Libya: NATO hits gov't missile launchers, boats

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — NATO warplanes on Saturday struck a missile launching position that Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi's forces used to target the civilians in western Libya, the alliance said in a statement.

Government troops used the missile site outside the rebel-held port city of Misrata to fire indiscriminately on civilians in the area, NATO said.

Since the uprising against Gadhafi's 42-year rule broke out in February, armed rebels saying they seek democracy have seized much of the country's east, where they've set up an administration in the city of Benghazi. They also control much of the western Nafusa mountains and Misrata, Libya's third largest city.

The civil …