US dismisses Putin's Gaddafi accusation as 'ludicrous'

Washington dismissed Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's accusation that US Special Forces were involved in Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's death, saying that the charge is "ludicrous."

"The assertion that US special operations forces were involved in the killing of Colonel Gaddafi is ludicrous," spokesman Captain John Kirby told AFP on the sidelines of US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's visit to Iraq. "We did not have American boots on the ground in the Libya operation. All our support was done through the air and on the seas." (AFP)