capital.
State prosecutors said that officials were assessing whether the case can be admitted.
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