A photo of rebel armed Libya file standinjg with the coffins of Benghazi on June 10, 2011.The rebel - held attack Misrata city and the besieged city of Dafniya SaturdayExplosions began shortly after Gadhafi threatened to take the fight against the U.S. EuropeThe is taking the threats seriously, a spokesman for the Department of State saysU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the NATO mission is underwayMisrata, Libya (CNN) - heavy artillery fell on the city Misrata besieged port and the city besieged Dafniya Saturday's agreement to a team CNN in Libya, he heard the explosions.
Attacks began shortly after the ruler Moammar Gadhafi, meeting his supporters in a State television audio message, threatened to take the fight to Europe in retaliation for the NATO bombing campaign.
"As soon as he finished the speech by Gadhafi, started shelling Dafniya and around midnight there except eight rockets in own Misrata, and remains in the front this morning", said Ben Wedeman of CNN, who was in Misrata on Saturday.
Gadhafi has vowed revenge for the bombing in Libya. He said that the Libyan military could be "like locusts, as bees" in Europe, potentially aimed at homes and offices.
"You are wrong, is involved in a battle that you do not know what you face, so remove and flee" Gadhafi said a pro-Government meeting in Tripoli. "Our people are capable of one day to move the battle to the Mediterranean and able to move the battle to Europe".
Gadhafi referred to NATO, which began the bombing of military targets in Libya after the UN Security Council passed a resolution existing authorization of March by any means necessary - with the exception of an invasion of the ground - to protect civilians.
On Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that NATO in Libya's mission is under way, with pressure on the rebel forces getting stronger and Assembly of Gadhafi.
"We have to see this from, and we fully agree that we," said on Saturday with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs in Madrid.
In Washington, the spokesman for the Department of State Mark Toner said that United States was taking seriously the comments made by the Libyan leader. "No doubt this is a person who is obviously capable of performing this type of threat," he told reporters. "It is what makes it so dangerous.""But it is also someone who gives the exaggerated rhetoric."
He said that United States will continue to support the growing pressure of Gadhafi NATO's mission to put aside.
The French Government was in talks with Libyan rebels on supplying arms and ammunition, a military spokesman of the opposition Libya in Misrata said Thursday.
The French Government has not confirmed the claim, which follows a recognition earlier this week that its military has previously fallen light weapons to rebels in other parts.David McKenzie of CNN contributed to this report
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