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Message: <blockquote data-quote="saraprobe" data-source="post: 10530257" data-attributes="member: 13914">LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi has threatened to attack Europe if NATO continues bombing his country.In a recorded message broadcast to a crowd in Tripoli's central square, Colonel Gaddafi said Libyans would ''target your homes, offices, families, which would become legitimate targets''.''These people are able to one day take this battle to Europe,'' he said.Advertisement: Story continues belowShortly after the speech, a series of blasts believed to have been NATO bombs thundered through the capital. The military coalition has been bombing Libya for more than three months to protect civilians from the brutal crackdown Colonel Gaddafi's forces launched to quell an uprising in February.The speech was one of his most menacing in recent months. He and his supporters have sought to shift the focus of the conflict that plunged the country into civil war, portraying it as the West's latest attempt to invade and exploit a Muslim nation.In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the US took Gaddafi's threat seriously.WASHINGTON POSTRead more: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/world/gaddafi-threat-against-europe-20110702-1gwaf.html#ixzz1Qxz8Lsoy" target="_blank">http://www.theage.com.au/world/gaddafi-threat-against-europe-20110702-1gwaf.html#ixzz1Qxz8Lsoy</a></blockquote>

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