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RESIDENTS FLEEING TRIPOLI JAMMED GAS STATIONS, AND TROOPS FORTIFIED THE HOME OF COL. MOAMMAR GADHAFI, WHOSE GOVERNMENT CLAIMED THE U.S. DOWNING OF TWO LIBYAN JET FIGHTERS WAS A PRELUDE TO A MAJOR ATTACK, NEWS REPORTS SAID. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONED HEADS OF WEST EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AFTER WEDNESDAY'S INCIDENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, ASKING THEM TO CONDEMN THE U.S. "AGGRESSION" AND PREVENT AN ESCALATION IN TENSIONS, THE OFFICIAL LIBYAN NEWS AGENCY JANA REPORTED. GADHAFI BRANDED THE U.S. ACTION AN EXAMPLE OF INCREASED "OFFICIAL AMERICAN TERRORISM, WHICH IS BACKED BY BRUTE FORCE," THE AGENCY SAID.