Gaddafi forces 'fire first scud missile' - Africa - Al Jazeera English

Gaddafi forces 'fire first scud missile' - Africa - Al Jazeera English: "The use of scud missiles by Gaddafi could harm civilians, but has as much chance of changing the military course of the war as 'throwing dishes against a wall', Colonel Roland Lavoie, a NATO military spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Richard Weitz, director of the Centre for Political and Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute, told Al Jazeera the use of scuds may not be an escalation of the war but they do send a message.

'This is more of a political signalling on Gaddafi’s part, in that he's been making a series of threats in the past and so far those have been discounted; however, by escalating to the use of missiles it shows his determination to fight,' he said."

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