Friday, September 02, 2011

LIBYA - Gadhafi Message on Syrian TV, Still at Large

"Gadhafi Vows to Not Surrender as World Leaders Plan Transition" (Part-1) PBS Newshour 9/1/2011

Excerpt

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): On a day in part devoted to planning for a post-Gadhafi Libya, the story took another turn with the apparent reappearance of the longtime leader.

Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News begins our coverage.

LINDSEY HILSUM: Cockpit video from an RAF strike on a barracks at Bani Walid. That's where Gadhafi's closest associates, and maybe the man himself, are thought to be.

He popped up in message form on Syrian television.

MOAMMAR GADHAFI, Libyan leader (through translator): Everything you here is lies. Don't believe it. Fight it with guns. Fight it with bullets. Let bullets speak on behalf of the Libyan people. If they want to enter into a long war with us, let it be so.

ABDEL HAKIM BELHADJ, military council (through translator): We are listening to these nonsensical comments which we consider to be those of a dead man dancing. The collapsing former regime has neither power nor any forces anymore.



"How Can Plans Emerge for a New Libya With Gadhafi Still at Large?" (Part-2) PBS Newshour 9/1/2011

Excerpt

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): And we look more at the role of the West now with Robert Malley. He worked in the National Security Council in the Clinton White House, and is now program director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group.

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