NATO on Tuesday accused the pro-Gaddafi

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NATO on Tuesday accused the pro-Gaddafi forces of occupying and using civilian facilities for military purposes in Libya, and thus make them valid targets for NATO’s airstrike campaign.

“(Libyan leader Muammar) Gaddafi forces are increasingly occupying facilities, which once for civilian purposes,” said Colonel Roland Lavoie, spokesman for NATO’s Libya operation.

These sites include former stables, agricultural facilities, commercial www.hzkeep.com and industrial warehouses, factories, basic food processing plants, added Lavoie.

“By occupying and misusing these facilities, the regime has transformed them into military installations … rendering them valid and necessary military objectives for NATO,” Lavoie said.