WASHINGTON - An unmanned US aircraft took part in strikes on Thursday in Libya, a NATO official said, but it was unclear whether US or French airpower had struck the convoy of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
"There was a US Predator (drone aircraft) involved in the mission but I can't tell you with certainty that it participated in the exact strike that could have hit the vehicles" in a convoy believed to have been carrying Gaddafi near his hometown of Sirte, the official said.
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France later said its jets had halted the convoy. The NATO official said it was unclear which aircraft may have struck which vehicles and whether Gaddafi -- later killed in the custody of rebel forces -- was wounded in the strikes.
