Libya's
Muammar Gaddafi said in an audio message aired by Syria's Arrai TV Thursday
that reports about his fleeing to Niger were lies and that the rebels and NATO
would be defeated.
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Xinhua
reports that the embattled Libyan strongman told the TV station in a phone call
that the broadcaster said was made from inside Libya that "They have
nothing else to resort to apart from psychological warfare and lies,"
Referring
to a Libyan convoy that arrived in Niger some days ago, Gaddafi said
that the motorcade, which led to the speculation that he was hiding in one of
the convoy's cars, was "not the first" in and out of the neighbouring
country.
"They
want to weaken our morale," he said to his supporters. "Do not waste
time on this weak and ignoble enemy."
Meanwhile,
he said that the Libyan youth was "now ready to escalate the
resistance" against the rebels in Tripoli
and "to finish off the mercenaries."
"We
will defeat NATO ... and NATO is rejected by the Libyan people," he said,
stressing that the alliance's "logistical capacities will not allow
it" to forge ahead with the military intervention.
Gaddafi's
whereabouts remain unknown, and Thursday's message was his first in several
days. Arrai TV had recently broadcast several audio messages attributed to
Gaddafi.
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC), which now
controls most of Libya, has
requested that Niger
turn in officials of Gaddafi's government who had fled there.
Gaddafi's
daughter Aisha, together with her mother Safiya and brothers Mohammed and
Hannibal, arrived in neighboring Algeria last week. They were
allowed to stay there by the Algerian government.
ZANIS/XINHUA
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