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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Gaddafi says he will not surrender

Closer to tragedy than comedy, the game of hide and seek continues between Muammar Gaddafi of Libya and the new government, whose troops surround the last towns remained loyal to the former dictator. Still not found, it warned Thursday in an audio message broadcast by the satellite channel Arrai based in Syria, he and his clan does not "make it" and they were ready to deliver "a long battle. We are not women and we will continue the fight. "
The day before, in a telephone interview on the same Syrian television channel, Seif al-Islam had called on supporters of his father to fight "day and night." Whoever dreamed of succeeding his parent said appeal a suburb of Tripoli, adding that his father was "good." That evening, a man claiming to be another son of Gaddafi, Saadi, said he, him, ready to negotiate with the insurgents to stop the violence. He also assured the channel al-Arabiya (close to the Saudis) to speak for his father and his military leaders. Who to believe? The Gaddafi clan is it trying to unravel? How long the former dictator and his clique can they resist? And, assuming that Muammar, Seif al-Islam and Saadi are together, where do they hide?
Thursday, the anniversary of the takeover of Colonel Gaddafi on 1 September 1969, the National Transitional Council (CNT), the body which now presides over the destinies of Libya, has extended its one-week ultimatum to the supporters of former dictator holed up in the coastal town of Sirte. In the wake of the capture of Tripoli, four days of respite were originally granted to soldiers and civilians trapped in the hometown of Muammar Gaddafi. The first ultimatum was to expire tomorrow, Saturday.
The desire shown by the CNT has been to obtain a surrender of the city through negotiations to avoid a bloodbath. Clearly, the talks with tribal leaders Sirte have not yet concluded. Hence the extra time announced by the new government of Libya, which will also be taken advantage of by his own troops to prepare for a possible assault on the city. Having acquired over the months some military experience, the freedom fighters know digesting their victories and measure the risks of each new offensive. NATO, meanwhile, continues its strike, including Oulid Sirte and Beni.
In addition to Sirte, forces loyal to Qadhafi clan are still several bastions in the Sahara, which Sebha oasis in the center-west and 150 km southeast of Tripoli, the town of Beni Oulid. To the extent that the former Libyan leader and his clique have fled abroad, they could dwell on defeat in one of these three cities. Abdel Majid, coordinator of military operations within the CNT, told Reuters that "a person in whom we trust" had indicated that Gaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam and the head of intelligence Abdallah al-Sanusi had won Oulid Beni, three days after the fall of Tripoli last week. "We have reports that Muammar Gaddafi is in Beni Oulid for two days, but this information is not fully confirmed," a moderated the vice-president of the CNT, Abdelhafiz Ghoga, while noting the presence of rebel fighters and clashes near the town of about 50,000 inhabitants. Beni Oulid is one of the strongholds of the tribe of Warfalla, one of the most powerful country and an estimated one million people. Since the beginning of the conflict, Warfalla have sided with the dictator, population of Beni Oulid up north to support the loyalist troops who had surrounded the rebel city of Misrata.

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