Reply #57: Gaddafi defiant in call Syria TV says is from Libya [View All]

[pinboy3niner]

Thu Sep 8, 2011 2:45am GMT


• Gaddafi says rebels, NATO to be defeated

• Says convoy in Niger "not the first"


CAIRO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in a phone call a Syrian television station said was made from inside Libya, vowed on Thursday to defeat rebels who control most of the country.


He also said a Libyan military convoy that arrived in neighbouring Niger was "not the first", and gave no hint this might be a step towards him and his followers fleeing Libya.


Gaddafi, whose whereabouts are unknown, instead said in the brief live speech carried by Arrai TV that his forces would rally to defeat the rebels and NATO, which has attacked his military through air strikes.


"The youths are now ready to escalate the resistance against the 'rats' (rebels) in Tripoli and to finish off the mercenaries," Gaddafi said during the call, which the television station said was being made from within Libya.


"We will defeat NATO...and NATO is rejected by the Libyan people," he said.

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http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5E7K800C20110908?sp=true