Huge blast heard in eastern Tripoli

A huge explosion has been heard on a military base in eastern Tripoli, the capital of Libya, witnesses say.

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The blast was heard "on Wednesday night on a military base in the Tajura region 32 kilometers (about 20 miles) east of the Libyan capital," the witnesses told AFP.

The incident took place as the US-led coalition has intensified its military action against forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Ghaddafi.

Flame and smoke could be seen rising at the base after the blast, they said.

Libyan state television also said that the coalition's war planes targeted a number of military and civilian sites in Tripoli on Wednesday without giving further details.

"Crusader colonialists bombing (sic) some civilian and military locations in Tajura," it said.

The military base at Tajura was bombarded by the Western-led forces on Saturday when they launched a military attack against Gaddafi forces to impose a UN no-fly zone on the country.

The US-led military alliance has reportedly escalated its aerial attacks on several strategically-important cities across Libya, killing many civilians.

Residents in Misratah say Western forces have hit the city's airbases where Gaddafi's brigades are based. Water and electricity has been cut off to the city.

Medical personnel say at least 90 people have died in Misratah in the past five days.

Meanwhile, forces loyal to embattled Gaddafi reportedly killed at least 17 civilians, including five children in Misratah over the past 24 hours.

Germany has already announced that it has pulled out of NATO operations in the Mediterranean and Italy says it will review the use of its bases for attacks on Libyan regime forces unless NATO leads the operations.

Russia, China and India as well as several other countries have also opposed the military campaign in Libya.

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