TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has lashed out at NATO over the alleged killing of civilians in an airstrike on a close associate and says his country doesn't fear the fight ahead.
Gadhafi also warned the alliance that its more than three-month mission in Libya is a "crusader's campaign" that could come back to haunt the West. He spoke in an audio address aired on Libyan state television late Wednesday.
The Libyan leader referred to NATO's targeting of a compound owned by Khoweildi al-Hamidi, a longtime regime insider whose daughter is married to one of Gadhafi's sons.
Libya says 19 people, including at least three children, were killed in Monday's strike. NATO has called that target a "command and control" centre and says it regrets any civilian deaths.
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